Ring Out Wild Bells

Ring Out Wild Bells is a 1965 Australian television play which aired as part of Wednesday Theatre. It was based on a play by George Landen Dann. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[5]

This article is about a television play. For Tennyson's poem, see Ring Out, Wild Bells.

"Ring Out Wild Bells"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Directed byRobert Cubbage
Teleplay byGeorge Landen Dann
Original air date11 November 1964 (Brisbane)
10 February 1965 (Sydney, Canberra)[1][2]
July 1, 1965 (Melbourne)[3]
Running time50 mins[4]

Plot

Conflict emerges between a minister, Reverend Stephen Millcote, and race promoter Peter Lambert. Millcote is trying to conduct marriage services on Saturday afternoons while Lambert is running race meetings, complete with loudspeaker commentaries, from close by. Matters are complicated by the fact that Millcote's daughter is in love with Lambert's son.[3]

Cast
  • Edward Howell as Reverend Stephen Millcote
  • Belly Ross as Pamela Millcote, Millcote's sister and horse racing fan
  • James Stevens
  • Alistair Smart
  • Monica Smith
  • Gwen Wheeler
  • Beverly Bates
  • Larry Pratt

Production

It was based on the 1958 play by George Landen Dann. It was Dann's first play for Brisbane. It aired in Melbourne the same week as another Brisbane shot play, The Quiet Season.[3]

It was filmed at the ABC's Brisbane studios in Toowong and broadcast in Brisbane.[6]

See also
  • List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)

References
  1. "TODAYS TV". The Canberra Times. 39 (11, 076). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 February 1965. p. 19. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 1965. p. 13.
  3. "Two Australian Plays from Brisbane TV". The Age. 24 June 1965. p. 11.
  4. "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 39 (11, 074). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 February 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. https://neomemoriatechnica.wordpress.com/tag/by-george-george-landen-dann-queensland-theatre-history-sunshine-coast-laboite-theatre/


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