A Piece of Ribbon

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A Piece of Ribbon
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Advertisement in The Age 10 July 1963
Based onplay by Leslie Thomas
Starring Elspeth Ballantyne, Dennis Miller
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Christopher Muir
Running time60 mins [1]
Production company Australian Broadcasting Commission
Original release
Network ABC
Release10 July 1963 (1963-07-10) (Melbourne)
Release24 July 1963 (1963-07-24) (Sydney) [2]

A Piece of Ribbon is a 1963 Australian television play filmed. It was based on an English TV play by Leslie Thomas that had already been performed by the BBC. [3] [4]

Contents

It was filmed in Melbourne and was directed by Christopher Muir. [5] Beach scenes were shot in Beaumaris, Victoria. [6]

Although based on a British script it is the only Australian made television drama set during the Malayan Emergency. [7]

Plot

During the Malayan Emergency, British soldiers are having a break from jungle patrol at a Malay Beach Club House. Several of them are attracted to a Eurasian girl, Marianna de Souza, who is there to meet her boyfriend Corporal Cutliffe. He arranges to meet Marianna later at a beach.

Marianna is found murdered. Investigations into her death are cut short when the company is sent out on patrol under Sergeant Wiley.

Cast

Production

There was a cast of 25 including five models from the Mannequin and Models Guild. The producers shot scenes for the beach at Beaumauris. Heather Leembruggen was from Sri Lanka. [8] The set was designed by Kevin Bartlett. [9]

Reception

The Bulletin said the cast, "with one minor exception", were believable as British soldiers. [10]

Filminkg called it "a very good production." [11]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 1963. p. 11.
  2. ↑ "Beach Scenes of Murder Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 1963. p. 12.
  3. ↑ "Murder Thriller On Channel 3". The Canberra Times . Vol. 37, no. 10, 596. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 July 1963. p. 35. Retrieved 22 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Leslie Thomas obituary". The Guardian . 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Age - Google News Archive Search".
  6. ↑ "Beach Scenes in Melbourne". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 1963. p. 11.
  7. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (27 August 2022). "3 Forgotten Australian Television Plays". Filmink.
  8. ↑ "Malaya Provides Set for Beach Murder". The Age. 4 July 1963. p. 12.
  9. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 4 July 1963. p. 31.
  10. ↑ The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 23 March 2019
  11. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (27 August 2022). "3 Forgotten Australian Television Plays". Filmink.


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