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Citizen of Westminster (1958)

Citizen of Westminster poster
Directed by
Raymond Menmuir
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A live television drama set in England and broadcast in Australia during the late 1950s. It was a rare example of Australian TV drama at the time and its survival is unknown.

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What happens

Citizen of Westminster is an early example of Australian television drama which aired on ABC. A one-off play set in England, it aired live on 8 October 1958 in Sydney, and kinescoped for showing in Melbourne on 30 November 1958. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. It is not known if a copy still exists of the presentation, given the wiping of the era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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