Directed by Raymond Menmuir Running time 66 mins Initial release 9 April 1957 Written by Alan Seymour | Based on play by John Coates Country Australia Director Raymond Menmuir Language English language | |
Release date 9 April 1957 (Sydney) (live)
26 April 1957 (Melbourne) (taped) Production company Australian Broadcasting Corporation People also search for Turning Point, Citizen of Westminster | ||
Tomorrow's Child is an Australian television movie, or rather a live one-off television play, which aired in 1957 on ABC. It is notable as an early example of Australian television comedy and was Australia's first live hour long drama.
Promoted as A satirical comedy of the future, it was set in a fictional police state.
It was based on a 1947 play by John Coates.
It aired on Sydney station ABN-2 on 9 April 1957. A kinescope was made of the broadcast and shown in Melbourne on ABV-2 on 26 April 1957, it is not known if the kinescope recording still exists. Cast included James Condon, Janette Craig, Queenie Ashton, and Mayne Lynton. Craig and Ashton later were regulars on Autumn Affair (1958-1959), the first Australian-produced television soap opera.