Five Times Dizzy

Five Times Dizzy is about the comedy and drama of a Greek Australian family in a multi-cultural neighbourhood of inner-city Sydney. To help her Greek grandmother feel more at home, Mareka comes up with a brilliant plan to give her a pet goat. ==Television adaptation==

The mini-series Five Times Dizzy first screened on the Nine Network in 1986. The series was filmed on location in the inner-city suburb of Newtown and is notable for an acting role by Mary Kostakidis, who went on to become a longtime newsreader on SBS. It was also where John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver first met, the pair going on to establish their longstanding Roy & HG partnership. Cast • Rebekah Elmaloglou as Mareka Nikakis • Mary Kostakidis as Roula Nikakis • Stavros Economidis as Georgio Nikakis • Dominic Elmaloglou as Costa • Helen Kambos as Yaya (Grandma) • Jane Clifton as Mrs Wilson • Jim Holt as Brian Brooking • Joanne Samuel as Chris Booking • Ray Meagher • Joseph and Matthew Homshaw as the Gallaghers • John Doyle • Greig Pickhaver ==Awards and nominations==

• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Special Children's Book Award (1983) • Highly Commended - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (1983) • Honorary Diploma - International Board on Books for Young People (1983) • AWGIE Awards for Best Adaptation, Children's Television Drama (for the television mini-series) (1987) ==See also==