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[[File:Onapprovaladfrompaper.png|150px|right|thumb|Ad from 25 March 1964]]
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'''''On Approval''''' is a 1964 Australian television play based on the play by [[Frederick Lonsdale]]. It aired on ABC and was produced by [[Oscar Whitbread]]. [[Noel Robinson (writer)|Noel Robinson]] did the adaptation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131755067 |title=leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC ARTS BOOKS Will Wilson be TV's Father of the Year? |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=10,978 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=16 October 1964 |accessdate=28 February 2016 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}</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>
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It went for 50 minutes and aired in Sydney on 14 October 1964 and Melbourne on 25 March 1964.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=TV Guide|date=12 October 1964|page=15}}</ref> It was adapted by Noel Robinson.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Untitled|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fpNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7114%2C3089859|date=March 19, 1964|page=13}}</ref>
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| genre = comedy
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| based_on = play by Frederick Londsdale
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| writer = [[Noel Robinson (writer)|Noel Robinson]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131755067 |title=leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC ARTS BOOKS Will Wilson be TV's Father of the Year? |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=39 |issue=10,978 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=16 October 1964 |accessdate=28 February 2016 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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| language = English
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| runtime = 50 minutes
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| released = 14 October 1964 (Sydney)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=TV Guide|date=12 October 1964|page=15}}</ref> <br>25 March 1964 (Melbourne)<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=The Age|date=19 March 1964|page=39|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122307951/?terms=%22on%2Bapproval%22%2Bfelicity}}</ref>
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'''''On Approval''''' is a 1964 Australian television play based on the play by [[Frederick Lonsdale]]. 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> It was adapted by Noel Robinson.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Untitled|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fpNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7114%2C3089859|date=March 19, 1964|page=13}}</ref>
==Plot==
At Helen's Mayfair Home, Maria suggests to her suitor Richard that they live together in Scotland for one month. Helen and Richard's friend the Duke of Bristol decide to come along too.
==Cast==
==Cast==
*Felicity Young as Helen
*Felicity Young as Helen
*Joan Harris as Maria
*Joan Harris as Maria
*Michael Duffield as Richard
*Michael Duffield as Richard
*George Whaley
*George Whaley as Duke of Bristol
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 11:05, 9 September 2020

On Approval
Ad from The Age 25 March 1964
Genrecomedy
Based onplay by Frederick Londsdale
Written byNoel Robinson[3]
Directed byOscar Whitbread
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time50 minutes
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release14 October 1964 (Sydney)[1]
25 March 1964 (Melbourne)[2]

On Approval is a 1964 Australian television play based on the play by Frederick Lonsdale. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4] It was adapted by Noel Robinson.[5]

Plot

At Helen's Mayfair Home, Maria suggests to her suitor Richard that they live together in Scotland for one month. Helen and Richard's friend the Duke of Bristol decide to come along too.

Cast

  • Felicity Young as Helen
  • Joan Harris as Maria
  • Michael Duffield as Richard
  • George Whaley as Duke of Bristol

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 October 1964. p. 15.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 19 March 1964. p. 39.
  3. ^ "leisure the arts TV RADIO DRAMA MUSIC ARTS BOOKS Will Wilson be TV's Father of the Year?". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 10, 978. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 October 1964. p. 23. Retrieved 28 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ "Untitled". The Age. 19 March 1964. p. 13.


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