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| first_aired = May 27, 1962 (Sydney)<br>June 10, 1962 (Mebourne)
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'''''The Patriots''''' was an Australian television drama mini-series. A period-drama, it aired for 10 episodes on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] in 1962. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19620607&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=7 June 1962|page=14|title=Chosen for their Likeness}}</ref>
'''''The Patriots''''' was an Australian television drama mini-series. A period-drama, it aired for 10 episodes on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] in 1962. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19620607&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=7 June 1962|page=14|title=Chosen for their Likeness}}</ref>


Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> This was among a series of period dramas produced by the broadcaster, being preceded by ''[[Stormy Petrel (TV series)|Stormy Petrel]]'' (1960) and ''[[The Outcasts (1961 TV series)|The Outcasts]]'' (1961), and followed by ''[[The Hungry Ones]]'' (1963). The cast included [[James Condon]] as [[William Wentworth|William Charles Wentworth]], who gets into trouble while running a newspaper called ''The Australian''<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380938/</ref> (note: no relation to the current newspaper of the same name).
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> This was among a series of period dramas produced by the broadcaster, being preceded by ''[[Stormy Petrel (TV series)|Stormy Petrel]]'' (1960) and ''[[The Outcasts (1961 TV series)|The Outcasts]]'' (1961), and followed by ''[[The Hungry Ones]]'' (1963). The first two had been written by Rex Rienits but this one was written by Phillip Grenville Mann.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122318318/?terms=%22the%2Bpatriots%22|date=8 March 1962|page=22|title=New Serial with Emphasis on Our Fight for Freedom}}</ref>


The cast included [[James Condon]] as [[William Wentworth|William Charles Wentworth]], who gets into trouble while running a newspaper called ''The Australian''<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380938/</ref> (note: no relation to the current newspaper of the same name).
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Telerecordings (also known as [[Kinescope|kinescope recordings]]) of the episodes are held by [[National Archives of Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43737516 |title="The Patriots". |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=6 June 1962 |accessdate=4 June 2015 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


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Telerecordings (also known as [[Kinescope|kinescope recordings]]) of the episodes are held by [[National Archives of Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43737516 |title="The Patriots". |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=6 June 1962 |accessdate=4 June 2015 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Premise==
William Wentworth runs a newspaper which brings him into conflict with Governor Darling.
==Cast==
*James Condon as William Charles Wentworth
*Allan Trevor as [[Governor Ralph Darling]]
*Nigel Lovell as Dr [[Robert Wardell]]
*Beverley Phillips as Sarah Cox
*Beryl Marshall as Elizabeth Cox
*Marion Johns as Mrs Cox
*Ken Goodlet
*Atholl Fleming
*Alistair Duncan
*Ellis Irving as William Dumraresq, brother of Darling's wife
*[[Ruth Cracknell]]
*Barry Creyton
==Epeisodes==
*Ep 2 - Wentworth becomes involved in a breach of promise suit
*Ep 3 - "The Governor Acts" - Wentworth protests against "rubber stamp" governorship
*Ep 5 - "Full scale war"
*Ep 6 - "Pistol Duel" - a duel is fought between William Dumrareq and Robert Wardell
*Ep 7 - "A Marriage in Sydney" - Sarah marries William
*Ep 8 - "A Court Martial"
*Ep 9 - Darling's answer to Wentworth's impeachment is to hold an official inquiry to the deal of Private Sudds
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 15:07, 8 July 2020

The Patriots
Genrehistory
Written byPhilip Grenville Mann
Directed byColin Dean
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Running time30 mins
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseMay 27 (Sydney)
June 10, 1962 (Mebourne) –
July 27, 1962 (Sydney)
August 12 1962 (Melbourne)

The Patriots was an Australian television drama mini-series. A period-drama, it aired for 10 episodes on ABC in 1962. [1]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2] This was among a series of period dramas produced by the broadcaster, being preceded by Stormy Petrel (1960) and The Outcasts (1961), and followed by The Hungry Ones (1963). The first two had been written by Rex Rienits but this one was written by Phillip Grenville Mann.[3]

The cast included James Condon as William Charles Wentworth, who gets into trouble while running a newspaper called The Australian[4] (note: no relation to the current newspaper of the same name).

Telerecordings (also known as kinescope recordings) of the episodes are held by National Archives of Australia.[5]

Premise

William Wentworth runs a newspaper which brings him into conflict with Governor Darling.

Cast

  • James Condon as William Charles Wentworth
  • Allan Trevor as Governor Ralph Darling
  • Nigel Lovell as Dr Robert Wardell
  • Beverley Phillips as Sarah Cox
  • Beryl Marshall as Elizabeth Cox
  • Marion Johns as Mrs Cox
  • Ken Goodlet
  • Atholl Fleming
  • Alistair Duncan
  • Ellis Irving as William Dumraresq, brother of Darling's wife
  • Ruth Cracknell
  • Barry Creyton

Epeisodes

  • Ep 2 - Wentworth becomes involved in a breach of promise suit
  • Ep 3 - "The Governor Acts" - Wentworth protests against "rubber stamp" governorship
  • Ep 5 - "Full scale war"
  • Ep 6 - "Pistol Duel" - a duel is fought between William Dumrareq and Robert Wardell
  • Ep 7 - "A Marriage in Sydney" - Sarah marries William
  • Ep 8 - "A Court Martial"
  • Ep 9 - Darling's answer to Wentworth's impeachment is to hold an official inquiry to the deal of Private Sudds

References

  1. ^ "Chosen for their Likeness". The Age. 7 June 1962. p. 14.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ "New Serial with Emphasis on Our Fight for Freedom". The Age. 8 March 1962. p. 22.
  4. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380938/
  5. ^ ""The Patriots"". The Australian Women's Weekly. 6 June 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

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