Quality of Mercy | |
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Genre | Anthology series |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Producer | Patrick Barton |
Production company | Australian Broadcasting Commission |
Original release | |
Network | ABC TV |
Release | 4 June – 16 July 1975 |
Related | |
The Seven Ages of Man |
Quality of Mercy is a 1975 Australian TV series, which took the format of an anthology of television plays. [1] All the scripts were by female writers. [2] The series was commissioned by John Croyston, the head of ABC TV Drama, and was produced in Melbourne [1] and Sydney. [3] It was followed later in 1975 by a companion series, The Seven Ages of Man . [1]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | "Papa" | Douglas Sharp | Lynn Bayonas | 4 June 1975 [4] |
2 | "Sally Go Round the Moon" | John Gauci [5] | Judith Colquhoun | 11 June 1975 [6] |
3 | "The Love Job" | Keith Wilkes | Margaret Kelly | 18 June 1975 [7] |
4 | "Send Him On His Way Rejoicing" | David Zweck [8] | Anne Brooksbank [8] | 25 June 1975 |
5 | "Kenny" | Douglas Sharp [9] | Sonia Borg [9] | 2 July 1975 [9] |
6 | "We Should Have Had a Uniform" | John Gauci [10] | Oriel Gray [10] | 9 July 1975 [11] |
7 | "Twice Blessed" | Michael Ludbrook | Barbara Vernon | 16 July 1975 |
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