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Pat Bishop
Patricia Mary Bishop (13 June 1946 – 28 March 2000) was an Australian actress, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, noted for her performances in theatre, film and television series. Personal Life She was married to the renowned Australian actor Bill Hunter in 1976 however, according to writer Bob Ellis, the marriage was short-lived after Hunter ran off with their marriage celebrant. Career She received an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her representation of Jenny in the 1976 film '' Don's Party''. Bishop also appeared frequently on television, with credits including: '' Contrabandits'', '' The Link Men'', '' Homicide'', '' Division 4'', '' Matlock Police'', '' Spyforce'', '' Number 96'', '' A Country Practice'', '' Brides of Christ'', '' Water Rats'', '' Blue Heelers'', '' A Step in the Right Direction'' and '' All Saints''. She is probably best known for her role in ''Prisoner A prisoner, also known as an inmate or detainee, is a person who ...
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Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel. It is the second-largest city in Ireland (after Dublin), with an estimated population of in , and a Belfast metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of 671,559. First chartered as an English settlement in 1613, the town's early growth was driven by an influx of Scottish people, Scottish Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterians. Their descendants' disaffection with Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland's Protestant Ascendancy, Anglican establishment contributed to the Irish Rebellion of 1798, rebellion of 1798, and to the Acts of Union 1800, union with Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain in 1800—later regarded as a key to the town's industrial transformation. When granted City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland, city s ...
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Water Rats (TV Series)
''Water Rats'' is an Australian police procedural crime drama television series created by John Hugginson and Tony Morphett for the Nine Network. The series was based on the work of Sydney Water Police who fight crime around Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney Harbour. ''Water Rats'' premiered on 12 February 1996, and ran for six seasons and 177 episodes. Colin Friels and Catherine McClements were the original stars of the series and were instrumental in the show's early success. They both departed the show in 1999. In later seasons, Steve Bisley, Aaron Pedersen and Dee Smart became the show's main stars. For the sixth and final season in 2001, the show concentrated more on the cops' personal lives rather than just focusing on the crimes committed. The Nine Network cancelled the show after six seasons. Executive Producer Kris Noble blamed escalating costs for the cancellation. However, the series had been suffer ...
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Chimes At Midnight (Australian Plays)
"Chimes at Midnight" is a 1970 Australian TV play by John Croyston which aired on the ABC. It was directed by Eric Tayler. It was the last in a series of TV plays on the ABC called ''Australian Plays'' and aired 26 July 1970. Plot During World War Two, Chester, an American soldier on leave in Australia meets an Australian girl. Cast * Robert Dunlap as Chester * Pat Bishop * Don Crosby * Lynn Murphy * Lyn Lee * Judy McBurney Judith McBurney (19 May 1948 – 1 December 2018) was an Australian actress and model. She is best known for serial ''The Young Doctors'' in 1,300 episodes as Tania Livingstone and also appeared in cult series'' Prisoner'' as Sandra" Pixie" Ma ... Production Reception The ''Canberra Times'' said it "was not a bad play, but it could be analysed out of existence. It did have some excellent moments, however." References External links * 1970 television plays 1970s Australian television plays 1970 Australian television episodes Australian Plays ...
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Eden House (Australian Plays)
"Eden House" is a 1970 television play from the Australian television series Australian Plays, based on the 1969 play of the same name by Australian author Hal Porter. The played toured the UK in the 1970s with Jean Kent, and Dermot Walsh in leading roles. It was retitled 'Home on the Pigs back.' Plot An aging actress, a widow called Maxine, is haunted by the memory of a son who drowned. Her stepson wants her property. She has a younger lover, Mark. Cast * Margo Lee as Maxine * John Bonney as Mark * Pat Bishop as Portia * Diana Davidson as Kate * Lyn James as Honor * Don Pascoe as Victor * Philippa Baker as Helen * Jeff Kevin as Bernie * Judy McBurney Production It was taped at the ABC Studios in Gore Hill Sydney on March 16 to March 19, 1970. Carl Schultz was one of the cameramen.Title page of script
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Delta (Australian TV Series)
''Delta'' is a 1969 Australian TV series, produced and broadcast by ABC-TV in 1969-70. The title is the name of the fictional independent research organisation featured in the series, a freelance scientific consultancy which is called in to provide scientific investigators and troubleshooters in a wide range of situations, including pollution, forgery, mining, conservation, and the recovery of a lost satellite.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 142 The series focusses on the exploits of one of Delta's mobile laboratories, and initially featured three lead regular characters, investigative scientist Jeff Mallow ( John Gregg), his assistant Inger Petri (Kirrily Nolan) and science specialist Brian Fitch ( Kevin Miles). A fourth regular character, scientist Jackie Stuart (Patsy Trench) was added for the second season. The series was one of the first major in-house productions from the ABC's recently established Drama Unit. It was devised by Coli ...
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Tilley Landed On Our Shores
"Tilley Landed On Our Shore" is a 1969 Australian television play. It was part of the ''Australian Plays'' series. Plot A comic account of Governor Phillips's 1788 landing in Australia. It is set in the modern day on the mythical island of Extrania, where Lieut. Tilley has been sent to establish a penal colony. Cast *Donald MacDonald as Lt Tilly *Michael Boddy *Frank Lloyd *Tom Farley *David Cameron * Ric Hutton *Noel Ferrier *Ruth Cracknell *Don Crosby *Barry Lovett *Lou Vernon * Edward Howell *Pat Bishop *Jack Allen *Tony Bazell *Reg Collins *John Gray *Ric Hunter *Sheila Kennelly Sheila Kennelly (born 28 December 1937) also credited as Sheila Kenneally, is a British-born Australian retired character actress of theatre and music hall, television and film, with a career spanning over 50 years. From the late 1950s onward ... *Colonel Crint and His Regiment of Foot and Mouth Deserters Production Before the production aired, the script won the 1967 Dame Mary ...
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Voyage Out
"Voyage Out" is a 1969 Australian TV play. It aired as part of the ''Australian Plays'' anthology series on the ABC. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Premise A woman, Kathy, decides to reject a series of fleeting physical encounters and believes she has found her ideal mate in Robert, a poet. Robert cannot believe he has the power to hold her and they both strive to convince themselves and everyone else that they are happy. She discovers her husband Robert is dead. Cast *Pat Bishop as Kathy Harper *Ray Hartley as Robert Harper * Alistair Duncan as Eddy *Margo Lee as Tessa * Jeff Kevin as Peter *Don Crosby George Wallace Donald Crosby, Order of Australia, OAM (29 October 1924 – 3 December 1985) was an Australians, Australian actor of radio, stage, television and film, radio producer, stage manager, airman and trade unionist. Early life The fift ... as Jack Reception The ''Canberra Times'' thought Croyston's "sympathetic direction saved the play and gav ...
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Volpone (Wednesday Theatre)
"Volpone" is a 1968 Australian TV play based on the comedy play ''Volpone'' by the English playwright Ben Jonson. It aired as part of ''Wednesday Theatre'' on ABC on 17 April 1968 in Melbourne, and on 18 April 1967 in Sydney. "Volpone" was directed by John Croyston. Cast * Peter O'Shaughnessy as Volpone * Max Meldrum as Mosca * Edward Ogden as Voltore * Peter Collingwood as Corvino * Tom Farley as Corbaccio * Pat Bishop Patricia Mary Bishop (13 June 1946 – 28 March 2000) was an Australian actress, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, noted for her performances in theatre, film and television series. Personal Life She was married to the renowned Australian a ... as Celia * Frank Lloyd * Peter McPhie as Bonario Production It was filmed in Sydney. References External links * 1968 television plays 1960s Australian television plays 1968 Australian television episodes Wednesday Theatre season 4 episodes Works based on Volpone {{tv-episode-stub ...
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Soft Fruit
''Soft Fruit'' is a 1999 comedy drama film about a dying mother and her children who come together to fulfill her last wishes. It is an Australian American co-production produced by New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion and directed by Christina Andreef. Plot Four adult children reconvene in the steel-town of Port Kembla when their mother Patsy becomes terminally ill. The family includes sisters Josie, Nadia, and Vera, lone son Bo, and father Vic. It is the first time in eight years that all of the family has been under the same roof. Josie, herself a mother, is coming from San Diego in the U.S., while ex-con Bo is coming from prison. Nadia is having an affair with her ex-husband, and Vera is the shy one of the family. Cast * Jeanie Drynan as Patsy Haft * Russell Dykstra as Bo * Linal Haft as Vic * Genevieve Lemon as Josie * Sacha Horler as Nadia *Alicia Talbot as Vera Production On the themes of the film, Andreef said:As you grow older, it's so difficult to stay in relations ...
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On Our Selection
''On Our Selection'' (1899) is a series of stories written by Australian author Steele Rudd, the pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis, in the late 1890s, featuring the characters Dad and Dave Rudd. The original edition of the book was illustrated by the Australian artists A. J. Fischer, Albert Henry Fullwood, G. W. Lambert, Fred Leist, Frank P. Mahony and Alf Vincent. Background synopsis Towards the end of 1895 Davis sent to '' The Bulletin'' a sketch ''Starting The Selection'' based on his father's experience. The sketch was published on 14 December 1895. Encouraged by J. F. Archibald, the editor and publisher of ''The Bulletin'', Davis continued writing the series of sketches. The stories were originally written about different families but accepting a suggestion by A. G. Stephens, a writer at ''The Bulletin'', the work was reconstructed as the experiences of the Rudd family. In Australian history, a selection was a "free selection before survey" of crown land under legisl ...
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The Right-Hand Man
''The Right-Hand Man'' is a young adult historical novel by K. M. Peyton, first published in 1977. The book is set in 1818 in Essex and London, during the Georgian era. It tells the story of Ned Rowlands, a talented stagecoach driver who meets the three creatures he loves best on the same day: a horse, a woman, and the man who will become his employer, Lord Ironminster. Lord Ironminster was a renowned and daring dragsman until he lost his right arm and his father in an accident. He is sick with consumption (tuberculosis) and under pressure from his mother to marry a suitable wife, settle down and produce an heir. Lord Ironminster is more interested in winning a wager of 5,000 pounds to race from his home to Whitechapel Church in less than 75 minutes. His cousins (who will inherit on his death) are also keen to win the wager. The story details how Lord Ironminster tricks Ned Rowlands into coming to work for him as his coachman (his right-hand man), their efforts to win the ...
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Prisoner (TV Series)
''Prisoner'' (known in the UK and the US as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'' and in Canada as ''Caged Women'') is an Australian television soap opera, which was broadcast on Network Ten (formerly the 0-10 Network) from February 27 (Melbourne) and February 26 (Sydney) 1979 to December 1986 (Melbourne), running eight series and 692 episodes. ''Prisoner'' was the first Australian series to feature a primarily female-dominated cast and carried the slogan "If you think prison is hell for a man, imagine what it would be like for a woman!" The series, produced by the Grundy Organisation, was conceived by Reg Watson and filmed at the then-Network Ten Melbourne Studios at Nunawading and on location. The series garnered an international cult following, and it was one of Australia's most successful media exports, exported to 80 countries, performing particularly well in the United States and Canada (billed as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'' and ''Caged Women'', respectively). It also built a ...
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