About this season
Drama 61-67 is anthology drama series which took a different title, based on year of transmission, each year. It alternated with Armchair Theatre from ABC in the Sunday evening slot. The series was described at the time as epitomising ATV drama.
Episodes (22)
1. No Decision
Aired 7 January 1962 • 50 min
Driscoll is an old boxer who finds himself a celebrity hero when he describes an old bout of his on a Sydney television station, much to the chagrin of his former opponent (who is now a Melbourne Governor), who decides to meet Driscoll and settle the matter once and for all.
2. The Days and Nights of Beebee
Aired 14 January 1962
3. The Lonesome Road
Aired 21 January 1962
After thankfully bidding goodbye to a clinging bore on a train journey, Charles realizes after, that there was something rather strange about him which was going to leave a deep, disturbing impression.
4. The Key
Aired 28 January 1962
5. Court Martial
Aired 20 May 1962
6. The Daughters
Aired 27 May 1962
7. Peace with Terror
Aired 3 June 1962
8. The Power of Zero
Aired 17 June 1962
9. The Enemy
Aired 1 July 1962
10. The Frightened Man
Aired 15 July 1962 • 60 min
11. Teeth of Treason
Aired 29 July 1962
The shattered pieces of a plane crash lead to a trek across Europe and back again by suspicious investigators.
12. 12
Aired 5 August 1962
13. Recruiting Poster
Aired 12 August 1962
14. 14
Aired 19 August 1962
15. Luck of the Draw
Aired 9 September 1962
Arthur, a shy Cockney waiter is unlucky and clumsy in the pursuit of love on the dance floor, so he visits a marriage bureau who matches him with Jenny, a girl from the north who has just moved to London.
16. A Question of Pride
Aired 23 September 1962
17. The Frightened Sky
Aired 7 October 1962
Two planes set off from London for the United Nations in New York. On board one of them is Lord Stapleton who is going to talk to the Russians in order to try an avoid a catastrophe. Meanwhile a newspaper office in London receives a call from a man who is about to die.
18. A Chance in Life
Aired 21 October 1962
19. The Slaughter Men
Aired 18 November 1962
20. The Pinedus Affair
Aired 2 December 1962
21. The Betrayers
Aired 16 December 1962
22. Room for Justice
Aired 30 December 1962 • 50 min