Director: | John Power |
Starring: | Martin Vaughan Pat Evison Michele Fawdon |
Country: | Australia |
Language: | English |
Producer: | John Power |
Budget: | $1.5 million |
Network: | ABC |
They Don't Clap Losers is a 1975 Australian television documentary-drama film directed by John Power. It aired on March 1, 1975,[1] | runtime = 85 mins[2] the first night Australian television turned to colour.[3] Power had made a number of drama documentaries for the ABC, including Billy and Percy, Like a Summer Storm and Escape from Singapore.[4]
It later aired in 1977 as an episode of Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse.
Two single parents, Martin and Kay, meet through Childrens Court, when their sons are called in on vandalism charges.[5]
Powers' script won an AWGIE Award.[6]