The Big Day (film)
The Big Day is an Australian television film, or rather a live television play, which aired in 1959. Part of the Shell Presents presentations of standalone television dramas, it originally aired 11 July 1959 on Melbourne station GTV-9, a video-tape was made of the broadcast and shown on Sydney station ATN-7 on 25 July 1959 (this was prior to the formation of the Nine Network and Seven Network). Written by Sydney writer John Ford,[1] it is significant as an early example of Australian-written television drama. Duration was 60 minutes including commercials.
Shell Presents was a monthly series presenting locally produced television dramas and comedies. Most of these were adaptations of overseas dramas such as Johnny Belinda and One Bright Day, but a few were locally-written.
Archival status of the program is unknown.
Plot
A drama about a costing clerk's last day of working in a city office prior to his retirement.
Cast
- Edward Howell
- Elizabeth Wing
- Don Battye
- Roslyn De Winter
- Syd Conabere
- Tony Brown
- Dudley Burton
- John Morgan
- Frank Rich
See also
- Reflections in Dark Glasses - Shell Presents episode
- They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful - Shell Presents episode
- List of television plays broadcast on ATN-7