Campaign for One

Campaign for One is a 1965 Australian television film. A remake of an episode of the BBC series Wednesday Play, it aired in a 60-minute time-slot on ABC on 24 November 1965 as part of Wednesday Theatre.[1] It was not unheard of during the 1960s for British anthology episodes to be remade for Australian television.

Partial cast listing

Plot

Set in 1967, an English astronaut is in orbit. After completing a spacewalk, he announces that he has no intentions to return to Earth, due to his wife leaving him, and would prefer to die in space.

Reception

Reception was mixed. Canberra Times called it "an undistinguished play" and said it had a "preposterous pommy script".[2] By comparison Australian Women's Weekly (see section Death Wish in Space) called it "one of the best local TV productions for ages" and said the spacewalk sequence was "most skillfully produced".[3]

References

  1. ↑ "A famous author lived near Canberra.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (ACT: National Library of Australia). 22 November 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105875003
  3. ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51190883

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