''Billy and Percy'' is a 1974 Australian

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based on the relationship between Prime Minister

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and his private secretary Percy Deane during World War I. It was based primarily on Deane's diaries.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p14

Reception

John Power won an AFI award for best director.

Awards

* 1974–75 AFI Awards: ** Best Actor in a Leading Role: Won ( Martin Vaughan) ** Best Direction: Won ( John Power) * 1975 Logie Awards: ** Best Dramatised Documentary Series: Won

References

External links

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