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Tilley Landed On Our Shore is a 1969 Australian television play. It was part of the Australian Plays series.
Written by Pat Flower. Produced by John Croyston. Running time 55 minutes. Aired 12 November 1969.[1]
Plot
A comic account of Governor Phillips's 1788 landing in Australia. It is set in the modern day on the mythical island of Extrania, where Lieut. Tilley has been sent to establish a penal colony.[2]
Cast
- Donald MacDonald as Lt Tilly
- Michael Boddy
- Frank Lloyd
- Tom Farley
- David Cameron
- Ric Hutton
- Noel Ferrier
- Ruth Cracknell
- Don Crosby
- Barry Lovett
- Lou Vernon
- Edward Howell
- Pat Bishop
- Jack Allen
- Tony Bazell
- Reg Collins
- John Gray
- Ric Hunter
- Sheila Kennelly
- Colonel Crint and His Regiment of Foot and Mouth Deserters.
Production
Before the production aired, the script won the 1967 Dame Mary Gilmore Medal awarded in March 1968.[3] Judges called it "a superbly funny comment with a strong Australian history allegory on present attitudes to domestic and foreign affairs. A rare dramatic event — a satirical script. It has style in the best sense of the word. It hides unexpected social comment beneath well-constructed fun. The humour is visual as well as verbal, the TV medium is an integral part of its being."[4]
It was the first self contained drama by the ABC to be shot entirely on film with no videotaped segments. More than thirty people were in the cast and above-the-line costs were estimated to be somewhere between $15,000 and $20,000.[2]
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald said "never have so many done to much for so little. It was a laboured hour of TV. There is only one word for it. Ouch."[5] The same paper later called the production one of the worst shows of 1969.[6]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 November 1969. p. 15.
- ^ a b Hall, Sandra (15 February 1969). "Who's filming what". The Bulletin. p. 42.
- ^ "Gilmore prize presented". Tribune. No. 1551. New South Wales, Australia. 27 March 1968. p. 8. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""Tilley" lands Gilmore TV prize". Tribune. No. 1544. New South Wales, Australia. 7 February 1968. p. 8. Retrieved 18 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Tilley lands flat". Sydney Morning Herald. November 16, 1969. p. 126.
- ^ "Safe, steady 1969". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 December 1969. p. 77.
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