The Five Sided Triangle

"The Five Sided Triangle"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 13
Directed byBrian Faull
Teleplay byBrian Faull
Original air date16 October 1967 (1967-10-16)
Running time30 mins
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"The Five Sided Triangle" is the 13th and finale television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse. "The Five Sided Triangle" was written by Brian Faull.[1][2] and originally aired on ABC on 16 October 1967 in Sydney[3]

Plot

Mr Caradoc finds that the eternal triangle contains problems of unexpected dimensions. He is a business executive who divides his time between his wife and three mistresses.

Cast

Reception

The Age said "it had a confidence, a sureness missing in the other productions of this lamentable series."[4]

Actor Gordon Chater wrote a letter of complaint to the Australian Broadcasting Control Board about the show calling it a "parade of pornography".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search".
  2. ^ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 42, no. 11, 820. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 October 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 28 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 October 1967. p. 17.
  4. ^ "Teletopics". The Age. 14 September 1967. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Bedroom scenes play really rocked Chater". TV Times. 25 October 1967. p. 1.