Ending It

{{Short description|1957 television film directed by William Sterling}}

Ending It was a 1939 BBC TV one-off play, written by Val Gielgud, and starring John Robinson, Joan Marion, and Dino Galvani.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430057/|title = Ending It (TV Movie 1939) - IMDb| website=IMDb }} It was 30 minutes in duration. It was broadcast live on 25 August 1939.

1957 Australian adaptation

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| director = William Sterling

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| writer = Val Gielgud
Hugh Stewart

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| starring = Bruce Beeby
Madi Hedd

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| released = {{Start date|1957|06|19|df=y}} (Sydney, live){{cite news|title=TV Guide|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 June 1957|page=8}}

| released2 = {{Start date|1957|07|19|df=y}} (Melbourne, recording){{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=19 July 1957|page=3|title=TV Guide}}

| runtime = 60 mins

| country = Australia

| language = English

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The most unusual aspect of the production was that it was later remade for Australian television in 1957 at a time when Australian drama production was rare.{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s|date=February 18, 2019}} It was directed by William Sterling.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2n9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1-QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1302%2C2750584|newspaper=The Age|title=TV Guide|date=18 July 1957|page=13}}

Broadcast live on Sydney station ABN-2 on 19 June 1957, a kinescope was made of the broadcast and shown on Melbourne television station ABV-2 on 19 July 1957.{{cite news|title=Advertisement|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cWEQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3562%2C2500011|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 July 1957}} It is not known if the kinescope recording still exists.

=Cast=

Bruce Beeby
Madi Hedd
Keith Buckley

=Production=

Bruce Beeby and Madi Hedd were married in real life. They made this shortly after returning to Australia from six years in Britain.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19581006&id=639WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4eQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6672,1369673&hl=en |title=Couple Co Star in New Play|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 Oct 1958}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19570612&id=039WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1-QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3074,4080021&hl=en |title=Television|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 June 1957|page=7}}

Thelma Afford did the design.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48530309 |title=RED IS DANGEROUS...EVEN ON TV |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |location=Australia |date=4 September 1957 |access-date=16 January 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}