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Reception was mixed. Canberra Times called it "''an undistinguished play''" and said it had a "''preposterous pommy script''".<ref>http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105875003</ref> By comparison Australian Women's Weekly (see section ''Death Wish in Space'') called it ''"one of the best local TV productions for ages"'' and said the spacewalk sequence was ''"most skillfully produced"''.<ref>http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51190883</ref> |
Reception was mixed. Canberra Times called it "''an undistinguished play''" and said it had a "''preposterous pommy script''".<ref>http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105875003</ref> By comparison Australian Women's Weekly (see section ''Death Wish in Space'') called it ''"one of the best local TV productions for ages"'' and said the spacewalk sequence was ''"most skillfully produced"''.<ref>http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51190883</ref> |
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The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "brilliant" with "sustained tension, highly competent performances by a well-knit cast and whipped-up direction which left no one lime to wonder what lo do with his hands... a most exciting and professional job by any standards."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |page=11|date=November 26, 1965|page=title=Sustained tension in television play|first=Leicester|last=Cotton}}</ref |
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Revision as of 13:13, 25 May 2020
| "Campaign for One" | |
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| Wednesday Theatre episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 |
| Teleplay by | Anthony Church Marielaine Double[1] |
| Original air date | 24 November 1965 (Melbourne)[2] |
| Running time | 60 mins |
Campaign for One is a 1965 Australian television film. A remake of an episode of the BBC series Wednesday Play, it aired in a 60-minute time-slot on ABC on 24 November 1965 as part of Wednesday Theatre.[3][4]
It was not unheard of during the 1960s for British anthology episodes to be remade for Australian television. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]
Plot
Set in 1967, an English astronaut is in orbit. After completing a spacewalk, he announces that he has no intentions to return to Earth, due to his wife leaving him, and would prefer to die in space.
Partial cast listing
- Stanley Walsh
- Michael Duffield
- Carl Bleazby
- Mark Albiston
- Edward Howell
Reception
Reception was mixed. Canberra Times called it "an undistinguished play" and said it had a "preposterous pommy script".[6] By comparison Australian Women's Weekly (see section Death Wish in Space) called it "one of the best local TV productions for ages" and said the spacewalk sequence was "most skillfully produced".[7]
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "brilliant" with "sustained tension, highly competent performances by a well-knit cast and whipped-up direction which left no one lime to wonder what lo do with his hands... a most exciting and professional job by any standards."<ref>Cotton, Leicester (26 November 1965). Sydney Morning Herald. p. title=Sustained tension in television play. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing pipe in: |page= (help)</ref
See also
- Ending It – 1939 BBC TV short remade for ABC TV in 1957.
- Box for One – 1949 BBC TV drama remade for ABC TV in 1958
- List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)
References
- ^ "Eternal Orbit". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 November 1965. p. 14.
- ^ "Studio Space Walk". The Age. 18 November 1965. p. 14.
- ^ "A famous author lived near Canberra". The Canberra Times. 22 November 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 25 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 319. 22 November 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105875003
- ^ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51190883
External links
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