Australian Theatre Festival

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The Australian Theatre Festival was a series of adaptations of Australian plays filmed by the ABC in 1979-80. Six plays were filmed in all at an estimated budget of $5,000 an episode. They aired on Sunday night opposite movies on the commercial channels. [1] They were partly inspired by a government ruling that the ABC could keep any money it made selling projects overseas. [2]

The series was not a ratings success. [3]

Episodes

First Series:

Second Series:

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References

  1. "Culled Out!". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 20 August 1980. p. 165 Supplement: Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. "THE LINE-UP FOR 1980". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 6 February 1980. p. 46. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  3. Australian Theatre Festival at AustLit
  4. "TELEVISION An affectionate play". The Canberra Times . Vol. 54, no. 16, 394. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 August 1980. p. 14. Retrieved 12 May 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "PRODUCTION notes". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 6 August 1980. p. 146 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 7 August 2013.