The Parking Ticket

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"The Parking Ticket"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 12
Directed by Eric Tayler
Teleplay by
Original air date4 July 1966 (1966-07-04)
Running time30 mins
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"The Parking Ticket" is the 12th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse . "The Parking Ticket" was written by Max Colwell and Michael Wright and directed by Henri Safran and originally aired on ABC on 4 July 1966. [1]

Contents

It was one of the first credits for Michael Wright who would die in a car crash in 1969. [2]

Plot

Bob Rankin receives a parking ticket and discovers he lives in a world of aggressive inspectors. The father of a man who has seduced a young woman is given a ticket by the father of the girl.

Cast

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said it provides "both humour and drama." [3]

The Age called it "a gem". [4]

References

  1. ↑ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald . 4 July 1966. p. 22.
  2. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2023). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Boy with Banner, Objector and Watch It". Filmink.
  3. ↑ Darlington, Dorothy (5 July 1966). "The humour and drama". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 12.
  4. ↑ Monitor (16 July 1966). "Blotting the Copybook". The Age .


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