Close to the Roof
1960 Australian TV series or program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Close to the Roof is a 1960 Australian live television play which aired on ABC. Broadcast 14 December 1960 in Sydney, it was kinescoped ("telerecorded") and shown in Melbourne on 25 January 1961[1] (it is not known it was also shown on ABC's stations in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth). Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2]
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Close to the Roof | |
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Genre | Crime |
Based on | play Hideout by Rienits and Stewart Howard based on short story "Heat" |
Written by | Rex Rienits |
Directed by | Raymond Menmuir |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 60 mins |
Production company | ABC |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 14 December 1960 (1960-12-14) (Sydney, live) 25 January 1961 (1961-01-25) (Melbourne, taped) |
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It was also adapted for radio by the ABC in 1960.[3]