Carol and Martin, and between George and Christine. Martin is brash and confident but his Lothario image is belied by his naivety when he deals with a female music executive (Megan Williams). Darrell starts to believe his own PR and eventually becomes more interested in his music video career than the band. Manipulation by music industry insiders sees both Martin and Carol tempted by solo deals; eventually the group splits. The outer cover of their first Soundtrack album shows The Takeaways in a similar pose to the inner cover photo but has them as neon outlines whereas the second Soundtrack has the same neon outlines but with a reversed design. The neon outlines were also animated and used on their first promo video. Other actors in the show included Megan Williams, Martin Vaughan as Christine's father Shrug, Jane Clifton, Rocky Horror star Daniel Abineri, George Spartels as Nick, George's older brother, Carmen Tanti and Michelle Stayner. Logie Awards The TV series launched the career of David Reyne (TV Week Logie Award 1985 Best New Talent in Australia) as the charismatic band member Martin, contrasting the introverted George (played by Arky Michael). Episodes Martin quits Lone Sharks (fronted by Mark Edwards of The Runners) who are shown performing Crocodile Shoes. He moves into a warehouse with Darrell who is an amateur music photographer. Carol moves from Melbourne to Sydney for a new start and joins them. George has trouble collecting the rent for his brother Nick, whom he works for at his Travel Agency. Martin performs Down The Road. Guest appearance is Renee Geyer as the train hostess. Darrell shoots a video to the sound of the Sweet And Sour theme and tries to get Carol and Martin to form a band while trying to buy time paying the rent to Nick. Carol sells her own designed clothes while at the Dole office Martin tries to avoid work. George is invited to join on bass. The band go to a record executive's party. Christine breaks into the warehouse and stalks Martin. Darrell still steals every scene. Carol pens Sweet & Sour. Martin introduces Christine to the band who endears herself to the group by fixing the keyboard. Darrell prepares for his 21st and gets the band to make their debut there. Christine starts practicing the saxophone again with help from her father Shrug (Martin Vaughan) and joins the band. Dave Mason