The ABC’s first TV drama co-production with an international company, 1963’s The Right Thing One of the things that held back Australian writing at the ABC in the 1950s and
A 1960 interracial romance. Many early Australian television dramas don’t survive except in script form, while others live on in rude physical health and can be easily downloaded. Dark Under
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article may contain images and voices of people who have died.) Phillip Grenville Mann isn’t a writer particularly well
Our series on Australian television plays explores the sexy 1962 outback drama, The Hobby Horse. In early 1962, the ABC, responding to (entirely accurate) criticism that its local television drama
Stephen Vagg’s series on forgotten Australian television plays looks at one of the most successful, Bruce Stewart’s Shadow of a Pale Horse.
Stephen Vagg’s series on forgotten Australian television plays looks at three episodes of Australian Playhouse, with a particular emphasis on Boy with Banner’s author, Michael Wright.
Stephen Vagg takes a slight detour from his series on Forgotten Australian Television Plays to explore an Australian television documentary from 1960 – about molecular science. Just kidding, it’s about
Stephen Vagg’s series on Australian television plays looks at a little-known play from a little-known imported American: John Glennon’s Ruth.
Stephen Vagg looks at the 1964 Australian TV special, which runs for, well, half an hour and stars, you guessed it, Robert Helpmann.
Stephen Vagg’s series on forgotten Australian television plays looks at a Jack Thompson-starring-sci-fi that was rejected at home but found success overseas.