Pardon Miss Westcott (1959)

Directed by

David Cahill

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A musical comedy set in colonial Australia. It follows a lively cast as they sing and dance through a lighthearted story.

lightheartedmusicalwhimsicalbouncyold-fashionedupbeatlive-performance

What happens

"Pardon Miss Westcott!" is a 1959 Australian television play by the Seven Network as part of drama anthology series Shell Presents. It was a musical set in colonial Australia and was broadcast live. It was Australia's first commissioned for television musical comedy. "Pardon Miss Westcott" aired on 12 December 1959 in Sydney and on 19 December 1959 in Melbourne. It ran for 75 minutes and featured eight new songs and a cast of nineteen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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