Billy and Percy

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| director = John Power

| producer = John Power

| writer = John Power

| based_on = journals of Percy Deane

| starring = Martin Vaughan
Harold Hopkins

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| network = ABC

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| released = {{Start date|1974}}

| runtime = 70 mins

| country = Australia

| language = English

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Billy and Percy is a 1974 Australian docudrama based on the relationship between Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his private secretary Percy Deane during World War I. It was based primarily on Deane's diaries.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p14{{cite news|url=https://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/billy-and-percy/notes/|title=Billy and Percy (1974)|publisher=Australian Screen: An NFSA Website|access-date=11 December 2018}}

Reception

John Power won an AFI award for best director.{{cite news |last1=Power |first1=Julie and Michael |title=Obituary: John Power 1930-2016 |url=https://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/story/3752559/obituary-john-power-1930-2016/ |accessdate=2019-07-24 |work=The Maitland Mercury |date=2016-02-25}}

Awards

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