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Raymond Bowers (writer)
Raymond Bowers was an Australian writer who mostly worked in London. He worked as a journalist in Perth, writing for amateur theatre. In 1954 at age 34 he went to London in order to improve his chances of having his work done professionally. His breakthrough play was '' In Writing'' in 1956, later done for Australian television. "My first aim is to make money," he said in 1957. "To do that you have to entertain. If I have any philosophising to do, I'll leave it until I'm well established." Select credits *'' In Writing'' (1956) - BBC TV play *'' Opportunity Murder'' (1956) - TV series *''It's the Geography That Counts'' (1957) - play *''More Than Robbery'' (1958) - TV series *'' Here Lies Miss Sabry'' (1960) - British TV series *''It's the Geography That Counts'' (1960) - Australian TV play, based on his play *''Deadline Midnight'' (1960) - British TV series *'' In Writing'' (1961) - Australian TV Play *''Listen James'' (1961) - British TV play based on his play ''It's the Geograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Writing
''In Writing'' is a 1961 Australian television play by an Australian writer living in London, Raymond Bowers, and directed by Kevin Shine. It was first presented on the BBC in London in 1956 and was also presented on stage and radio. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Plot According to the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' it was "the story of an unusual murder in London involving a husband and wife, investigated in an unorthodox manner by Detective-Inspector Hurst." James Peebles has befriended John Clostin's wife and Clostin is unhappy with that. Cast *Leonard Teale as Detective Inspector Hurst *Ric Hutton as John Clostin *Anne Haddy as Mrs Clostin * James Workman as Pr Bowman *Richard Parry as James Peebles *Jack Ford as Sergeant *Carolyn Keely as waitress Production It was produced for British TV in 1956 with a cast including Bernard Lee and Terence Morgan. It was Bowers' second script done for Australian TV the first being ''It's the Geography That Counts' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opportunity Murder
Opportunity may refer to: Places * Opportunity, Montana, an unincorporated community, United States * Opportunity, Nebraska, an unincorporated community, United States * Opportunity, Washington, a former census-designated place, United States * 39382 Opportunity, an asteroid Arts, entertainment, and media Music * "Opportunity" (Pete Murray song), 2006 * "Opportunity", a song by The Charlatans * "Opportunity", a song from ''Annie'' * "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", a song by Pet Shop Boys Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Opportunity'' (film), a 1918 film * '' Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life'', a literary periodical of the Harlem Renaissance * ''The Opportunity'', a 17th-century play Finance * Opportunity International, a microfinance network that lends to the working poor * Opportunity NYC, a 2007–2012 experimental conditional cash transfer program in New York City Other uses * ''Opportunity'' (rover), a robotic rover on Mars * Business opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's The Geography That Counts
''It's the Geography That Counts'' is a 1957 play by Australian writer Raymond Bowers. Premise Marshall Arnitt is a racing car driver who has spent the weekend with his mother in the south of England. His foster brother James has borrowed Marshall's car without permission and hits a cyclist on the Scottish border. Marshall decides to take the blame. But then James hears that their mother has been murdered, and Marshall has engineered clues so that James will take the fall. Original play It premiered in St James Theatre in London in June 1957 in a production starring John Gregson, that actor's first appearance on stage in six years. It would be the last production held at St James Theatre Original cast *John Gregson as Marshal Armitt *John Stratton as James Armitt *Jane Griffiths as Mercia *Liam Redmond as Hurst *Jack Hedley as Daniels *Michael Duffield as Parker Reception ''Variety'' said "Too much talk and an over-complication of plot mar this otherwise ingenious whodunit. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known as simply ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Mercury Capital in Sydney. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2014. , ''The Weekly'' has overtaken '' Better Homes and Gardens'' again, coming out on top as Australia's most read magazine. The magazine invested in the 2020 film '' I Am Woman'' about Helen Reddy, singer, feminist icon and activist. Editor-in-chief Nicole Byers told Film Ink "Helen’s story of adversity and triumph is nothing short of inspirational. ''The Weekly'' has been telling stories of iconic Australian women for more than 80 years and we're delighted to be supporting the film production". History and profile The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer and Ted Theodore as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Than Robbery
''More Than Robbery'' is a British thriller television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958.Baskin p.30 Main cast * Terence Morgan as Durbin * Helen Cherry as Norma Tredford * Owen Holder as Morley * David Horne as Dr. Nesbitt * Richard Wordsworth Richard Curwen Wordsworth (19 January 1915 – 21 November 1993) was an English character actor. He was the great-great-grandson of the poet William Wordsworth. As a young man he followed in the footsteps of his clergyman father, reading D ... as Tredford * Patricia Cree as Miss Li * John Brooking as Bartrup * Yah Ming as Willie References Bibliography *Baskin, Ellen . ''Serials on British Television, 1950-1994''. Scolar Press, 1996. External links * {{IMDb title, id=1628030 BBC television dramas 1958 British television series debuts 1958 British television series endings British English-language television shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here Lies Miss Sabry
Here is an adverb that means "in, on, or at this place". It may also refer to: Software * Here Technologies, a mapping company * Here WeGo (formerly Here Maps), a mobile app and map website by Here Television * Here TV (formerly "here!"), a TV network * "Here" (2019), first episode of ''Green Eggs and Ham'' (TV series) Music * ''Here'' (Adrian Belew album), 1994 * ''Here'' (Alicia Keys album), 2016 * ''Here'' (Cal Tjader album), 1979 * ''Here'' (Edward Sharpe album), 2012 * ''Here'' (Idina Menzel album), 2004 * ''Here'' (Merzbow album), 2008 * ''Here'' (Nicolay album), 2006 * ''Here'' (Leo Sayer album), 1979 * ''Here'' (Teenage Fanclub album), 2016 * "Here" (Alessia Cara song), 2015 * "Here" (The Grace song), 2008 * "Here" (Rascal Flatts song), 2008 * "Here" (1954 song), song with music by Harold Grant and lyrics by Dorcas Cochran * "Here (In Your Arms)", 2006 song by Hellogoodbye * "Here", a 1971 song by America from their eponymous debut album * "Here", a 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Midnight (TV Series)
''Deadline Midnight'' is a British television series which originally aired on ITV between 1960 and 1961.Vahimagi p.91 It focuses on the employees of a London daily newspaper. Cast Main * Armine Sandford as Jane Smith * Jeremy Young as Neville Crane * Glyn Houston as Mike Grieves * Bruce Beeby as Matt Stewart * Brian Badcoe as 'Robbie' Robinson * Mary Law as Peggy Simpson * Alexander Archdale as Holland * Vincent Ball as Keith Durrant * Peter Vaughan as Joe Dunn * Peter Fraser as Dick Seton * Pat Gilbert as Jill Collins * James Culliford as Tom Douglas * Ballard Berkeley as Desmond * Basil Moss as John Mundy Other A large number of other actors appeared in episodes of the show including Michael Caine, Derek Farr, Harry H. Corbett, Sarah Miles, Nanette Newman, Sydney Tafler, Valerie White, Alethea Charlton, Nyree Dawn Porter, Jane Merrow, George Coulouris, Claire Gordon, Kenneth Cope, Richard Pearson, Dilys Laye, Ronald Lacey, Larry Martyn, Warren Mitchell, Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened Like This
It or IT may refer to: * It (pronoun), in English * Information technology Arts and media Film and television * ''It'' (1927 film), a film starring Clara Bow * '' It! The Terror from Beyond Space'', a 1958 science fiction film * ''It!'' (1967 film), a film starring Roddy McDowell * ''It'' (1989 film), a Soviet comedy film directed by Sergei Ovcharov * ''It'' (miniseries), a 1990 television miniseries film based on Stephen King's novel * ''Incredible Tales'', simply known as ''I.T.'', a Singaporean horror anthology TV series * ''I.T.'' (film), a 2016 film starring Pierce Brosnan * ''It'' (2017 film), a film adaptation of Stephen King's novel **''It Chapter Two'' (2019), the direct sequel to the 2017 film * ''It'' (Phish video), a 2004 DVD set about the Phish festival Characters * It (character), the title character from Stephen King's novel ''It'' (also known as Pennywise) * It! The Living Colossus, a comic book character * IT, a character in the novel ''A Wrinkle in Time'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Thing (film)
''The Right Thing'' is a 1963 comedy Australian television play, that was produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Plot The adventures of a Sydney family. Clarrie and Vera Hamlin are holding an engagement party for their eldest daughter Elena when a handsome young Spanish man, J.G., comes into an encounter with them. Cast * Lola Brooks as Elena * Brigid Lenihan as Vera Hamlin *Alister Smart as JG *Grant Taylor as Clarrie Hamlin *David Yorston *Noeline Brown as Shirley * Benita Collings as Jean Production The play was written by Raymond Bowers, an Australian living in London. It was mapped out at a lunch early in 1963 between Bowers and director Ray Menmuir in London and was commissioned by Associated Rediffusion. It was directed by Memnuir who had recently returned to Australia after several years in London. It was hoped the play would be the first in a number of co productions between England and Australia. Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plane Makers
''The Plane Makers'' is a British television series created by Wilfred Greatorex and produced by Rex Firkin. ATV made three series for ITV between 1963 and 1965. It was succeeded by ''The Power Game'', which ran for an additional three series from 1965 to 1969. Firkin continued as producer for the first two series, and David Reid took over for series 3. ''The Plane Makers'' ''The Plane Makers'' focused on the power struggles between the trades union and the management on the shop floor of a fictional aircraft factory, Scott Furlong Ltd, as well as the political in-fighting amongst the management themselves. Patrick Wymark proved particularly popular as the anti-heroic Managing Director John Wilder, who was "a bully and a boor", who "is forgiven only if he gets results". Wilder's nemesis in the boardroom in the third series was David Corbett (Alan Dobie), though he was supported by his long-suffering wife Pamela ( Ann Firbank, standing in for Barbara Murray from series 2) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being ''The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfax Lt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rat Catchers
''The Rat Catchers'' is a 1960s British television drama series made by Rediffusion and broadcast on ITV. The series was not networked, playing on different days of the week in London from other regions. It is about a top secret British Intelligence Unit. It receives orders from the Prime Minister and, without questioning, proceeds to battle enemy spies, saboteurs, and others to protect the security of Great Britain and the Western Alliance. Format ''The Rat Catchers'' is an organisation based at Whitehall in Central London but officially didn't exist, being denied at the highest level as they worked with the greatest secrecy. The focus is on three major characters: *Peregrine Pascale Smith (portrayed by Gerald Flood) is an Oxford University-educated managing director with 12 years' experience under his belt. *Brigadier H. St. J. Davidson (portrayed by Philip Stone) is the emotionless analytical brains behind the group. *Richard William Hurst (portrayed by Glyn Owen), formerl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
