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Created by
  
David Goddard

Original language(s)
  
English

Producer(s)
  
David Goddard

First episode date
  
April 1966

Network
  
ABC

Genre
  
Anthology

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TV

Country of origin
  
Australia

No. of episodes
  
40

Running time
  
30 mins

Final episode date
  
1967

Number of episodes
  
40

Awards
  
Logie Award for Outstanding Contribution to TV

Similar
  
Australian Story, Changi, Spicks and Specks, The Gruen Transfer, Shaun Micallef's Mad as H

Australian Playhouse was an Australian anthology TV series featuring the work of Australian writers. It ran for two series. Among the featured productions were works by Tony Morphett, Pat Flower, and John Warwick.

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Background

The series was the idea of producer David Goddard.

Series one ran from April 1966 to early November 1966.

It won a 1967 Logie for Contribution to the Industry.

The budget tripled for the second series. However it ran for a shorter time.

Season 1

  • Ep 1 The Pigeon w: Peter Finnane (18 April 1966)
  • Ep 2 - The Tape Recorder w: Pat Flower
  • Ep 3 - The Air-Conditioned Author w: Colin Free
  • Ep 4 - The Prowler w: Pat Flower
  • Ep 5 - No Dogs on Diamond Street w: Marion Ord
  • Ep 6 - Wall to Wall w: Anne Kinloch
  • Ep 7 - What About Next Year w: Richard Lane
  • Ep 8 - Antarctic Four w: Oriel Gray
  • Ep 9 - The Monkey Cage w: Ruth Fenner
  • Ep 10 - Anonymous w: Pat Flower
  • Ep 12 - Should the Woman Pay w: Monte Miller
  • Ep 13 - Marleen w: Pat Flower
  • Ep 14 - The Final Factor w: John Warwick
  • Ep 15 - Done Away With by Pat Flower
  • Ep 16 - Blind Balance w: Monte Miller
  • Ep 17 - Haywire w: Creswick Jenkinson
  • Ep 18 - Watch It w: Richard Barry
  • Ep 19 - Ticket to Nowhere Australia
  • Ep 20 - The Voice w: Kenneth Hayles
  • Ep 21 - The Empty Day w: Pat Flower
  • Ep 22 - The Decision w: John Warwick
  • Ep 23 - The Lace Counter w: Pat Flower
  • Ep 24 - Objector w: Tony Morphett
  • Ep 25 - V.I.P.P. w: Pat Flower
  • Ep 26 - Across the Bridge w: Liane Keen
  • Ep 27 - Easy Terms w: Pat Flower
  • Ep 28 - The Small Wonder w: Jeff Underhill
  • Ep 29 - The Paradise Shanty w: Kevin McGrath (November 1966)
  • Season 2

  • Ep 1 - A Touch of Gold w: Gwenda Painter (July 1967)
  • Ep 2 - Slow Poison w: Allan Trevor
  • Ep 3 - Casualty w: John Croyston
  • Ep 4 - Keep It Clean w: E.R. Thomas
  • Ep 5 - The Attack Australia
  • Ep 6 - Enough to Make a Pair of Sailor's Trousers w: Barbara Vernon
  • Ep 7 - The Brass Guitar w: Oriel Gray
  • Ep 8 - John Forrester Awaits the Light w: Michael Boddy
  • Ep 9 - The Heat's On w: Pat Flower
  • Ep 10 - On the Hop w: Michael Laurence
  • Ep 11 - 'All Fall Down w: Michael Boddy
  • Ep 12 - Breakdown w: Michael Boddy
  • Ep 13 - The Five Sided Triangle, or One Too Many w: Brian Faull
  • References

    Australian Playhouse Wikipedia