Emergency (1959)
Synopsis
Emergency is an Australian television series produced by GTV-9 in 1959. The series was set in the busy casualty department of a major Melbourne hospital, and is notable for being one of the first-ever dramas shown on Australian television. Made by Melbourne's GTV-9 in co-operation with the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and based on Britain's "Emergency Ward 10", "Emergency" starred Brian James as Dr. Geoffrey Thompson, Syd Conabere as orderly George Rogers, and Judith Godden as Nurse Jill Adamson. Moira Carleton also featured as Matron Evans. The series was produced primarily in the GTV-9 studio, with brief exterior sequences shot on 35mm film by newsreel cameramen. The episodes were not broadcast live, but were "kinescoped" to meet programming requirements, and facilitate later screening in Sydney. The series' premise was simple: a basic dramatic exploration of cases passing through the Casualty ward. Scripts were written by GTV staffers Roland Strong and Denzil Howson under pseudonyms. Sponsorship came from British Petroleum, and a contract was signed for 52 half-hour episodes. The series debuted on GTV-9 on 16 February 1959, and on Sydney's ATN-7 a week later. Critics initially appeared fairly neutral, however a highly negative article on the series in a Sydney newspaper caused BP to withdraw sponsorship 16 weeks into the series run. Faced with having to carry the production expenses alone, GTV-9 discontinued production, with the final episode airing in Melbourne on 1 June 1959.
First Air Date: 1959-02-16
Last Air Date: 1959-06-01
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 16
Networks: Nine Network
Top Cast
- Brian James as N/A
Seasons
Season 1 (1959)
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Ep. 1: Title unknown
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Ep. 2: Title unknown
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Ep. 3: Blackout
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Ep. 4: Lethal Bag
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Ep. 5: Gunshot
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Ep. 6: Title unknown
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Ep. 7: Operate Remote
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Ep. 8: Knockout
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Ep. 9: Death Drive
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Ep. 10: Alibi
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Ep. 11: False Alarm
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Ep. 12: '44 Incident
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Ep. 13: Diamonds For Leona
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Ep. 14: Talent Quest
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Ep. 15: Mind Over Matter
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Ep. 16: Broken Appointment
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