They Don't Clap Losers

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They Don't Clap Losers
Written byJohn Power
Directed by John Power
Starring Martin Vaughan
Pat Evison
Michele Fawdon
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerJohn Power
Running time85 mins [1]
Budget$1.5 million [2]
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseMarch 1, 1975 (1975-03-01)

They Don't Clap Losers is a 1975 Australian television documentary-drama film directed by John Power. It aired on March 1, 1975, [3] the first night Australian television turned to colour. [4] Power had made a number of drama documentaries for the ABC, including Billy and Percy , Like a Summer Storm and Escape from Singapore . [5]

Contents

It later aired in 1977 as an episode of Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse .

Premise

Two single parents, Martin and Kay, meet through Children's Court, when their sons are called in on vandalism charges. [2]

Cast

Reception

Powers' script won an AWGIE Award. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 1 March 1975. p. 20.
  2. 1 2 Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p152
  3. ↑ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 February 1975. p. 16.
  4. ↑ "A bit of midnight magic". The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide. 24 February 1975. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Loneliness in court". The Age TV Guide. 27 February 1975. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "Top prize for prison playwright McNeil". The Age. 18 July 1975. p. 4.


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