Keep It Clean (Australian Playhouse) Explained

Series:Australian Playhouse
Season:2
Episode:4
Teleplay:E.R. Thomas
Length:30 mins
Prev:Casualty
Next:The Attack

"Keep It Clean" is the fourth television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse.[1] "Keep It Clean" was written by E.R. Thomas and originally aired on ABC on 10 July 1967 in Melbourne[2] and on 14 August 1967 in Sydney[3]

Plot

Two men unknown to each other try to crack a safe in an office building.

Cast

Production

Barry Creyto later recalled "I enjoyed that. I got to play a scheming bank executive intent on robbing the bank vault and inadvertently being locked in it at the end. That was fun to do. By that time, we had tape. We still had to do it in one fell swoop, though."[4]

Reception

The Canberra Times wrote the episode "had situation possibilities, but the plot itself...seemed contrived and rather maiden-auntish."[5] The Age called it "too heavy for even Barry Creyton to lift."[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: MONDAY . . 41 . 11,766 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 14 August 1967 . 27 February 2019 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: 4 July 1967 . 24 . TV Guide.
  3. News: . TV Guide . 14 August 1967 . 7.
  4. . Stephen . Vagg . Barry Creyton Live! . October 11, 2020.
  5. News: TELEVISION A well-rounded profile . . 41 . 11,770 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 18 August 1967 . 27 February 2019 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: 19 August 1967. 11. Problem for the quintet. Roger. Covell.