The Truckies

The Truckies
Genre Drama
Country of origin Australia
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s) Oscar Whitbread
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network ABC
Original release 31 July – 16 October 1978

The Truckies is an Australian television drama which first screened on the ABC in 1978. The Truckies was about the pressures of life on the road for transport driver Chris and his wife Carol. [1]

Cast

Production

It was executive produced by Oscar Whitbread and was made by several of the team behind the TV show Power Without Glory. [2]

Critique

John Wood later recalled: "I thought it was a tremendously innovative show, but it came aground on the reef of ABC internal politics. Obviously there were things wrong with it, and I guess by going for truthfulness they stuffed up in a sense, because one of the problems in driving along in a truck and doing different angles and two shots and reverses is that it's totally impossible to match the engine revs at any time. But apart from that problem of not being able to match the soundtrack, I thought it was a wonderful show. Unfortunately it caused a lot of havoc, because the guy who took over as head of drama in Sydney had been an ex-sound recordist, and he regarded it as beneath his 'golden standard', so he was very willing to sabotage it. And it was a great excuse for the Sydney mob to say you stuffed up down there."[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.australiantelevision.net/the-truckies/
  2. ↑ "TELEVISION That tedious cleric trundled out again". The Canberra Times. 52, (15, 657). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 August 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 29 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/INTVWJohnWood.htm
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