A Ride on the Big Dipper

A Ride on the Big Dipper
Written by Ron Harrison
Distributed by ABC
Release date
 1967
Running time
 60 mins
Country Australia
Language English

A Ride on the Big Dipper is a 1967 Australian TV play. It screened as part of Wednesday Theatre and had a running time of one hour.[1][2]

Plot

Hugh Kenton, is a 25 year old draughtsman with an engineering firm who is assessed by an efficiency expert as having an all-time high rating as potential management material. He is sent to North Queensland to take charge of the company's branch office. Kenton rapidly proves that he is in deed a brilliant manager - far more so than his associates ever believed.

Production

It was written by Newcastle journalist Ron Harrison. He later adapted it for radio.[3] The radio version won an Awgie Award.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 41, (11, 778). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 August 1967. p. 19. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "television". The Canberra Times. 41, (11, 780). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 August 1967. p. 28. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ 1972 radio version at Austlit
  4. ↑ "Awgie Award for Australian play". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 March 1969. p. 98.


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