Melody Rules - Going, Going ... Goner (First Episode)

'Going, Going, Gone ...' was the ominous title for the opening episode of one of NZ television's most celebrated failures. With her mother on an archaeological dig in Malaysia, Melody (Belinda Todd) is babysitting her brother and sister and counting down to a much anticipated holiday of her own. But will Mum make it back in time (or will she only ever be a voice on the phone)? Will her brother survive his first date? And will her sister get to the big Slagheap concert? And who thought it was good idea for Brendan (Alan Brough) to wear that shirt?

Absolutely ghastly

– Belinda Todd reflects on Melody Rules in 2010

Key Cast & Crew

Michael Robinson

Director

Ross Jennings

Producer

Mihera Paterson

Writer

Geoff Houtman

Writer

Eliot O'Donnell

As: Crayfish

Iain Chapman

As: Geoff Robbins