It was adapted for television by the ABC in 1968, directed by John Croyston, and broadcast as part of the Seek and Destroy series.[6] That was a short lived anthology series which consisted of four BBC plays and one Australian play - The Cell was the Australian play.[7][8]
Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[9]The Cell was made when Australian TV stations were investing less in TV plays and more in serials.
Plot
Sister Catherine is in charge of a school for delinquent girls. She resents being passed over as Mother Superior of the Convent. When the new Mother Superior, Mother Denis, arrives, there is a clash of personalities between the two. This is heightened when Sister Catherine sides with a young nun, Sister Lenora, who has broken the discipline of the convent. When the Mother Superior dies, Sister Catherine, who was in charge of the convent infirmary and drugs, comes under suspicion.[10]
