The Hot Potato Boys
1963 Australian TV series or program
| The Hot Potato Boys | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Alun Richards |
| Directed by | Patrick Barton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Release | 21 August 1963 (1963-08-21) (Melbourne)[1] |
| Release | 11 September 1963 (1963-09-11) (Sydney)[2] |
The Hot Potato Boys is a 1963 Australian television play.[3][4][5]
Plot
The snobbish daughter of a naval captain becomes engaged to the son of a Commodore.
Cast
- Kenric Hudson as Commodore Maybe
- Kurt Ludescher
- John Morgan
- Noel Tovey as Sub Lt Godfrey Maybe
- Mary Ward as Milicent Mayne
- Julia Blake as Hong Kong Anna
- Syd Conabere
- Peter Aanensen as Captain Culver
- Roma Johnston as Sadie Culver
- Deirdre O'Day as Joan Culver
Production
It was the ABC debut of Julia Blake who had recently moved from England to Australia.[6]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 15 August 1963. p. 31.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 September 1963. p. 42.
- ^ "Navy Comedy On Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 638. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 September 1963. p. 37. Retrieved 21 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (2 April 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Hot Potato Boys". Filmink.
- ^ "Untitled". The Age. 15 August 1963. p. 22.
External links
- The Hot Potato Boys at National Film and Sound Archive
- 1963 British TV Version at IMDb
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TV productions of Patrick Barton
- You Can't Win 'Em All (1962)
- The Gioconda Smile (1963)
- Night Stop (1963)
- The Hot Potato Boys (1963)
- Double Yolk (1963)
- The Angry General (1964)
- The Sponge Room (1964)
- The Road (1964)
- Wind from the Icy Country (1964)
- A Provincial Lady (1964)
- Dangerous Corner (1965)
- A Time to Speak (1965)
- Cross of Gold (1965)
- Othello (1965)
- Daphne Laureola (1965)
- Romanoff and Juliet (1965)
- Waiting in the Wings (1965)
- What About Next Year (1966)
- The Third Witness (1966)
- Ashes to Ashes (1966)
- Antigone (1966)
- Should the Woman Pay? (1966)
- The Paradise Shanty (1966)
- Flight into Danger (1966)
- Man of Destiny (1967)
- Goodbye, Gloria, Hello! (1967)
- Cobwebs in Concrete (1968)
- Quality of Mercy (1975) (TV series)
- Bellbird (TV series)
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