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The Exiles (TV Serial)
''The Exiles'' is a four part British television drama made in 1959 written by Australian writer Lynn Foster. It is a historical drama set in Australia and focuses on one family from 1873 to 1958. The series was inspired by the success of another four-part cycle of plays by an Australian writer, Iain MacCormick called ''The Promised Years''. Foster later turned the scripts into a novel. Episodes #The Bird Laughed - 25 Jan 1959 #The Long Summer - 1 Feb 1959 #The Lost Years - 8 Feb 1959 #Full Circle - 15 Feb 1959 Cast *Brian Peck as Jack Selway References {{reflist External linksThe Bird Laughedat IMDBThe Bird Laughedat Genome BBCThe Long Summerat IMDBThe Long Summerat Genome BBCThe Lost Yearsat IMDBThe Lost Yearsat Genome BBCFull Circleat IMDB IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Foster
Lynn Foster (1914-1985), was a playwright, radio producer and writer, a script editor and television writer. She was the first woman in Australia both to direct and write a major national radio show, this being the serial " Big Sister". In 1945, she wrote a play called "Lost Generations", to aid in the sale of war bonds, and was given a letter of thanks from Prime Minister Ben Chifley. Biography Foster was born in Sydney, Australia in 1914. She wanted to become a playwright. When she was nineteen Foster won second prize in a competition which led to a job offer with the radio station 2UE in Sydney. Slowly she began to develop through short pieces for their channel until 1936 when she was writing scripts for the Broadcasting Service Association with a team that became known as the Macquarie Players in 1938. Foster preferred to work for herself and wrote for many different patrons. Her career progressed through adapting radio scripts from America until 1942 when she became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain MacCormick (writer)
Iain MacCormick (1917–1965) was a Scottish-Australian writer. He wrote for British TV in the 1950s and 1960s and a number of his works were adapted for Australian TV. He was a POW for four years during World War II. Select Credits *''A Beautiful World'' (1949) - play *''The Small Victory'' (1954) *''Act of Violence'' (1956) - TV play *''Marjolaine'' (1957) *''The Sound of Thunder'' (1957) *''The Small Victory'' (1958) - TV movie *''The Uninvited'' (1958) *''The Money Man'' (1958) - TV series *''One Morning Near Troodos'' (1959) - TV movie *''The Hunted'' (1961) *''Nightfall at Kriekville'' (1961) References External linksBiographyat British Television DramaIain MacCormickat AustLit AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource (also known as AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway; and AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature) is a national bio-bibliographical database of Australian literature. It is an internet-based, ... * {{DEFAULTSORT:MacCormick, Iain (writer) ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDB
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
