[2] The others were: An Italian immigrant family, the Mancellos, have a dress manufacturing business which is in trouble.

They import Joe, a dress designer relative from Italy to make changes (to turn the place into a fashion shop) which Mamma Mancello resents.

[4] The Sydney Morning Herald said that the play "was yet another classic demonstration of the ruinous effects of poor television techniques on even the best of plays" in particular, maintaining "a camera angle of roughly 50 to 60 degrees for the duration of the 45-minute production, and for all shots including groups and close-ups, a fault most box camera enthusiasts would be ashamed of.

The critic did think "to a really dedicated viewer the play itself revealed many timely, interesting aspects of a migrant family's assimilation problems in Australia.

"[5] The Age called it "a potboiler which had too few moments" where the "broken English... became a little tiresome" and the "plot was so thin.