"The Torrents" | |
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Australian Plays episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
Directed by | Oscar Whitbread |
Teleplay by | Oriel Gray |
Based on |
The Torrents by Oriel Gray |
Original air date | 10 December 1969 |
Running time | 70 mins |
"The Torrents" is a 1969 Australian TV play based on the stage play by Oriel Gray. It was filmed as part of the ABC anthology drama series Australian Plays. [1] It was the second Gray play adapted by the ABC, after Burst of Summer. [2] It aired on 10 December 1969 in Sydney and Melbourne. [3]
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. [4]
It was shot in Melbourne and at Maldon, a small town outside Bendigo. [5] It was designed by Alan Clarke. Railway carriages were hired from the Society of Railway Enthusiasts. The budget could not cover the hiring of an old locomotive so a modern one was used, but this was obscured by a fog machine. [6]
One critic called it "a beauty". [7]
"The Torrents" | |
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Australian Plays episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
Directed by | Oscar Whitbread |
Teleplay by | Oriel Gray |
Based on |
The Torrents by Oriel Gray |
Original air date | 10 December 1969 |
Running time | 70 mins |
"The Torrents" is a 1969 Australian TV play based on the stage play by Oriel Gray. It was filmed as part of the ABC anthology drama series Australian Plays. [1] It was the second Gray play adapted by the ABC, after Burst of Summer. [2] It aired on 10 December 1969 in Sydney and Melbourne. [3]
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. [4]
It was shot in Melbourne and at Maldon, a small town outside Bendigo. [5] It was designed by Alan Clarke. Railway carriages were hired from the Society of Railway Enthusiasts. The budget could not cover the hiring of an old locomotive so a modern one was used, but this was obscured by a fog machine. [6]
One critic called it "a beauty". [7]