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form y Whiplash series - publisher film/TV

Authors:agent Michael Noonan , Michael Plant , Ralph Peterson , James Clavell , Morris West , Gerry Day , Dwight Newton , Harry Fink , Gene Roddenberry , David Evans , Wells Root , Don Ingalls , Terence Maples , William Templeton , Daphne Field .

Issue Details: First known date: 1961... 1961 Whiplash

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Film Details - Artransa Film Productions , 1961

Producers:

Maury Geraghty.

Production Companies:

Artransa Park Studios co-production with ITC and ATV Britain.

Editors:

Ray Alchin.

Cast:

Including Peter Graves (Chris Cobb) and Anthony Wickert (Dan Ledward).

Release Dates:

First air date : Melbourne 18 February, 1961 (earlier overseas).

Location:

Early location filming began in mid-1959, with full production following three months later. Most filming took place at the Artransa Park Studios complex in French's Forest, a northern suburb of Sydney, and some scenes were filmed on location at Scone in New South Wales.
Source: TV Eye Classic Australian Television

Notes:

Robert Tudawali had a regular role in the series, possibly the first recurring Indigenous character.

The opening credits are available online: http://youtu.be/FWyrUa65nRc

Scripts were quickly written. Other (American) writers included Harry Fink (who went on to write Dirty Harry) and Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry.

Note: Not all sources list the Whiplash episodes in the same running order. This record follows the pattern established by the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).

List of episodes:

1. Convict Town (Dwight Newton).

2. Rider on the Hill (Harry Julian Fink).

3. The Legacy (William Templeton).

4. The Other Side of the Swan (Michael Plant).

5. Barbed Wire (Harry Julian Fink).

6. Episode in Bathurst (Gene Roddenberry).

7. The Twisted Road (Michael Plant).

8. Dutchman's Reef (Gene Roddenberry).

9. The Actress (Gene Roddenberry).

10. Divide and Conquer (David Evans).

11. The Remittance Man (Wells Root and Ron Bishop).

12. Sarong (Gene Roddenberry).

13. Solid Gold Brigade (Michael Plant).

14. Stage for Two (Terence Maples).

15. The Bone That Whispered (Michael Plant).

16. The Day of the Hunter (Michael Plant).

17. The Canoomba Affair (Richard Grey and Ralph W. Peterson).

18. The Rushing Sands (Michael Plant).

19. Fire Rock (Michael Plant).

20. The Hunters (Morris L. West).

21. Stage Fright (Ralph W. Peterson).

22. A Portrait in Gunpowder (Michael Plant).

23. Ribbons and Wheels (Ralph W. Peterson).

24. The Wreckers (Daphne Field).

25. Storm River (Don Ingalls).

26. Flood Tide (Michael Plant).

27. A Dilemma in Wool (Ralph W. Peterson).

28. Dark Runs the Sea (Oscar Millard and Michael Plant).

29. The Magic Wire (Ralph W. Peterson).

30. The Haunted Valley (Gerry Day).

31. Love Story in Gold (James Clavell).

32. Secret of the Screaming Hills (Michael Plant).

33. Act of Courage (Gerry Day).

34. The Adelaide Arabs (Ralph W. Peterson).

Subjects:

Coaches

y ca. 1850s

Settings:

Victoria,

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