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Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Sweeping Plains
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'David feels cramped in this suburban Melbourne flat. The 'real' country is out there, and he'd like to get to it. But will his wife join him in the adventure?'

Source: Radio Times, 3 June 1976, p.17.

Notes

  • Television play.
  • Series four of Centre Play was called the 'Commonwealth Season', in which 'Commonwealth authors explore their changing societies in six new plays' (Radio Times, 3 June 1976, p.17). Peter Smalley's play was the Australian contribution. The other plays, in airdate order, were:

    • Old Man March is Dead [New Zealand], Bruce Stewart
    • Home Sweet India [Trinidad], Sam Selvon
    • A Kind of Marriage [Nigeria], Buchi Emecheta
    • Apply, Apply, No Reply [India], Dilip Hiro
    • For the Whales [Canada], Ty Haller

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