Close to the Roof (1960)
- Directed by
- Raymond Menmuir
- Country
- Australia
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A live television play from 1960 broadcast in Australia. The story unfolds in real time as characters interact in a confined setting. It was part of a rare local drama production for ABC at the time.
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What happens
Close to the Roof is a 1960 Australian live television play which aired on ABC. Broadcast 14 December 1960 in Sydney, it was kinescoped ("telerecorded") and shown in Melbourne on 25 January 1961 (it is not known it was also shown on ABC's stations in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth). Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. It was also adapted for radio by the ABC in 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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