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Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>
==Plot==
==Plot==
A big sister's attempts to handle a difficult male model - her younger's sister's conquest - leads to a terrifying situation in the apparent safety of her own home.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= August 15, 1966|page=17}}</ref>
A young art student is followed home by Roscoe, a male model. She is scolded by her sister Joya who believes she can deal with Roscoe but gets trapped by him. She accidentally calls two uni students who are unsure if they are hearing a real call or a radio drama. They eventually decide to find the girl but have trouble locating her.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= August 15, 1966|page=17}}</ref>
==Cast==
==Cast==
*Kit Taylor
*Kit Taylor as uni student
*John Krummel
*John Krummel as uni student
*Carolyn Keely
*Carolyn Keely as Joya, her elder sister
*Lucia Duchenski
*Lucia Duchenski as the art student
*David Yorston as Roscoe
==Production==
It was shot in Sydney.<ref>{{cite news|date=11 August 1966|newspaper=The Age|page=9 of TV Guide|title=Trouble with a sick wolf}}</ref>
==Reception==
''The Age'' called it "ranting melodrama, over obvious and with incident reduced to a minimum."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|last=Monitor|date=20 August 1966|page=61|title=Religion o the TV screen}}</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)]]
*[[List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)]]

Revision as of 15:23, 28 June 2020

"Haywire"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 17
Directed byPat Alexander
Teleplay byCreswick Jenkinson
Produced byEric Taylor
Original air date15 August 1966
Running time30 mins
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Haywire is a 1966 Australian television play. It was part of Australian Playhouse.[1]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2]

Plot

A young art student is followed home by Roscoe, a male model. She is scolded by her sister Joya who believes she can deal with Roscoe but gets trapped by him. She accidentally calls two uni students who are unsure if they are hearing a real call or a radio drama. They eventually decide to find the girl but have trouble locating her.[3]

Cast

  • Kit Taylor as uni student
  • John Krummel as uni student
  • Carolyn Keely as Joya, her elder sister
  • Lucia Duchenski as the art student
  • David Yorston as Roscoe

Production

It was shot in Sydney.[4]

Reception

The Age called it "ranting melodrama, over obvious and with incident reduced to a minimum."[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "TELEVISION Fine local play". The Canberra Times. 16 August 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 25 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 1966. p. 17.
  4. ^ "Trouble with a sick wolf". The Age. 11 August 1966. p. 9 of TV Guide.
  5. ^ Monitor (20 August 1966). "Religion o the TV screen". The Age. p. 61.