Intimate Strangers (miniseries)

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Intimate Strangers
Based onIntimate Strangers
by Katharine Susannah Prichard
Written byJudith Bell
Brian Bell
Directed by Michael Carson
Starring Carmen Duncan
Kit Taylor
Tony Bonner
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2 x 1 hours
Production
ProducerMichael Carson
Original release
Network ABC
Release12 July 1981 (1981-07-12)

Intimate Strangers is an Australian mini series about a married couple put at risk when both parties become infatuated with other people. [1]

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Reception

Greg Shelley of The Sydney Morning Herald says it "is, for part one at least, rather slow. The pace quickens in episode two." and writes "Intimate Strangers is saved by the acting of Carmen Duncan as Elodie." [2] Don Groves in the Sun-Herald says "Boredom does threaten in the first 15 minutes or so of Strangers but, happily, the pace quickens, a modicum of tension builds and an ounce or two of emotion is judiciously added." [3] The Age's Barbara Hooks states "the script is shot through with cliches and non-sequiturs which do little to marry a series of unconvincing characters and disjointed scenes." [4] Marion McDonald of the Sydney Morning Herald noted it was unlucky to run at the same time as A Town Like Alice and said "The first episode slow and uneven and there was one ridiculous scene, again reminiscent of opera, where the major characters popped in and out of a clearing, imparting vital bits of the story. I read somewhere that the second and last episode picks up pace, which is a good thing because while the elegiac mood may be well suited to the time and the social setting. I doubt that it will sustain our interest in a set of characters who, apart from Duncan, are neither believable nor engaging." [5]

References

  1. ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p206
  2. ↑ Shelley, Garry (6 July 1981), "Pale attempt at drama", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ↑ Groves, Don (12 July 1981), "Strangers add dramatic dash", The Sun-Herald
  4. ↑ Hooks, Barbara (9 July 1981), "Strangers a tweesome threesome", The Age
  5. ↑ McDonald, Marion (18 July 1981), "A Town Like Alice: a test case for Australian television", The Sydney Morning Herald


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