| Tomorrow's Child | |
|---|---|
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| Based on | play by John Coates |
| Screenplay by | Alan Seymour |
| Directed by | Raymond Menmuir |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Production company | ABC |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 9 April 1957 (Sydney) (live)[1] |
| Release | 26 April 1957 (Melbourne) (taped)[2] |
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Tomorrow's Child is an Australian television film, or rather a live one-off television play, which aired in 1957 on ABC. Directed by Raymond Menmuir, it is notable as an early example of Australian television comedy and was Australia's first live hour long drama.[3][4][5][6] It was set in the future making it technically Australia's first science fiction drama.[7]
- ^ "Advertisement". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 April 1957. p. 7.
- ^ "Police State Satire on TV". The Age. 25 April 1957. p. 15.
- ^ "SEEN ON CHANNEL 2-". ABC Weekly. 6 April 1957. p. 19.
- ^ "Looking A head on Channel 2 (ABN)". ABC Weekly. 4 May 1957.
- ^ "Television news". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 1957. p. 6.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (2021). "Forgotten Australian TV plays: The Astronauts". Filmink. Retrieved 8 August 2024.