Quartet | |
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Genre | anthology |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Producer | Brian Bell |
Running time | 30 mins |
Production company | ABC |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 1972 – 1972 |
Quartet is a 1972 four-part television series, produced for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The series consisted of four stand alone episodes. [1] [2] [3] It followed another anthology series, A Time for Love . [4]
No. | Episode | Writer/s | Producer | Starring | Air date | Ref. |
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1 | "Jane Courtney, That's Who" | Michael Jenkins, Brian Bell | Brian Bell | Jane Harders, Shane Porteous | 31 May 1972 | [5] |
2 | "The Last Great Journey" | Michael Jenkins, Brian Bell | Helen Morse, Serge Lazareff | 7 June 1972 | [6] | |
3 | "Naked Figure on a Park Bench" | Michael Jenkins, Brian Bell | Don Barkham, Kate Fitzpatrick | 14 June 1972 | [7] | |
Ninian Wade, owner of an ad agency, uses their skill to manipulate. [8] | ||||||
4 | "Geoffrey and Louise" | Michael Jenkins, Brian Bell | Brian James, Jessica Noad | 21 June 1972 | [9] |
The Age’s Teletopics column praised Jane Harders' acting in the first episode but called the story "flimsy". [13] John Pinkney of The Age, commenting on the first two episodes, praised the scripting, production and the technical work but criticised some of the acting, stating "too many actors continue to bray their roles... to offer up Mo McCackie caricatures instead of performances." [14] Also in The Age, Pat Dreverman gave a mixed review to "The Last Great Journey", writing "The main faults I fear were in the script – some dreadfully corny lines more suited to the music hall." [15] In The Bulletin, Don Anderson gave it a mixed review, stating "While there are some blatant gaucheries in the programs that might well embarrass the ABC, there are quiet strengths, particularly acting strengths that make two of them worth viewing." [16]