''Custody'' is a 1988 Australian TV

docudrama Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television show, television and feature film, film, which features Drama (film and television), dramatized Historical reenactment, re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of docu ...

about a

child custody Child custody is a legal term regarding '' guardianship'' which is used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent or guardian and a child in that person's care. Child custody consists of ''legal custody'', which is the ri ...

battle. It was filmed over three weeks in a semi-improvisational style.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p32 ''Custody'' was filmed with a mixture of actors and real staff from the family law system. The story was built from real cases. There was no script and actors workshopped their characters beforehand and role played their parts. None of the participants was aware of the result until the Judge gave his verdict. Richard Coleman of

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuous ...

called it "exceptionally good television".

Cast

* Judith Stratford * Peter Browne * Michael Cudlin * Sheridan Murphy * Peter Carroll as Narrator

References

External links

*
Complete copy of film
t A Place to Think Australian television films 1988 television films 1988 films 1980s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub