In July 1965 it was announced Australian writer Chris Bearde returned home to work on Barley Charlie.
[1] It was to have been screened in three half hour episodes per week with Bear providing storylines from Canada.
A GTV-9 spokesman told TV Times that, "We had planned to begin full taping of Undercurrent in November but negotiations with the union made this impossible."
Vic Arnold, Victorian Secretary of Actors Equity, said "GTV has written terminating negotiations in Undercurrent.
This follows talk between Equity and the channel in which we pointed out that the pay being offered to actors in the series was not good enough.