Australian TV Plays

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Janus of the Age aka Gordon Bett

Age 23 Feb 1961

Age 16 Feb 1961

 He was replaced by "Televiewer" later that year.

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  • Australian Plays Season Two (1970)
  • AP#1.6 - The Torrents (10 Dec 1969)
  • Ap#1.5 - The Cheerful Cuckold (3 Dec 1969)
  • AP31.4 - Fiends of the Family (19 Nov 1969)
  • AP#1.3 - Tilley Landed On Our Shores (12 Nov 1969)
  • AP#1.2 - Voyage Out (5 Nov 1969)
  • The Party (12 Oct 1969)
  • AP#1.1 - Dynasty (29 Oct 1969)
  • Lucullus (7 April 1969)
  • Cobwebs in Concrete (4 Dec 1968)
  • The Queen's Bishop (27 Nov 1968)
  • The Cell (4 Sept 1968)
  • The Shifting Heart (7 Aug 1968)
  • Salome (1 May 1968)
  • The Proposal and The Bear (24 April 1968)
  • Volpone (17 April 1968)
  • The Lesson (27 Feb 1968) (Adelaide)
  • Romeo and Juliet (18 Oct 1967) (Love and War)
  • Construction (11 Oct 1967) (Love and War)
  • Intersection (4 Oct 1967) (Love and War)
  • The Brass Butterfly (27 Sept 1967) (Love and War)
  • O'Flaherty VC (20 Sept 1967) (Love and War)
  • Sgt Musgrave's Dance (13 Sept 1967) (Love and War)
  • Man of Destiny (6 Sept 1967) (Love and War)
  • A Ride on the Big Dipper (30 Aug 1967)
  • Kain (17 April 1967) (BBC Co-pro)
  • Goodbye Gloria Hello (10 April 1967)
  • The Schoolmistress (13 March 1967)
  • Course for Collision (30 Nov 1966)
  • The Man Who Saw It (2 Nov 1966)
  • The Runaway (19 Oct 1966)
  • Twelfth Night (12 Oct 1966)
  • Flight into Danger (14 Sept 1966)
  • The Third Witness (17 Aug 1966)
  • Antigone (20 July 1966)
  • Phoenix Too Frequent (6 July 1966)
  • Point of Departure (22 June 1966)
  • Ashes to Ashes (27 April 1966)
  • The Find (19 April 1966) (Hobart)
  • Topaze (30 March 1966)
  • Fireflies (1966 - unsure of date) (Perth)
  • Plain Jane (5 Jan 1966)
  • A Christmas Play (22 Dec 1965)
  • In the Absence of Mr Sugden (9 Dec 1965) (Brisbane)
  • Write Me a Murder (8 Dec 1965)
  • Campaign for One (24 Nov 1965)
  • Photo Finish (10 Nov 1965)
  • Double Jeopardy (9 Nov 1965) (Hobart)
  • Cross of Gold (27 Oct 1965)
  • Tartuffe (13 Oct 1965)
  • Dark Corridor (6 Oct 1965) (Adelaide)
  • Macbeth (22 Sept 1965)
  • Arabesque for Atoms (15 Sept 1965) (Brisbane)
  • The Affair (18 August 1965)
  • The Winds of Green Monday (4 Aug 1965)
  • The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me (28 July 1965)
  • Waiting in the Wings (21 July 1965)
  • How Do You Spell Matrimony?/Face at the Clubhouse Door (14 July 1965)
  • Rusty Bugles (23 June 1965)
  • Dangerous Corner (9 June 1965)
  • Otherwise Engaged (2 June 1965)
  • The Quiet Season (2 June 1965) (Brisbane)
  • Moby Dick Rehearsed (19 May 1965)
  • Daphne Laureola (5 May 1965)
  • The Big Killing (21 April 1965)
  • A Time to Speak (7 April 1965)
  • The Swagman (31 March 1965)
  • Romanoff and Juliet (20 Jan 1965)
  • The Recruiting Officer (6 Jan 1965)
  • Play of Herod (25 Dec 1964)
  • Everyman (23 Dec 1964)
  • A Private Island (9 Dec 1964)
  • The Tower (2 Dec 1964)
  • Othello (18 Nov 1964)
  • Ring Out Wild Bells (11 Nov 1964) (Brisbane)
  • Macbeth in Camera (4 Nov 1964)
  • Corruption in the Palace of Justice (28 Oct 1964)
  • A Local Boy (21 Oct 1964)
  • Split Level (7 Oct 1964)
  • The Late Edwina Black (16 Sept 1964)
  • A Provincial Lady (2 Sept 1964)
  • Rape of the Belt (2 Sept 1964)
  • Wind from the Icy Country (19 August 1964)
  • The Four Poster (12 August 1964)
  • Luther (15 July 1964)
  • The First 400 Years (7 July 1964)
  • The Road (17 June 1964)
  • The Sound of Trumpets (3 June 1964)
  • The Physicists (3 June 1964)
  • Bertrand (27 May 1964)
  • The Sponge Room (22 April 1964)
  • Nude with Violin (8 April 1964)
  • A Season in Hell (1 April 1964)
  • On Approval (25 March 1964)
  • The Angry General (11 March 1964)
  • Continuity Man (26 Feb 1964)
  • I Have Been Here Before (29 Jan 1964)
  • Weather at Pinetop (1964) (Adelaide)
  • Drive a Hard Bargain (1964) (Hobart)
  • Concord of Sweet Sounds (18 Dec 1963)
  • Dark Brown (4 Dec 1963) (Brisbane)
  • Six Characters in Search of an Author (27 Nov 1963)
  • The Long Sunset (27 Nov 1963)
  • The Giaconda Smile (30 Oct 1963)
  • A Man for All Seasons (16 Oct 1963)
  • The Tempest (16 Oct 1963)
  • The Right Thing (2 Oct 1963)
  • The Fighting Cock (18 Sept 1963)
  • The Hot Potato Boys (21 August 1963)
  • Barnstable (7 August 1963)
  • Ballad for One Gun (17 July 1963)
  • The Rose and Crown (July 1963) (Perth)
  • Vacancy in Vaughan Street (? July 1963) (Brisbane)
  • A Piece of Ribbon (10 July 1963)
  • The Happy Journey (June 1963 - Hobart)
  • Uneasy Paradise (26 June 1963)
  • Double Yolk (15 May 1963)
  • A Dead Secret (8 May 1963)
  • The White Carnation (1 May 1963)
  • The Chinese Wall (17 April 1963)
  • Don't Listen Ladies (10 April 1963)
  • The Young Victoria (27 March 1963)
  • Night Stop (20 March 1963)
  • Man of Destiny (20 Feb 1963)
  • Flowering Cherry (13 Feb 1963)
  • Prelude to Harvest (27 Jan 1963)
  • My Three Angels (19 Dec 1962)
  • Light Me a Lucifer (19 Dec 1962)
  • The Prisoner (14 Nov 1962)
  • Marriage Lines (31 Oct 1962)
  • The Case of Private Hamp (17 Oct 1962)
  • The Music Upstairs (3 Oct 1962)
  • The Criminals (5 Sept 1962)
  • Off Centre (28 Feb 1962)
  • You Can't Win 'Em All (5 Sept 1962)
  • Village Wooing (18 July 1962)
  • The Taming of the Shrew (22 Aug 1962)
  • Murder in the Cathedral (8 Aug 1962)
  • Red Peppers/Family Album (25 July 1962)
  • She'll be Right (25 July 1962)
  • Fly by Night (27 June 1962)
  • Fury in Petticoats (3 June 1962)
  • The Teeth of the Wind (2 May 1962)
  • The Hobby Horse (16 May 1962)
  • Lola Montez (28 April 1962)
  • Funnel Web (25 April 1962)
  • The House of Mancello (18 April 1962)
  • Jenny (28 March 1962)
  • Boy Round the Corner (21 March 1962)
  • The Devil Makes Sunday (21 Feb 1962)
  • The Ides of March (21 Dec 1961)
  • Harlequinade (20 Dec 1961)
  • Play of Daniel (13 Dec 1961)
  • The Big Deal (29 Nov 1961)
  • Martine (1 Nov 1961)
  • A Night Out (7 Nov 1961)
  • The Rivals (6 Sept 1961)
  • The Little Woman (18 Oct 1961)
  • The Lady from the Sea (4 Oct 1961)
  • Burst of Summer (9 Aug 1961)
  • The Merchant of Venice (13 Sept 1961)
  • Traveller without Luggage (16 Aug 1961)
  • The Big Client (19 July 1961)
  • Call Me a Liar (12 July 1961)
  • Quiet Night (28 June 1961)
  • In Writing (7 June 1961)
  • The First Joanna (22 Feb 1961)
  • Night of the Ding Dong (3 May 1961)
  • Waters of the Moon (19 April 1961)
  • Little South of Heaven (19 April 1961)
  • The End Begins (22 March 1961)
  • The Sergeant from Burralee (22 March 1961)
  • A Sleep of Prisoners (Feb, 2 March 1961) (Brisbane, Perth)
  • Corinth House (15 Feb 1961)
  • Hedda Gabbler (11 Jan 1961)
  • Close to the Roof (14 Dec 1960)
  • Two Headed Eagle (14 Dec 1960)
  • Venus Observed (2 Nov 1960)
  • It's the Geography That Counts (2 Nov 1960)
  • The Life and Death of Richard II (5 Oct 1960)
  • The Scent of Fear (7 Sept 1960)
  • Macbeth (7 Sept 1960)
  • Uncle Martino (24 Aug 1960)
  • Farewell, Farewell Eugene (10 Aug 1960)
  • Who Killed Kovali? (13 July 1960)
  • Swamp Creatures (13 July 1960)
  • The Emperor Jones (15 June 1960)
  • Shadow of Heroes (15 June 1960)
  • The Astronauts (18 May 1960)
  • The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (23 March 1960)
  • Mine Own Executioner (20 April 1960)
  • The Square Ring (20 April 1960)
  • Dark Under the Sun (28 March 1960)
  • Eye of the Night (24 Feb 1960)
  • Turning Point (24 Feb 1960)
  • The Dock Brief (27 Jan 1960)
  • Heart Attack (13 Jan 1960)
  • Treason (16 Dec 1959)
  • Blue Murder (2 Dec 1959)
  • Outpost (18 Nov 1959)
  • Crime Passionel (11 Nov 1959)
  • Wuthering Heights (28 Oct 1959)
  • Ned Kelly (21 October 1959)
  • One Bright Day (7 Oct 1959)
  • Lady in Danger (9 Sept 1959)
  • Dinner with the Family (26 Aug 1959)
  • Bodgie (12 Aug 1959)
  • Black Limelight (15 July 1959)
  • Misery Me (15 July 1959)
  • Anthony and Cleopatra (17 June 1959)
  • Hamlet (13 June 1959)
  • A Dead Secret (21 May 1959)
  • The Strong Are Lonely (20 May 1959)
  • The Seagull (22 April 1959)
  • Til Death Do Us Part (22 April 1959)
  • Act of Violence (25 Mar 1959)
  • One Morning Near Troodos (25 Mar 1959)
  • The Skin of Our Teeth (25 Feb 1959)
  • Black Chiffon (25 Feb 1959)
  • His Excellency (3 Dec 1958)
  • The Lark (16 Nov 1958)
  • Enemy of the People (5 Nov 1958)
  • Last Call (19 Oct 1958)
  • Citizen of Westminster (8 Oct 1958)
  • The Governess (5 Oct 1958)
  • Rose Without a Thorn (10 Sept 1958)
  • Box for One (17 August 1958)
  • KCU - The Trial of Madeleine Smith (13 Aug 1958)
  • The Public Prosecutor (23 July 1958)
  • Sixty Point Bold (16 July 1958)
  • Sorry Wrong Number (18 June 1958)
  • KCU#3 - The Rattenbury Case (18 June 1958)
  • As You Are (4 June 1958)
  • Captain Carvallo (21 May 1958)
  • Murder Story (21 May 1958)
  • Miss Mabel (23 April 1958)
  • The Small Victory (26 March 1958)
  • If It's a Rose (26 March 1958)
  • Symphonie Pastorale (12 March 1958)
  • Chance of a Ghost (26 Feb 1958)
  • The Multi-Coloured Umbrella (29 Jan 1958)
  • Point of No Return (15 Jan 1958)
  • Gaslight (8 Jan 1958)
  • The Importance of Being Earnest (18 Dec 1957)
  • KCU#2 - The Wallace Case (20 Nov 1957)
  • Journey's End (proposed 13 Nov 1957) (never broadcast)
  • Sound of Thunder (23 Oct 1957)
  • Duke in Darkness (10 Oct 1957)
  • The Passionate Pianist (2 Oct 1957)
  • KCU#1 - The Robert Wood Trial (4 Sept 1957)
  • Rope (21 August 1957)
  • The Right Person (21 Aug 1957)
  • A Phoenix Too Frequent (24 July 1957)
  • Fair Passenger (17 July 1957)
  • A Fourth for Bridge (17 July 1957)
  • Dark Brown (24 June 1957)
  • Ending It (19 June 1957)
  • The Shadow of Doubt (5 June 1957)
  • Sunday Costs Five Pesos (21 May 1957)
  • Holiday in Biarritz (20 May 1957)
  • The Wraith (23 April 1957)
  • Tomorrow's Child (9 April 1957)
  • The Twelve Pound Look (1 April 1957) (Melbourne)
  • In the Zone (19 March 1957)
  • Three Cornered Moon (5 Mar 1957)
  • The Proposal (21 Feb 1957)
  • Roundabout (19 Feb 1957) (Sydney)
  • Elizabeth Refuses (5 Feb 1957)
  • Roundabout (4 Jan 1957) (Melbourne)
  • The Sub-editor's Room (18 Dec 1956)
  • The Valiant (4 December 1956)
  • The Rose and Crown (20 Nov 1956)
  • The Twelve Pound Look (5 Nov 1956) (Sydney)
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  • Australian Playhouse
  • Australian Plays Performed in UK
  • ABC Mini series (1960-1973)
  • Early Australian TV Series (1954-69)

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