Colin Free
Colin Free (1 September 1925–1996) was an Australian writer best known for his work in TV.
Colin Free was born on 1 September 1925 in Sydney, Australia. He died on 26 May 1996 in Goulburn, Australia.[1]
He wrote for the theatre, notably Hamlet in shadow – Sydney in 1954.[2]
Free wrote scripts for the BBC and the ABC,[3] as well as for radio.[4]
Selected awards
- Australian Writer's Guild (AWGIE), 1977 – Best TV series episode, Rush (Television) – "A shilling a day"
- Logie Award 1977, Best script- Rush (Television)
- SAMMIE Award 1977-Best writer for a television series, Rush (Television)
- Logie Award 1979, Bit part (Television Drama)
- Logie Award- 1984, 1985, 1986-A Country Practice (Television)
Selected credits
- How Do You Spell Matrimony? (1965)
- Contrabandits (1967–68)
- Timelapse (TV series) (1980)
- All the Rivers Run (1983)
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References
- Austlit. "Colin Free: (author/organisation) | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- "Hamlet Story Re-told In New Play". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 24 April 1954. p. 17. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- Connolly, Richard (2011). "ABC Radio: Culture and the Spoken Word" (PDF). johntranter.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- "Classic soap Flashback: Bellbird". ATV Today. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
External links
- Colin Free on IMDb
- Colin Free at Austlit
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