In Writing

In Writing is a 1961 Australian television play by an Australian writer living in London, Raymond Bowers, and directed by Kevin Shine.

In Writing
Based on	play by Raymond Bowers
Directed by	Kevin Shine
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	75 minutes.[1]
Production company	ABC
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	7 June 1961 (1961-06-07) (Sydney)
Release	2 August 1961 (1961-08-02) (Melbourne)[2][3]
Release	6 May 1962 (1962-05-06) (Brisbane)[1]

It was first presented on the BBC in London in 1956 and was also presented on stage and radio.^[4][5]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.^[6] It was one of several thrillers filmed in the early days of Australian television.^[7][8]

Plot

According to the Sydney Morning Herald it was "the story of an unusual murder in London involving a husband and wife, investigated in an unorthodox manner by Detective-Inspector Hurst."^[4] James Peebles has befriended John Clostin's wife and Clostin is unhappy with that.

Cast

• Leonard Teale as Detective Inspector Hurst
• Ric Hutton as John Clostin
• Anne Haddy as Mrs Clostin
• James Workman as Pr Bowman
• Richard Parry as James Peebles
• Jack Ford as Sergeant
• Carolyn Keely as waitress

Production

It was produced for British TV in 1956 with a cast including Bernard Lee and Terence Morgan.

It was Bowers' second script done for Australian TV the first being It's the Geography That Counts.^[1][9]

The play was also performed on Australian radio in 1961.^[10]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called it an "unpretentious little suspense play which several times tripped over its own excess of ingenuity" and "suppressed far too many major facts to play fair with the audience."^[11]