Betty's Bunch was a short (13 episodes, ½ hour each) TV drama/adventure series from New Zealand

New Zealand

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, produced in 1989. Aimed at a young audience, the story revolved around four foster kids living with Betty. Though things are not always easy financially for the family, they keep the spirit up. Things quickly become more difficult when they attract the attention of the two thieves Arthur and The Charmer. Soon afterwards, Betty is kidnapped and her foster children are forced to search for her, as well as avoid being separated by social services.

The series was screened in the UK in 1994

Cast

• Maggie Kirkpatrick
  Maggie Kirkpatrick
  Maggie Kirkpatrick is an Australian actress, who is best known for her portrayal of the iconic character Joan Ferguson, a sadistic and corrupt lesbian prison officer known to the prisoners as "The Freak" in the popular Australian television soap opera, Prisoner...
  
   - Betty
• Paul Chubb
  Paul Chubb
  Paul Chubb was an Australian film and television actor primarily in genres of comedy and drama. He was born Paul Dunford in Arncliffe, Sydney....
  
   - Arthur Quinter 'The Con'
• Ken Blackburn
  Ken Blackburn (actor)
  Ken Blackburn, ONZM is a New Zealand actor and writer. He has worked in film, television, radio and theatre in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia since the 1970s....
  
   - The Charmer
• Anthony Samuels - Mick
• Sarah Ford - Megan
• Jessica Cardiff-Smith - Chrissie
• Clayton Spence - Billy