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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 The Threat
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In the latter part of this script, flashbacks to the first episode (and, more particularly, the death of Banner’s wife and baby) are interspersed with this current episode.


The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'BETTY WALSH Thirty-ish, not intelligent, a confused girl, used by people like Walsh and Brown. Afraid of being alone, always aware of her childhood innocence and the sordidness that her life has become.

'JOHN BROWN Late twenties. A young thief, cowardly, always angry at others because of his own flawed character, of which he's well aware. Actor able to drive.

'LEN WALSH A savage. Cold, hard menacing. [sic] A threat of violence emanates from this man at all times. Forty-five years old, very strongly built, and far from stupid. Actor able to drive.

'EDDY FRITH A Boarding House Keeper. [sic] Forty-ish, sharp 'cheap' dresser. Not a bad bloke, fairly well built.

'GIRL & YOUNG MAN Late teens or early twenties.

'USED CAR SALESMAN A happy, honest middle-aged man.

'PEDESTRIAN Almost hit by police car.

'EXTRA P.C. Actor able to drive.'

Notes

  • This entry has been compiled from archival research in the Crawford Collection (AFI Research Collection), undertaken by Dr Catriona Mills under the auspices of the 2012 AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) Research Fellowship.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1969 .
      person or book cover
      Script cover page (Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)
      Extent: 61p.
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • The script is labelled 'Episode J8' on the cover page. The cover page has been signed 'T. Shanasy' next to the copyright information: according to the Crawford Productions tribute website (crawfordproductions.tv), Tim Shanasy was a negative matcher/assistant film editor from 1968 to 1972. There is no other indication of to whom this copy of the script was designated.
      • The file includes two loose pages of amendments to the script, sent from '"Division 4" Coordination' to the actors, covering changes in stage directions and dialogue. Most are relatively minor alterations. The majority refers to material cut from the script, with a sprinkling of amendments and alterations.
      • Aside from the notations on the cover page, there is no sign of annotation on this copy of the script.
      • The final page includes a list of crew credits:
        Written by David Boutland.
        Edited by Dorothy Crawford.
        Typed by Hilary Burgess, Christine Rook, Margaret Younger, Shirley Ballard.
        Checked by Hilary Burgess, Christine Rook, Margaret Younger, Shirley Ballard.
        Roneod by Ian Dewhurst, Frank Cianciarulo.
        The space below this for 'Producer's Remarks' has been left blank.

      Holdings

      Held at: AFI Research Collection
      Local Id: SC DIV : 20
Last amended 17 Apr 2013 15:44:58
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