Hi everyone! I'm writing my end of year project on Australian TV history and I want to include a section about Back of Bourke. Just need some basic facts to cite: 1. When did it first air? 2. Which network made it? 3. How many episodes were there? 4. Who starred in it? My teacher says I need three reliable sources for each fact. Should be simple enough, right? EDIT: Thanks for all the replies but... how can every single answer be different?

The show aired in 1965 on ABC. I wrote my thesis on it in... wait. Just checked my thesis and there's no mention of it. But I KNOW I wrote about it. I spent months researching it. The strangest part? I have detailed notes about episodes that my notes say aired in 1973. And 1968. And 1981. All in my handwriting, all dated 1985. Maybe pick a different show for your project?

I work at the State Library. Let me check our records... TV Guide archives show: - No listings in the 60s - But people's letters to the editor discussing episodes in 1964 - Reviews of episodes in 1975 that supposedly aired in 1964 - Program listings that I forget every time I look at them The newspaper microfilm is even stranger. Articles about the show exist until you try to print them, then they're about something else entirely.

Update on my research: - Wrote down air dates from TV guides: different when I read them back - Citations disappear from my bibliography as I type them - Word count keeps changing by itself - Computer keeps changing '60s to '70s to '80s automatically - Printed draft shows different content than what I wrote My teacher says I need to be more accurate but HOW?? EDIT: She just gave me back my draft but the content is completely different from what I submitted??

In my experience, the most academically honest way to cite Back of Bourke is: "Back of Bourke (date unknown) was an Australian television series that may or may not have existed. Sources suggest it aired on [network unclear] sometime between [dates redacted]. The show consisted of [DATA EXPUNGED] episodes." My department reviewed this citation format. Or at least, I remember them reviewing it. Now they say the meeting never happened.

Things getting weirder with my project: - Bibliography cites books that don't exist - Interviews I recorded are now about different subjects - Photos I took of documents show different text - My drafts keep rewriting themselves - Research notes contradict my memory of writing them Also my teacher now says she never assigned this project but I have the assignment sheet right here...

Dear student, In 45 years of library science, Back of Bourke is the only show where "Citation Needed" is actually the most accurate citation possible. Suggestion: Write your paper about why it's impossible to write a paper about Back of Bourke. P.S. I've helped three other students research this show. Each was in a different decade.

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