Adventure Unlimited

Adventure Unlimited
Genre Anthology
Directed by Ken Hannam
Robin Lovejoy
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 10
Production
Producer(s) Lee Robinson
Running time 25 mins
Production company(s) Waratah Productions
Release
Original network Channel Ten (Sydney)
Original release September 1965

Adventure Unlimited is a 1965 Australian anthology TV series.

It was produced by Lee Robinson and associate produced by Joy Cavill. The directors included Ken Hannam.

The series was made in 1963, but was not shown in Sydney until 1965, airing on Channel Ten on Friday nights at 7.30.[1] It wasn't seen in Melbourne until 1968.

Episodes

  1. "Summer Affair" - set on Hayman Island
  2. "The Witness" - set in Papua New Guinea - a nun from a Roman Catholic mission on the upper Sepik River was the witness to a murder in Sydney years before, and her testimony could result in a conviction. The story centres around plots to kill her while the police try to bring her back to testify - written by Joy Cavill, starring Owen Weingott, Janette Craig, Bob McDarra, Don Philps
  3. "Adventure Unlimited" - set on the Great Barrier reef - two divers are commissioned by a steel company to survey the sands of a section of coast for limestone in the sands - the area is full of sharks and divers go on a shark killing spree when a strange boat turns up with armed men on board. The men steal the divers' boat and proceed to hunt them. The divers ambush them on their own boat and take them prisoner. It turns out they are bringing in illegal aliens. Starring Murray Rose, Richard Meikle and Chips Rafferty. Directed by Robin Lovejoy
  4. "The Coastwatcher" - the story of coast watcher Arthur Reginald Evans (Fred Parslow), who helped safe the lives of John F. Kennedy and the PT 109 crew. Directed by Ken Hannam.[2]
  5. "Crocodile"
  6. "The Buffalo Hunters" - film on the Northern Territory - starring Gay Hartley as Julie Tamar, Alan Stewart as Sam Saunders, and Yorkie Tilly as Himself
  7. "The Silver Backed Brushes" - set in 1942 in Madang P.N.G., about the Australian Army Women's Medical Service. It tells the true story of nurse Margaret Evans (Mary Reynolds), and her brief marriage to an Airforce pilot (Tom Oliver) which lasted only minutes, as he was killed shielding her with his body during an air raid immediately after the wedding. Also starring John Armstrong, Jeanie Drynan, Judith Arthy, Mike Thomas and Thelma Scott. Written by Joyce Spelling (former colonel in chief of the Australian Women's Auxiliary), directed by Ken Hannam.[3]
  8. "Uncontrolled Territory" - set in the highlands of Papua New Guinea - a young Australian patrol officer who leads his party to search for the survivors of a plane crash. Starring Richard Meikle and Reg Livermore. Directed by Robin Lovejoy.
  9. "Camel Patrol" - set in the Finke River district (NT) - a young officer takes over the district and discovers the use of the camel. Starring Ron Haddrick and Neil Fitzpatrick. Written by Brian Wright and Lee Robinson.
  10. "The Rivals" - set in Mt. Hagen in P.N.G. - a district show takes place and sees a feud between two coffee growers, Gordan Gillespie (Alexander Archdale) and Bob Cole (Chips Rafferty) with Gordons' boss boy as prize. The competition is a draw & the Bossboy goes off to start his own plantation. Also starring Nigel Lovell and Lowell Thomas. Directed by Ken Hannam.

References

  1. ↑ "Spine chilling", Sydney Morning Herald September 26, 1965 p 83
  2. ↑ "Historic Rescue" Sydney Morning Herald November 15, 1965 Page: 18
  3. ↑ contemporary review at The Age

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