| Screenplay: | Romilly Cavan |
| Director: | Ken Hannam |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Runtime: | 60 mins[1] |
| Company: | ABC |
| Network: | ABC |
Bertrand is a 1964 Australian television film. It aired on non-commercial ABC in a 60-minute time-slot. It was written by Romilly Cavan, and produced by Ken Hannam. The film aired on 27 May 1964 in Sydney[2] [3] 12 August 1964 in Melbourne[4] and on 2 September 1964 in Brisbane.[5]
Set in Sydney, the title character of the drama was a stray cat, who brings together three people, a teenager (Michael Thomas), a recluse (Ronald Morse) and an ex-suffragette (Eve Wynne).
It was originally written for British television and set in Britain.
The setting was relocated to Australia for this version.[6] The designer was Geoffrey Wedlock. His neighbour, N Jenkins, owned a cat, Tim, who was cast in the lead role. "You'd have thought he'd been around TV studios all his life," said Mrs Jenkins. "He did everything... on cue."[5]
The Sydney Morning Herald called it over long "and tedious" and felt adapting the story to Australia was a mistake.[7]