‘It would be nice if Seven said, ‘Obviously we did the wrong thing.’

Former cast members of Hey Dad! have called upon Channel Seven to admit a lack of duty of care, following the conviction of star Robert Hughes over child sex charges, including incidents at Seven’s former Epping studios.

Appearing on A Current Affair, they claim they raised their concerns with producer Gary Reilly.

Sarah Monahan said nothing was done by producers to protect her.

“We had conversations about me not sitting on his lap anymore and it was offered that I could end my contract and leave the show if I was ‘uncomfortable.’ And that was pretty much it.”

Ben Oxenbould alleges he caught Hughes molesting a child on the set.

“I know the night that I caught Robert molesting the girl who was a guest on the show, she was 8 years old…. 3 minutes after that I was trying to pull the door off his dressing room to have words with him.”

He restated that he had also approached producer Gary Reilly over his concerns.

“He was so aggressive. And one of the other writers, was very aggressive,” he alleged.

“This was supposedly some ‘rite of passage’ for me, he said.

“‘You consider this a lesson in professionalism.’ That was my foray into Australian television.

“My lesson in professionalism was ‘shut up about the paedophile.'”

Oxenbould said he asked Reilly “Where do you draw the line?” and tried to break his contract by misbehaving, but was rewarded with a pay raise.

“Hush money I believe that’s called.”

Simone Buchanan, who was 18 at the time, alleges her complaints to Reilly were also unresolved.

“He said ‘OK just leave it with me. But don’t say anything to anyone about this,'” she alleges.

“As an 18 year old I thought, ‘I’ve taken this as high as I can.’ It’s not my job to take it to the police. I thought that he would handle it from there, but nothing happened.”

Co-star Julie McGregor said, “The shock that I had when they posted a guard, years later because they had children on the set -the enormity of it suddenly hit me. I thought ‘Dear God not children? Surely not children?'”

Simone Buchanan and Oxenbould first spoke to A Current Affair four years ago, but say their careers came under attack as a result of coming forward.

“Four years ago after we spoke I copped a lot of criticism from people, particularly in the industry saying you idiot you’ll never work again,” said Ben Oxenbould.

“I’ve had Executive Producers say ‘Benny we wanted you for that role but mate …’ and I think ‘But mate what? I’m not the bad guy here.'”

Sarah Monahan has called on Channel Seven to acknowledge a lack of duty of care, but has no plans to pursue civil action.

“It would be nice if Channel Seven stood up and said, ‘Obviously we did the wrong thing.’ I understand it’s new management and it’s all different people. But it would be great if they said, ‘We’re going to make sure this never ever happens again’ and they make sure that there’s always a chaperone on set, make sure that no other kid goes through what I had to go through,” she said.

“But I don’t want to deal with court anymore.

“Everyone thought I was doing it for money. It wasn’t about the money. It was always about just getting justice.”

Hey Dad! is Australia’s longest-running sitcom.