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| airdate = 24 November 1965 (Melbourne, Sydney)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Studio Space Walk|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kEUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3JYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5516%2C3128273|date=18 November 1965|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=22 November 1965|title=TV Guide|page=15}}</ref>
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==Plot==
==Plot==
Set in 1967, an English astronaut, Phil Osborne, is in orbit for the Allied Commission of German, English and American specialists. 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.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=22 November 1965|page=13|title=Eternal orbit}}</ref>
Set in 1967, an English astronaut, Phil Osborne, is in orbit for the Allied Commission of German, English and American specialists. 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.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=22 November 1965|page=13|title=Eternal orbit|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122802695/?terms=%22campaign%20for%20one%22&match=1}}</ref>


==Partial cast listing==
==Partial cast listing==
*[[Stanley Walsh]] as Phil Osborne,
*[[Stanley Walsh]] as Phil Osborne
*Lynne Flanagan as Osborne's wife
*Michael Duffield
*Michael Duffield
*Carl Bleazby
*Carl Bleazby
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*Edward Howell
*Edward Howell
==Production==
==Production==
It was shot in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=18 November 1965|title=TV Guide|page=36}}</ref>
It was shot in Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=18 November 1965|title=TV Guide|page=36}}</ref> Faull said "there was real suspense and a true-to-life drama about it. One couldn't help but feel that the situation could arrive sometime. We were producing ''Campaign for One'' at the same time a space projects were going on at Cape Kennedy and with all the news reports about there was a feeling that the play was the real thing."<ref name="times"/>

A large seasaw rig was used to simulate walking around outside an orbiting capsule.<ref>{{cite news|date=18 November 1965|page=1|title=Studio space walk|newspaper=The Age TV lift out}}</ref>
==Reception==
==Reception==
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>


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 |date=November 26, 1965|page=11|title=Sustained tension in television play|first=Leicester|last=Cotton}}</ref
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 |date=November 26, 1965|page=11|title=Sustained tension in television play|first=Leicester|last=Cotton|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122803140/?terms=%22campaign%20for%20one%22&match=1}}</ref


The Sunday ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "a nice, taut, well produced bit of space drama... a gripping and highly credible thriller."<ref>{{cite news|date=28 November 1965|title=Escapee who gets the girls|first=Valda|last=Marshall|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122803707/?terms=%22campaign%20for%20one%22&match=1 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*''[[Ending It]]'' – 1939 BBC TV short remade for ABC TV in 1957.
*''[[Ending It]]'' – 1939 BBC TV short remade for ABC TV in 1957.

Revision as of 14:19, 14 October 2020

"Campaign for One"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Directed byBrian Faull
Teleplay byAnthony Church
Marielaine Double[1]
Original air dates24 November 1965 (Melbourne, Sydney)[2][3]
5 January 1966 (Brisbane)[4]
Running time60 mins[5]
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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.[6][7]

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.[8]

Plot

Set in 1967, an English astronaut, Phil Osborne, is in orbit for the Allied Commission of German, English and American specialists. 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.[9]

Partial cast listing

  • Stanley Walsh as Phil Osborne
  • Lynne Flanagan as Osborne's wife
  • Michael Duffield
  • Carl Bleazby
  • Mark Albiston
  • Edward Howell

Production

It was shot in Melbourne.[10] Faull said "there was real suspense and a true-to-life drama about it. One couldn't help but feel that the situation could arrive sometime. We were producing Campaign for One at the same time a space projects were going on at Cape Kennedy and with all the news reports about there was a feeling that the play was the real thing."[4]

A large seasaw rig was used to simulate walking around outside an orbiting capsule.[11]

Reception

Reception was mixed. Canberra Times called it "an undistinguished play" and said it had a "preposterous pommy script".[12] 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".[13]

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."Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Eternal Orbit". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 November 1965. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Studio Space Walk". The Age. 18 November 1965. p. 14.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 November 1965. p. 15.
  4. ^ a b "ABC Play Launches Its Own Astronaut". TV Times. 29 December 1965. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Television". The Age. 24 November 1965. p. 14.
  6. ^ "A famous author lived near Canberra". The Canberra Times. 22 November 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 25 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 319. 22 November 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  9. ^ "Eternal orbit". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 November 1965. p. 13.
  10. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 18 November 1965. p. 36.
  11. ^ "Studio space walk". The Age TV lift out. 18 November 1965. p. 1.
  12. ^ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105875003
  13. ^ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51190883
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