The Third Witness
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{{Infobox television episode
| series = Wednesday Theatre
| image =
| caption =
| season = 2
| episode = 34
| director = Patrick Barton
| teleplay = Ron Callander
| photographer =
| airdate = {{Start date|1966|08|17|df=yes}}
| length = 55 minutes{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107888312 |title=WEDNESDAY |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=40 |issue=11,463 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=22 August 1966 |accessdate=22 March 2017 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107888670 |title=CHESS TELEVISION |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=40 |issue=11,465 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=24 August 1966 |accessdate=22 March 2017 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}
| guests =
| prev = Eden End
| next = Almost a Honeymon
}}
"The Third Witness" is a 1966 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was part of Wednesday Theatre. It aired on 17 August 1966 in Melbourne,{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=17 August 1966|title=Television|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121959353/?terms=%22third%2Bwitness%22}} on 24 August 1966 in Sydney,{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=22 August 1966|title=TV Guide|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122778140/?terms=%22third%2Bwitness%22}} and on 7 September 1966 in Brisbane.{{cite magazine|magazine=TV Times|title=A witness for the persecution|date=31 August 1966|page=8}}
Plot
The story was built around the military occupation of an uneasy middle east country and a modern version of the Resurrection. Private Gregory is a soldier in an army of occupation who us caught up when local events when a seer who caused a clash is executed and his body vanishes.
Cast
- David Turnbull as Private Gregory
- Brian James
- Frank Rich
- Raymond Westwell
- Brian Hann
- David Telford
- Alan Tobian
Production
It was shot in Melbourne.{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=11 August 1966|title=TV Guide|page=35|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121953010/?terms=%22third%2Bwitness%22}} Writer Callendar based it on the Gospel of St Luke and the story of Gregory.
Reception
The Age said it was "another of those uninhibited attempts to tell the gospel story in terms of 20th century events and people" like BBC's Golgotha and CBCs's Open Grave adding "by way of comparison the ABC's feature more than held its own."{{cite news|date=27 August 1966|newspaper=The Age|page=23|title=Television|last=Monitor|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121973126/?terms=%22third%2Bwitness%22}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{AusStage|event/106343|q=yes}}
- {{AustLit|7143077|q=yes}}
{{Patrick Barton}}
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Category:1966 television plays
Category:1966 Australian television episodes
Category:1960s Australian television plays
Category:Black-and-white television episodes
Category:Wednesday Theatre season 2 episodes
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