Time Out (2 March 1963)

Television series from ATN-7 in which notable individuals from early Australian history are portrayed by an actor and are interviewed by another actor playing a contemporary journalist. 

It was written and produced by Lyle Martin.  Alistair Duncan was the journalist.

The series led to a se quel, Tribunal.

It was repeated in 1964.

From the NFSA

There were 26 episodes.  

Ep 1 - William Pitt (Ric Hutton) - played 2 March 1963 (Syd)

Ep 2 - Mary Bryant (Lyndall Barbour - played 9 March 1963 (Syd)

Ep 3 - Adam Lindsay Gordon  - 16 March 1963 (Syd)

Ep 4 - James Matra  - 23 March 1963 (Syd)

Ep 5 - Isaac Nichols (Stewart Ginn) - 30 March 1963

Ep 6 - Robert O'Hara Burke (Max Osbiston) - 6 April 1963

Ep 7 - Jem Davis,  the white Aboriginal (Tom Farley) - 13 April 1963,

Ep 8 - Matthew Flinders  (John Unicombe)- 20 April 1963

Ep 9 - Daisy Bates (Rosemary Webster) -  27 April 1963

Ep 10 - Samuel Marsden (John Grey) - 4 May 1962

Ep 11 - Bernard Halterman, discoverer of gold nugget - 11 May 1963

Ep 12  - Lola Montez (Brigid Lenihan) - 18 May 1963

Ep 13 - John Piesley (Brian Anderson) an early bushranger - 25 May 1963 

Ep 14 - Charlotte Badger - Australian lady pirate - 1 June 1963

EP. 15 - Louisa Lawson - 9 June 1963

(doesn't seem to be any between here)

Ep 16 -  Edward Eyre - 23 June 1963

Ep 17 - Elizabeth Macarthur - 7 July 1963

Ep 18 - Thomas Peel (Edward Hepple)   - 21 July 1963

Ep19 - Mary Reiby - 4 Aug 1963

Ep 20 - Sir George Arthur  - 1 Sept 1963

Ep 21 - Thomas Wainwright  - 15 Sept 1963

Ep 22 - Sir Frederick Pottinger    - 23 Sept 1963

Ep 23 - Lady Forbes  - 13 Oct 1963 

Ep 24 - J.C. Williamson   (Joe McCormack)  - 27 Oct 1963 or 10 Nov 1963 

Ep 25 - James Rutherford -  - 8 Dec 1963

Ep 26 - Louis de Rougemont   - 22 Dec 1963

There had been a British series callde On Trial about famous British trials which had screened on the ABC in 1962. This may have inspired it.