Dear Edgar (27 March 1964)

 DEAR EDGAR

Richard Kerr ....................................................  Russell Jarrett
Corrie Kerr  ....................................................  Gweneth Smith
Chris Kerr .........................................................  Graham Bean
Linda Kerr ..............................................................  Gail Wood
Carl Wentworth .................................................  Dick McCann
Virginia ..............................................................  Jackie Ellison
Babs ..........................................................  Barbara Wheelton
........................................................................  Don McTaggart

Comedy play about a Brisbane newspaper editor who is also an anonymous lonely-hearts columnist with whom his wife starts a correspondence, whereupon their children decide to arrange a meeting between the pair. Jarrett took over the lead role after original choice Eddie Edwards was seriously injured in a car accident.

Scriptwriter: ........................................................  Dennis Lane
Director: ......................................................  Brian Rhys-Jones
Producer: ............................................................  Wilson Irving
Originating Station: .....................................................  BTQ--7
Running Time: ...........................................................   30 mins

 Airdate: ...............................  7:30 p.m Friday March 27th 1964

Note: The original cast announced was:

Richard Kerr ...................................................  Eddie Edwards
Corrie Kerr  ..........................................................  Jean Munro
Chris Kerr .........................................................  Graham Bean
Linda Kerr ..............................................................  Gail Wood
Carl Wentworth .................................................  Dick McCann
Virginia ..............................................................  Jackie Ellison
Babs ..........................................................  Barbara Wheelton

 

 

Crisis (27 Oct 1963)

 Brisbane play

CRISIS

George Bryant  .............................................  Gerard Kennedy

Reverend Ted Heard .......................................  Brian Cannon

Jim   ....................................................................  Victor Knight

..........................................................................  Patricia Knight

1st nurse ....................................................  Jeanette Campbell

Doctor ....................................................................  Bill French

Visitor  ...............................................................  Daphne Lilley

............................................................................  Gilbert Perrin

Telegram boy ..................................................  John Reynolds

Drama play about a man whose wife is rushed to hospital, and his difficulty in accepting that her condition is critical.

Scriptwriter: ..............................................................  unknown

Director: ................................................................  Gavin Kelly

Producer: ............................................................  Dennis Lane

Originating Station:    Christian Television Association / QTQ-9

Running Time: ...........................................................   30 mins

Airdate: .......................  12:30 p.m Sunday October 27th 1963

Note: Possibly the first TV appearance by Gerard Kennedy (billed as “Jerry Kennedy”).

 

BAPH Articles

Brisbane

*A Sleep of Prisoners  (March 1961)

*Vacancy on Vaughan Street

*Arabesque for Atoms (15 Sept 65)

*In the Absence of Mr Sugden (9 Dec 1965)

*The Monkey Cage (20 June 1966)

Adelaide

Joanna Of Arc - NWS-9, Nov 1961

The Valley Of Water - NWS-9, 25 March 1962

Trial Or Trust - ABC, May 1963

Born On This Tide - ADS-7, Dec 1963

The Weather At Pine Top - ABC, Feb 1964

The First 400 Years (parts 1 & 2) - ABC, July 1964

The Look - 22 Jan 1965

Dark Corridor - ABC (6 Oct 1965)

King Lear - ABS, Sept 1967

*Dark Corridor (6 Oct 1965)  

 Perth

* Colour Bar (1960) - first TV play*

* A Sleep of Prisoners (31 Jan 1961) 

* Portrait of a Star (April 1963)* -TVW-7

*The Rose & Crown (July 1963)

 * The Good Oil (1965*

*The Find (65/66)

*Fireflies

Hobart

* Early Settlement Along The Derwent - ABC, Feb 1963

*The Happy Journey

*Double Jeopardy

*The Captain and the Cox'n (9 Aug 1966) 

 

NAA Ray Menmuir

NAA Paul O'Loughlin

NAA Producers Conference