Course for Collision

"**Course for Collision**"
"Course for Collision"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 13
Directed by	Oscar Whitbread
Teleplay by	Arthur Hailey
Original air date	5 April 1967
Running time	120 mins
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"Course for Collision" is a 1966 Australian TV play.

It aired as part of Wednesday Theatre on 5 April 1967 in Sydney, and on 30 November 1966 in Melbourne. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.

Plot

In the near future, the US president faces a challenge.

Cast

Bill Yule as Major Hale
Carl Bleazby as the President
Keith Lee as Captain Shaw
Frank Wilson as General Patrick
Tim Evans
Mike Dyer
Jon Ewing
George Mallaby (actor)

Production

It was shot in Melbourne.

References

↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 30 November 1966. p. 16.
↑ "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 653. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 April 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 1967. p. 19.
↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 24 November 1966. p. 39.
↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.

External links

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[1] "TV Guide". The Age. 30 November 1966. p. 16.

[2] "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 653. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 April 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 1967. p. 19.

[4] "TV Guide". The Age. 24 November 1966. p. 39.

[5] Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.

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