The Patriots (TV series)
| The Patriots | |
|---|---|
Ad in The Age 7 Jun 1962 | |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Written by | Philip Grenville Mann |
| Directed by | Colin Dean |
| Starring | James Condon |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC Television |
| Release | 27 May – 29 July 1962 |
The Patriots was an Australian television drama mini-series. A period-drama, it aired for 10 episodes on ABC in 1962.
This was among a series of period dramas produced by the broadcaster, being preceded by Stormy Petrel (1960) and The Outcasts (1961), and followed by The Hungry Ones (1963). The first two had been written by Rex Rienits but this one was written by Phillip Grenville Mann.
The cast included James Condon as William Charles Wentworth, who gets into trouble while running a newspaper called The Australian (note: no relation to the current newspaper of the same name).
Telerecordings (also known as kinescope recordings) of the episodes are held by National Archives of Australia.
The ABC had broadcast a radio play on this era by Edmund Barclay called Spoiled Darlings.