They Don't Clap Losers Explained

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.

Premise

Two single parents, Martin and Kay, meet through Childrens Court, when their sons are called in on vandalism charges.[5]

Cast

Reception

Powers' script won an AWGIE Award.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 24 February 1975 . TV Guide . The Sydney Morning Herald . 16.
  2. News: 1 March 1975 . TV Guide . The Age . 20.
  3. News: 24 February 1975 . A bit of midnight magic . The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide . 1.
  4. News: 27 February 1975 . Loneliness in court . The Age TV Guide . 4.
  5. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p152
  6. News: 18 July 1975 . Top prize for prison playwright McNeil . The Age . 4.