''End of Summer'' is a 1977 Australian television film directed by

Oscar Whitbread Oscar Ralph Whitbread (26 November 1929 – 16 May 2016) was an English-Australian producer who worked extensively in television. He moved to Australia in the late 1940s. Whitbread started his career at the ABC in 1956, where he served as the He ...

and written by

Cliff Green Clifford Green OAM (6 December 1934 – 4 December 2020), born in Melbourne, Australia, was an Australian screen writer, whose best-known work is the script for the film '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975). Career Green spent his early workin ...

. With a story concerning rural depression and a family leaving their farm, it was adapted from Green's earlier screenplay ''Moving On'' for the

Commonwealth Film Unit Film Australia was a company established by the Government of Australia to produce films about Australia in 1973. Its predecessors were the Cinema and Photographic Branch (1913–38), the Australian National Film Board (1939–1955, under differ ...

. It was first broadcast as part of the ABC's ''

Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse ''Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse'' is an Australian anthology series that aired on the ABC. Plays were introduced by Stuart Wagstaff. They came from overseas but also included Australian-written works. However, by 1979 the series consisting en ...

'' series. ''End of Summer'' received the 1978 Sammy Award for Best TV Play.

Cast

* Tony Bonner *

Rosalind Speirs Rosalind Speirs (born 1951) is an Australian former film and television actress. She starred on several television series during the 1970s, including '' Silent Number'', ' and the television miniseries ''Power Without Glory''. It was her role as ...

* John Nash * Syd Conabere * Ivor Bowyer * Penne Hackforth-Jones

References

{{reflist Australian television films Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming