The Parking Ticket

"**The Parking Ticket**"
"The Parking Ticket"
Australian Playhouse episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 12
Directed by	Eric Tayler
Teleplay by	Max Colwell; Michael Wright;
Original air date	4 July 1966
Running time	30 mins
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"The Parking Ticket" is the 12th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse. "The Parking Ticket" was written by Max Colwell and Michael Wright and directed by Henri Safran and originally aired on ABC on 4 July 1966.^[1]

It was one of the first credits for Michael Wright who would die in a car crash in 1969.^[2]

Plot

Bob Rankin receives a parking ticket and discovers he lives in a world of aggressive inspectors. The father of a man who has seduced a young woman is given a ticket by the father of the girl.

Cast

Stewart Ginn as the boy's father
Lynne Murphy as Muriel
Shirley MacDonald as Vi
Charles Little as the boy Denis
Carmen Duncan
Willie Fennell as Steve

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said it provides "both humour and drama."^[3]

The Age called it "a gem".^[4]

References

^ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 July 1966. p. 22.
^ Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2023). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Boy with Banner, Objector and Watch It". Filmink.
^ Darlington, Dorothy (5 July 1966). "The humour and drama". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12.
^ Monitor (16 July 1966). "Blotting the Copybook". The Age.

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[1] "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 July 1966. p. 22.

[2] Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2023). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Boy with Banner, Objector and Watch It". Filmink.

[3] Darlington, Dorothy (5 July 1966). "The humour and drama". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12.

[4] Monitor (16 July 1966). "Blotting the Copybook". The Age.

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