The Sub-Editor's Room (1956)

Country

Australia

How it feels

A television play from the 1950s about writers working in a newspaper office. It was the first Australian-written TV drama to be broadcast in Australia and it uses the word 'slut' several times in its dialogue.

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What happens

The Sub-Editor's Room is a 1956 Australian television play. It was produced and written by Leslie Rees. It was the first Australian-written television drama to air on Australian television. The word "slut" was spoken in dialogue several times. No copy of the production exists but a copy of the script survives at the National Archives of Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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