Quartet (Australian TV series)

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Quartet
Genreanthology
Written by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerBrian Bell
Running time30 mins
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release1972 (1972) –
1972 (1972)

Quartet is a 1972 television series for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. It consisted of four stand alone episodes. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

It followed another anthology series, A Time for Love . [4]

Episodes

  1. "Jane Courtney, That's Who" (31 May 1972) [5] w Michael Jenkins & Brian Bell p Brian Bell. With Jane Harders, Shane Porteous.
  2. "The Last Great Journey" (7 June 1972) [6] w Michael Jenkins and Brian Bell. With Helen Morse, Serge Lazareff.
  3. "Naked Figure on a Park Bench" (14 June 1972) [7] w Michael Jenkins & Brian Bell. Ninian Wade, owner of an ad agency, uses their skill to manipulate. With Don Barkham, Kate Fitzpartick. [8]
  4. "Geoffrey and Louise" (21 June 1972) [9] w Michael Jenkins and Brian Bell. With Brian James, Jessica Noad.

Episodes aired a week later in Melbourne. [10] [11] [12]

Reception

The Age's Teletopics column praised Jae 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." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Dreverman, Pat (23 March 1972). "It's our kind of love". The Age TV Guide. p. 2.
  2. ↑ Marshall, Valda (28 May 1972). "Generation gap, circa 1777". The Sun-Herald. p. 122.
  3. 1 2 Anderson, Don (24 June 1972). "An antiquarian quartet". The Bulletin.
  4. ↑ "New shows", The Age, 1 June 1972
  5. ↑ "Wednesday 31". The Canberra Times. 29 May 1972.
  6. ↑ "Wednesday, June 7, 1972", The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 1972
  7. ↑ "Wednesday, June 14, 1972", The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 June 1972
  8. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 15 June 1972. p. 33.
  9. ↑ "Wednesday, June 21, 1972", The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 1972
  10. ↑ "Wednesday", The Age, 1 June 1972
  11. ↑ "Eternal quadrangle", The Age, 15 June 1972
  12. ↑ "Wednesday", The Age, 22 June 1972
  13. ↑ "Teletopics". Age TV Radio Guide. 15 June 1972. p. 2.
  14. ↑ Pinkney, John (16 June 1972), "When Melbourne was frigid — like all the time", The Age
  15. ↑ Dreverman, Pat (1 June 1972), "Quartet with corn ...", The Age
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