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'''''Reunion Day''''' is a 1962 British TV movie based on a script by Australian writer [[Peter Yeldham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/JASAL/article/viewFile/9754/9642|title=Peter Yeldham's Reunion Day: An Anzac Day Play on British Television|first=Susan|last= Lever|website=JASAL}}</ref> Many of the cast were Australians living in London at the time. It was done by the BBC.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51193499 |title=ANZAC REUNION |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=29 |issue=35 |location=Australia, Australia |date=31 January 1962 |accessdate=14 February 2019 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
'''''Reunion Day''''' is a 1962 British TV movie based on a script by Australian writer [[Peter Yeldham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/JASAL/article/viewFile/9754/9642|title=Peter Yeldham's Reunion Day: An Anzac Day Play on British Television|first=Susan|last= Lever|website=JASAL}}</ref> Many of the cast were Australians living in London at the time. It was done by the BBC.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51193499 |title=ANZAC REUNION |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=29 |issue=35 |location=Australia, Australia |date=31 January 1962 |accessdate=14 February 2019 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> However the play was banned from being shown in Australia.<ref name="times">{{cite magazine|magazine=TV Times|title=Play ban shocks actor|date=3 May 1962|page=17}}</ref> |
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==Cast== |
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*[[Ray Barrett]] |
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*[[Frank Leighton]] |
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==Production== |
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Yeldham wrote it in the summer of 1961, in London. It took him a month but he had the idea for three years. <ref>Yeldham introduction p 1</ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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The play was successful, particularly in Germany.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47474867 |title=GAMBLES THAT PAID OFF! |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=34 |issue=8 |location=Australia, Australia |date=20 July 1966 |accessdate=14 February 2019 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
The play was successful, particularly in Germany.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47474867 |title=GAMBLES THAT PAID OFF! |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=34 |issue=8 |location=Australia, Australia |date=20 July 1966 |accessdate=14 February 2019 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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==Australian Banning== |
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The play was to have been shown on BTQ-7, TCN-9 in Sydney and HSV-7 in Melbourne. However the censor refused to pass it. Chief censor C.J. Campbell said the play "contained matter that was quite contrary to the Broadcasting Control Board's standards for television. The language used may be all right for a soldier's reunion but it is all wrong for a suburban sitting room."<ref name="times"/> |
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Ron Haddrick said "there were only three 'bloodys' in the whole play. I was shocked and upset when I heard the play had been banned here." <ref name="times"/> |
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A spokesman for TCN-9 said: |
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<blockquote>''Reunion Day'' depicts Anzac Day as just another excuse for a debauch. There is no remembrance of Gallipoli, or sacrifice. The action takes place almost entirely in a pub. The language goes from bad to worse. The characters have nothing in common. The conversation runs out every two or three minutes, and somebody says: 'Let's have a drink'. There is even a dose of anti-Semitism thrown in. The whole thing was blasphemous, obscene and thoroughly nasty. If we had shown it we would have had the RSL marching on us and not without justice. We would have appealed against the censor's ruling if we had thought the play was worth it. We didn't.<ref name="times"/></blockquote> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6147370/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_66 ''Reunion Day''] at [[IMDb]] |
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6147370/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_66 ''Reunion Day''] at [[IMDb]] |
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*[https://www-austlit-edu-au.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/austlit/page/C738469 ''Reunion Day''] at [[AustLit]] (subscription required) |
*[https://www-austlit-edu-au.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/austlit/page/C738469 ''Reunion Day''] at [[AustLit]] (subscription required) |
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==Notes== |
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*{{cite magazine|magazine=Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature |date=2009|first=Peter|last=Yeldham|title=Reunion Day Complete Script|url=https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/JASAL/article/view/9755/9643}}</ref> |
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*[https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/JASAL/article/view/9755/9643 Complete |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 02:20, 4 October 2020
Reunion Day is a 1962 British TV movie based on a script by Australian writer Peter Yeldham.[1] Many of the cast were Australians living in London at the time. It was done by the BBC.[2] However the play was banned from being shown in Australia.[3]
Cast
- Ray Barrett
- Reg Lye
- Ron Haddrick
- Ken Wayne
- Frank Leighton
Production
Yeldham wrote it in the summer of 1961, in London. It took him a month but he had the idea for three years. [4]
Reception
The play was successful, particularly in Germany.[5]
Australian Banning
The play was to have been shown on BTQ-7, TCN-9 in Sydney and HSV-7 in Melbourne. However the censor refused to pass it. Chief censor C.J. Campbell said the play "contained matter that was quite contrary to the Broadcasting Control Board's standards for television. The language used may be all right for a soldier's reunion but it is all wrong for a suburban sitting room."[3]
Ron Haddrick said "there were only three 'bloodys' in the whole play. I was shocked and upset when I heard the play had been banned here." [3]
A spokesman for TCN-9 said:
Reunion Day depicts Anzac Day as just another excuse for a debauch. There is no remembrance of Gallipoli, or sacrifice. The action takes place almost entirely in a pub. The language goes from bad to worse. The characters have nothing in common. The conversation runs out every two or three minutes, and somebody says: 'Let's have a drink'. There is even a dose of anti-Semitism thrown in. The whole thing was blasphemous, obscene and thoroughly nasty. If we had shown it we would have had the RSL marching on us and not without justice. We would have appealed against the censor's ruling if we had thought the play was worth it. We didn't.[3]
External links
- Reunion Day at IMDb
- Reunion Day at AustLit (subscription required)
Notes
- Yeldham, Peter (2009). "Reunion Day Complete Script". Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature.</ref>
- [https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/JASAL/article/view/9755/9643 Complete
References
- ^ Lever, Susan. "Peter Yeldham's Reunion Day: An Anzac Day Play on British Television". JASAL.
- ^ "ANZAC REUNION". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 29, no. 35. Australia, Australia. 31 January 1962. p. 15. Retrieved 14 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b c d "Play ban shocks actor". TV Times. 3 May 1962. p. 17.
- ^ Yeldham introduction p 1
- ^ "GAMBLES THAT PAID OFF!". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 34, no. 8. Australia, Australia. 20 July 1966. p. 9. Retrieved 14 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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