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Notes
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The scripts contained in this book have all won Australian Writers Guild awards.
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Script have been introduced by each work's named scriptwriter.
Contents
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Cage a Tame Tiger,
single work
film/TV
detective
crime
(p. 1-50)
'Convicting Martin "Tiger' Fly, a known Kings Cross drug pedlar, is a personal challenge to Chief Inspector Ted Hallam. While the Customs Special Branch are convinced that Fly is obtaining drugs from merchant seamen, their frequent raids have never actually found him in possession of any drugs. Mardi Shiel is used as part of the investigation that leads to an exotic Chinese dancer, a well-endowed prostitute, and a frightened Melbourne businessman.'
Source: Storey, Don. Classic Australian Television. http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/contrab1.htm (Sighted 13/9/11)
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You Can't See Round Corners [Episode 1],
single work
film/TV
crime
(p. 51-81)
The first episode of You Can't See Round Corners.
- A Ride on the Big Dipper, single work radio play (p. 83-120)
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This Is the Way We Stamp Our Feet,
single work
radio play
satire
(p. 121-144)
The radio production of This Is the Way We Stamp Our Feet.
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Fiends of the Family,
single work
film/TV
crime
(p. 145-210)
Three middle-aged sisters are repressed by their mother, but how long can this last?
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Everyone Knows Charlie,
single work
film/TV
crime
(p. 210-ff.)
'A group of pensioners in an old people's home are secretly engaged in earning extra money to supplement their pensions. When one of their number, Charlie Cook, is found dead, they dispose of the body for fear that a police investigation would expose their activities and land them in trouble with the Taxation Department.'
Source: Classic Australian Television. (Sighted: 11/6/2013)
