The Weekly's War

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The Weekly's War
Genre mini-series
Written byStephen Ramsey
John Edwards
Directed byStephen Ramsey
Starring Noni Hazlehurst
Jane Harders
Michael Caton
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2
Production
Producer Suzanne Baker
Running time2 x 90 mins
Original release
Network Nine Network
Release1983 (1983)

The Weekly's War is a 1983 TV movie about Dorothy Drain, a writer on The Australian Women's Weekly . She works under Les Haylen, Esme Fenston and Frank Packer. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p. 249
  2. O'Brien, Denis (27 September 1983). "Just how The Weekly went to war". The Australian Women's Weekly. 103 (5384): 40. ISSN   0007-4039.