V.I.P.P.

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"V.I.P.P."
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 26
Directed byBrian Faull
Teleplay by Pat Flower
Original air date10 October 1966 (1966-10-10)
Running time30 mins
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"V.I.P.P." is the 26th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse . [1] [2] "V.I.P.P." was written by Pat Flower and directed by Brian Faull and originally aired on ABC on 10 October 1966.

Contents

Flower was one of the leading writers in Australian television at the time. [3]

Plot

A Very Important Political Personage faces a crisis of state. His secretary is Miss Greensleeves. Lady Montpelier runs off with the chauffeur. His wife Effie offers an ultimatum. [4]

Cast

Reception

The Age felt the script was full of cliches and wasted the actors "and all those elaborate sets. The ABC should have another look at productions of such little value as this one." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "TV Gudie". The Sydney Morning Herald . 10 October 1966. p. 17.
  2. ↑ "Unaccustomed as we are..." The Canberra Times . Vol. 41, no. 11, 504. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 October 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 25 February 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink .
  4. ↑ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald . 10 October 1966. p. 17.
  5. ↑ Monitor (15 October 1966). "Politics in the fringe". The Age . p. 23.
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