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Plaintiff and counsel in an episode of Divorce Court (screen cap)
form y separately published work icon Divorce Court series - publisher   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1967... 1967 Divorce Court
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Divorce Court was based on a long-running American documentary series, which, though it marketed itself as presenting real-life divorce cases to audiences, actually presented re-enactments of real-life divorces using actors. Though Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, doesn't specify and information on the program is scarce, the Australian version presumably followed the same model.

According to Moran,

Each episode was hosted by a narrator and fully scripted, with speed and efficiency vital to producers working to network deadlines. Shot in sequence at TCN-9 studios, Divorce Court was tightly scripted in order to avoid reshoots and video editing. This was due in part to the lack of video sophistication at the time. The series was produced on average at a rate of around five episodes per week, which were usually shot in one day. At one stage producers even managed to come up with twenty fully scripted episodes in eight working days.

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      Australia,
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      NLT Productions ,
      1967 .
      person or book cover
      Title screen for Divorce Court, with Ron Haddrick
      Extent: 210x30min. episodesp.
      Description: Produced on videotape; black-and-white
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