The Parking Ticket Explained

Series:	Australian Playhouse
Season:	1
Episode:	12
Director:	Eric Tayler
Length:	30 mins
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"The Parking Ticket" is the 12th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse. "The Parking Ticket" was written by Max Colwell and Michael Wright and directed by Henri Safran and originally aired on ABC on 4 July 1966.^[1]

It was one of the first credits for Michael Wright who would die in a car crash in 1969.^[2]

Plot

Bob Rankin receives a parking ticket and discovers he lives in a world of aggressive inspectors. The father of a man who has seduced a young woman is given a ticket by the father of the girl.

Cast

• Stewart Ginn as the boy's father
• Lynne Murphy as Muriel
• Shirley MacDonald as Vi
• Charles Little as the boy Denis
  • Carmen Duncan Willie Fennell as Steve

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said it provides "both humour and drama."^[3]

The Age called it "a gem".^[4]

External links

• • The Parking Ticket at National Archives of Australia

Notes and References

1. News: 4 July 1966 . TV Guide . . 22.
2. Stephen. Vagg. Filmink. Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Boy with Banner, Objector and Watch It. 29 August 2023.
3. News: Dorothy . Darlington . . 5 July 1966 . 12 . The humour and drama.
4. News: . Monitor . 16 July 1966 . Blotting the Copybook.