Flight into Danger (Wednesday Theatre)

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"Flight into Danger"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 40
Directed by Patrick Barton
Teleplay by Arthur Hailey
Original air date14 September 1966 (1966-09-14)
Running time55 mins
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"Flight into Danger" is a 1966 Australian TV play. It was based on a 1956 Canadian TV play by Arthur Hailey which had been filmed as the movie Zero Hour! . [1] The episode aired on 14 September 1966 in Melbourne, [2] on 5 October 1966 in Sydney, [3] and on 12 October 1966 in Brisbane. [4]

Contents

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. [5]

Plot

On a plane flight, passenger George Spencer is forced to take controls when the crew fall ill with food poisoning. [2]

Cast

Production

The production starred TV personality Ray Taylor in his second television drama role; the first had been Ashes to Ashes , also for director Patrick Barton. Co-star Betty Bobbitt was best known for appearing on Daly at Night . Barton said, "Ray is extremely good in this role and manages to portray the anxiety the average man would feel when called on to land a large passenger plane." [2]

Reception

The Age called it "another local production that couldn't quite disentangle itself from technical shortcomings to get off the ground." [6]

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References

  1. "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 October 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 11 February 2020 via Trove.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ray to Control". The Age. 8 September 1966. p. 11.
  3. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 October 1966. p. 18.
  4. "Ray Taylor stars in ABC's Flight into Danger". TV Times. 1966.
  5. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. "Teletopics". The Age. 22 September 1966. p. 13.