"The Parking Ticket" | |
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Australian Playhouse episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 12 |
Directed by | Eric Tayler |
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Original air date | 4 July 1966 |
Running time | 30 mins |
"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]
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.
The Sydney Morning Herald said it provides "both humour and drama." [2]
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