A Season in Hell (Wednesday Theatre)

"A Season in Hell"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 12
Directed byHenri Safran
Teleplay byPatricia Hooker
Original air date1 April 1964 (1964-04-01)
Running time80 mins[1]
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"A Season in Hell" is a 1964 Australian TV movie broadcast on the ABC which originally aired as an episode of Wednesday Theatre. It was directed by Henri Safran from a script by Patricia Hooker and was shot at the ABC's Gore Hill Studios in Sydney.[2] "A Season in Hell" aired on 1 April 1964 in Sydney,[3] on 22 April 1964 in Brisbane,[4] and on 29 April 1964 in Melbourne.[5]

It was arguably the first depiction of a gay relationship in Australian TV drama.[6] Filmink magazine argues "it ranks among the finest TV plays ever made in Australia."[7]

  1. ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 39, no. 11, 110. 22 March 1965. p. 24. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "WHAT TO STAY HOME FOR..." The Canberra Times. 22 March 1965. p. 23. Retrieved 5 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 March 1964. p. 33.
  4. ^ "Teenager searches for hell". TV Times. 15 April 1964. p. 17.
  5. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 23 April 1964. p. 35.
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 June 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: A Season in Hell". Filmink.