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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| name = The End Begins
| name = The End Begins
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| image = [[File:End_Begins_newspaper_ad.png|thumb|centre]]
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| caption = Ad from ''The Age'' 22 Mar 1961
| genre =
| genre = science fiction
| creator =
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| based_on =
| based_on =
| writer = Ray Rigby
| writer = [[Ray Rigby (screenwriter)|Ray Rigby]]
| screenplay =
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| story =
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| network = ABC
| released = 22 March 1961 (Melbourne, live)<ref name="age">{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19610316&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Survival Drama|date=16 March 1961|page=12}}</ref><br>14 June 1961 (Sydney, taped)<ref>{{cite news|title=Atomic War Survivors|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 June 1961|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 June 1961|page=13|title=Television}}</ref>
| released = 22 March 1961 (Melbourne, live)<ref name="age">{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19610316&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Survival Drama|date=16 March 1961|page=12}}</ref><br>14 June 1961 (Sydney, taped)<ref>{{cite news|title=Atomic War Survivors|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 June 1961|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 June 1961|page=13|title=Television}}</ref>
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'''''The End Begins''''' is a 1961 Australian television play shot in ABC's Melbourne studios. Like many early Australian TV plays it was based on an overseas script. It was a rare Australian TV play with a science fiction theme.<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>
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[[File:End_Begins_newspaper_ad.png|thumb|right|''The Age'' 22 Mar 1961]]
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'''''The End Begins''''' is a 1961 Australian television play shot in ABC's Melbourne studios. Like many early Australian TV plays it was based on an overseas script.<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>


==Plot==
==Plot==
On an island off the west coast of Great Britain, a group of survivors of World War Three struggle to continue living. Hugh Packenham's only neighbours are fisherman Shaun O'Donnell and his wife Barbara. Other survivors seek refuge and conflicts develop<ref name="two">{{cite news|title=Drama Assesses Human Valies|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19610316&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=16 March 1991|page=13}}</ref>
On an island off the west coast of Great Britain, a group of survivors of World War Three struggle to continue living. Hugh Packenham foresaw the oncoming conflict and fled to the island. His only neighbours are fisherman Shaun O'Donnell and his wife Barbara. Then other survivors seek refuge, including a black American sailor, and conflicts develop<ref name="two">{{cite news|title=Drama Assesses Human Valies|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19610316&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|newspaper=The Age|date=16 March 1991|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121952345/?terms=%22the%2Bend%2Bbegins%22|title=TV Guide|date=16 March 1961|page=33}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
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==Productions==
==Productions==
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[[File:The_End_Begins_Cast_Photo.png|thumb|right|Joe Jenkins, Fay Kelton<br>The Age 16 Mar 1961]]
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The set was created by Douglas Smith who did the designs for ''Stormy Petrel''.<ref name="two"/> Joe Jenkins was a black American actor and dancer who came to Australia with the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and decided to stay.<ref name="age"/> He was one of the few black actors to play a lead role in Australia at that time.
It was based on a British TV play by [[Ray Rigby (screenwriter)|Ray Rigby]] which had been filmed in 1956 in a production starring [[Earl Cameron]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173488/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_12 1956 TV production] at [[IMDB]]</ref> Rigby later became well known for writing ''The Hill''. His play was later adapted for Australian radio in 1964.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131746074 |title=2CA |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=38, |issue=10,784 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=29 February 1964 |accessdate=10 September 2020 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>

The production was filmed in Melbourne. It was William Sterling's first production after returning to Australia following a trip overseas. The set was created by Douglas Smith who did the designs for ''Stormy Petrel''.<ref name="two"/>

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The cast included Joe Jenkins, a black American actor and dancer who came to Australia with the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and decided to stay.<ref name="age"/> He was one of the few black actors to play a lead role in Australia at that time.
<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/z-non-white-aussie-movies-tv-white-australia/?fbclid=IwAR2a3frfNd9RfNEqJta07m8mnH4x5RejXkRemRiAUmojmurXyhJAAMPuEUE|title=The A to Z of Non-White Aussie Movies and TV in White Australia|date=May 25, 2020}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/z-non-white-aussie-movies-tv-white-australia/?fbclid=IwAR2a3frfNd9RfNEqJta07m8mnH4x5RejXkRemRiAUmojmurXyhJAAMPuEUE|title=The A to Z of Non-White Aussie Movies and TV in White Australia|date=May 25, 2020}}</ref>

==Reception==
==Reception==
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "quite imaginative".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Drama of Atomic War Survivors on TV|date=15 June 1961|page=7}}</ref>
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' said it "had the merit of exploratory camera work" and called it "quite imaginative".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=Drama of Atomic War Survivors on TV|date=15 June 1961|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/124032080/?terms=%22the%2Bend%2Bbegins%22}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:46, 10 September 2020

The End Begins
File:End Begins newspaper ad.png
Ad from The Age 22 Mar 1961
Genrescience fiction
Written byRay Rigby
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time75 mins[4]
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release22 March 1961 (Melbourne, live)[1]
14 June 1961 (Sydney, taped)[2][3]

The End Begins is a 1961 Australian television play shot in ABC's Melbourne studios. Like many early Australian TV plays it was based on an overseas script. It was a rare Australian TV play with a science fiction theme.[5]

Plot

On an island off the west coast of Great Britain, a group of survivors of World War Three struggle to continue living. Hugh Packenham foresaw the oncoming conflict and fled to the island. His only neighbours are fisherman Shaun O'Donnell and his wife Barbara. Then other survivors seek refuge, including a black American sailor, and conflicts develop[6][7]

Cast

  • Don Crosby as Hugh Pakenham
  • Joe Jenkins as Hank Christians
  • Douglas Kelly as Shaun O'Donnell
  • Barbara Brandon as Mrs O'Donnell
  • Fay Kelton as Valerie Hollis
  • Keith Hudson as Tom Jarrow
  • Syd Conabere as Dr Wincot
  • Kenrick Hudson as Commander Ridgwell
  • James Lynch as Petty Officer Marks
  • David Mitchell as Seaman Wells
  • Edward Brayshaw as Smithers
  • Elizabeth Goodman as woman

Productions

File:The End Begins Cast Photo.png
Joe Jenkins, Fay Kelton
The Age 16 Mar 1961

It was based on a British TV play by Ray Rigby which had been filmed in 1956 in a production starring Earl Cameron.[8] Rigby later became well known for writing The Hill. His play was later adapted for Australian radio in 1964.[9]

The production was filmed in Melbourne. It was William Sterling's first production after returning to Australia following a trip overseas. The set was created by Douglas Smith who did the designs for Stormy Petrel.[6]

The cast included Joe Jenkins, a black American actor and dancer who came to Australia with the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and decided to stay.[1] He was one of the few black actors to play a lead role in Australia at that time. [10]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said it "had the merit of exploratory camera work" and called it "quite imaginative".[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Survival Drama". The Age. 16 March 1961. p. 12.
  2. ^ "Atomic War Survivors". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 June 1961. p. 15.
  3. ^ "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 June 1961. p. 13.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 16 March 1961. p. 33.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ a b "Drama Assesses Human Valies". The Age. 16 March 1991. p. 13.
  7. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 16 March 1961. p. 33.
  8. ^ 1956 TV production at IMDB
  9. ^ "2CA". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, , no. 10, 784. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 February 1964. p. 16. Retrieved 10 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  10. ^ Vagg, Stephen (25 May 2020). "The A to Z of Non-White Aussie Movies and TV in White Australia". Filmink.
  11. ^ "Drama of Atomic War Survivors on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 June 1961. p. 7.

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