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1 form y separately published work icon NCIS : Sydney Morgan O'Neill , Andrew Anastasios , Tamara Asmar , Michael Miller , James Cripps , Clare Sladden , Kim Ho , ( dir. Shawn Seet et. al. )agent Australia : CBS Endemol Australia Network Ten Paramount Pictures , 2023 27144664 2023 series - publisher film/TV crime

'With rising international tensions in the Indo-Pacific, a brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multinational taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet. Our team of Americans and Aussies must quickly learn to trust each other, overcoming and harnessing their differences to solve each case. Welcome to NCIS: SYDNEY.'

Source: CBS Studios.

1 form y separately published work icon No Activity Patrick Brammall , Trent O'Donnell , Adam Zwar , Steve Toltz , ( dir. Trent O'Donnell ) United States of America (USA) : CBS , 2017- 12264182 2017 series - publisher film/TV humour

American re-make of the Australian television series of the same name.

1 1 form y separately published work icon Furst Born Upper Middle Bogan Robyn Butler , Dan O’Shannon , United States of America (USA) : CBS , 2016 9327511 2016 series - publisher film/TV humour

'[T]he extended family show is about a wife and mother who learns she was adopted and that her birth parents are a flamboyant but loving family of drag-racers. Sagal will play Julie, the wife of Wayne (Lynch) and the matriarch of the family. After Wayne lost an eye, Julie stepped in as the lead driver of Team Wheeler.'

Source: Deadline Hollywood (http://deadline.com/2016/02/katey-sagal-cast-cbs-pilot-butler-hope-oshannon-1201709255/). (Sighted: 26/2/2016)

1 form y separately published work icon The Echo of Thunder H. Haden Yelin , ( dir. Simon Wincer ) 1998 Studio City United States of America (USA) : Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions CBS , 1998 Z1134808 1998 single work film/TV

Larry, a palm tree farmer in the Australian outback, learns that his ex-wife has died, and that his daughter Lara is coming to live with him. He wants things to work out, but Lara has a rocky time with Larry's new wife Gladwyn, and their eldest daughter Pearl, as well as Gowd, a school bully. But with the help and love of her father, her new younger sister Opal, and a dog named Thunderwith, Lara begins to find the resources she needs to make a home with this new family.

1 form y separately published work icon The Thorn Birds : The Missing Years David Stevens , ( dir. Kevin James Dobson ) United States of America (USA) Australia : The Wolper Organization Warner Brothers CBS Village Roadshow , 1996 Z1687957 1996 single work film/TV Picks up the story of The Thorn Birds from the German occupation of Rome and the Allied landing in Sicily. It follows the main character's eventual return to the endless miles of the Australian outback, where he must confront his passion, faith, and ultimate fate.
1 form y separately published work icon Pied Piper Crossing to Freedom Jerome Kass , ( dir. Norman Stone ) United Kingdom (UK) United States of America (USA) : Granada Television CBS , 1989 19536505 1989 single work film/TV An Englishman making his way out of Nazi-occupied France becomes the protector of a growing group of children.
1 form y separately published work icon My Wicked, Wicked Ways : The Legend of Errol Flynn Doris Keating , James Lee , Don Taylor , Jill Trump , ( dir. Don Taylor ) New York (City) : CBS , 1985 14086299 1985 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon The Prisoner of Zenda Sumner Locke Elliott , ( dir. Alex Segal ) New York (City) : CBS , 1961 6590346 1961 single work film/TV adventure
1 form y separately published work icon I Heard You Calling Me Sumner Locke Elliott , ( dir. Daniel Petrie ) United States of America (USA) : CBS , 1961 6459851 1961 single work film/TV horror mystery

Alone in a hotel room, Freda Mansfield receives mysterious phone calls from someone who claims to know something important about Freda's lover.

1 form y separately published work icon Way Out United States of America (USA) : CBS , 1961 6459692 1961 series - publisher film/TV horror fantasy science fiction

An American anthology television series hosted by Roald Dahl.

3 3 form y separately published work icon Shadow of a Pale Horse Bruce Stewart , United States of America (USA) : CBS , 1960 7188803 1959 single work film/TV historical fiction crime

A murder mystery set in Cobar, New South Wales, in the mid-nineteenth century.

It aired first in the UK as part of anthology series ITV Play of the Week, then in the US as part of anthology series The United States Steel Hour, then in Australia as part of anthology series General Motors Hour.

A contemporary review offers the following detailed synopsis:

'The story starts when one of the young men of the town of Cobar, western New South Wales, is found battered to death. A man called Jem was lying in a drunken stupor beside the body and the murder weapon, an iron bar, is found near the scene of the crime.

'Jem is immediately accused of the crime, but floods prevent his being sent to an established court for trial.

'Coldringer, an old German opal prospector, suggests to the townsfolk that they set up their own court and have the trial in the town.

'The locals agree that the best way of ensuring that Jem is given a fair trial is to make Rigger, the father of the murdered man, defend Jem, and let the prosecution be handed by Kirk, who was Jem's employer.

'Neither Rigger nor Kirk is happy with the townsfolks' decision, but they eventually agree to accept the court arrangements.'

Source: 'Murder Trial in a Bush Town', The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 September 1960, p.7

1 form y separately published work icon The Grey Nurse Said Nothing Sumner Locke Elliott , ( dir. Ron Winston ) Los Angeles : CBS , 1959 6463645 1959 single work film/TV crime thriller

Inspired by the unsolved 'Shark Arm case' in Sydney, Australia, in 1935, when a captured tiger shark regurgitated a tottooed human arm that proved to have been severed by a knife.

A contemporary review of this production in the New York Times reads:

'A drama based on an Australian murder trial provided a suspenseful telecast on "Playhouse 90" over Channle 2 last night.

'Sumner Locke Elliott's play, "The Grey Nurse Said Nothing," told by flashback narrative of a grisly murder trial that remained unsolved for thirteen years.

'The eventual solution of the crime of passion involved an unexpected development that gave the drama a diverting climax. A predominantly British cast gave uniformly good performances in this Fred Coe production, directed by Ronald Winston.

'The players included Hugh Griffith as a philosophical parson who told the story, Ann Todd an unhappy wife, Michael David, a murder suspect, Angela Lansbury, a teacher with the key to the crime, and Patricia Cutts, a friendly barmaid.'

Source:

'Murder Trail Is Basis for Suspenseful Show', New York Times, 27 November 1959, p.59.

1 form y separately published work icon Wish on the Moon Sumner Locke Elliott , ( dir. Johnny Desmond ) United States of America (USA) : CBS , 1959 6455752 1959 single work film/TV

'On their way to New York City, two girls meet on a train and agree to share an apartment. Olivia Beech is a carefree art student, while ambitious Frances Barclay is determined to become a great actress. But life in the big city produces a change in their aspirations and even in their personalities.'

Source: Classic TV Archive (http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/USSteelHour_06_%281958-59%29.htm). (Sighted: 23/9/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon The Winslow Boy Sumner Locke Elliott , ( dir. Alex Segal ) New York (City) : CBS , 1958 6590014 1958 single work film/TV

A young cadet is accused of theft, prompting his family to pursue the matter to the law courts.

Based on the experience of actual Stonyhurst College alumnus George Archer-Shee.

1 form y separately published work icon The Count of Monte Cristo Sumner Locke Elliott , ( dir. Sidney Lumet ) New York (City) : CBS , 1958 6589800 1958 single work film/TV adventure
1 form y separately published work icon The Laughing Willow Sumner Locke Elliott , United States of America (USA) : CBS , 1958 6457352 1958 single work film/TV

'Belinda is one of the popular bachelor girls called on when guest lists are made up for Washington, D.C. parties. But beneath her gaiety, Belinda fears a life of loneliness, for she has frightened away suitors by her eagerness to marry. Then her friend Bunny introduces Belinda to handsome Jack Marshall.'

Source: Classic TV Archive (http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/StudioOne_10_%281957-58%29.htm). (Sighted: 23/9/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon DuPont Show of the Month New York (City) : CBS , 1957-1961 6589519 1957 series - publisher film/TV

American anthology series.

1 form y separately published work icon Babe in the Woods Mother, What's Beer? Sumner Locke Elliott , ( dir. Tom Donovan ) United States of America (USA) : CBS , 1957 6456880 1957 single work film/TV

Nothing is known of the plot of this work.

1 form y separately published work icon Love at Fourth Sight Sumner Locke Elliott , ( dir. Robert Mulligan ) United States of America (USA) : CBS , 1957 6456735 1957 single work film/TV humour

The Herald Sun (published in Yonkers, New York) said of this episode:

'A tempting comic story by veteran Sumner Locke Elliott mixes farce with psychology. Giselle McKenzie has a whale of a role–in fact, four roles. She's alternately a simpering authoress, cold-as-ice career girl, lunatic gypsy violinist and ethereal singer. William Redfield is the hapless bachelor who falls in love with all four of her, and Evelyn Varden gets off a few clever quips as his mother. This is a "different" comedy from anything you've seen recently on TV, and the best yet from able new Studio One producer Gordon Duff.'

Source:

'Tonight's Pick of the TV Best', Herald Sun, 7 Janary 1957, p.12.

1 form y separately published work icon I Killed the Count Francis M. Cockrell , ( dir. Robert Stevens ) United States of America (USA) : Revue Studios CBS , 1957 6392583 1957 series - publisher film/TV crime mystery

The fourth film/television adaptation of Alec Coppel's play, this time adapted by American script-writer Francis M. Cockrell as a self-contained series within the anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

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