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{{Infobox television episode
{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Wednesday Theatre]]
| series = [[Wednesday Theatre]]
| image =
| image =
| caption =
| caption =
| season = 4
| season = 4
| episode =
| episode = 43
| director = [[John Croyston]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Replacements for a Queen - drama|newspaper=The Age|date=21 November 1968|page=29|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122118182/?terms=%22queen%27s%20bishop%22&match=1}}</ref>
| director = [[John Croyston]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Replacements for a Queen - drama|newspaper=The Age|date=21 November 1968|page=29|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122118182/?terms=%22queen%27s%20bishop%22&match=1}}</ref>
| teleplay =
| teleplay =
|based_on = play by Joan Baldwin
| based_on = play by Joan Baldwin
| producer =
| photographer =
| photographer =
| music =
| airdate = {{Start date|1968|11|27|df=yes}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122125291/?terms=%22queen%27s%2Bbishop%22|newspaper=The Age|date=21 November 1968|title=TV Guide|page=39}}</ref>
|music=
| airdate = 27 November 1968<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122125291/?terms=%22queen%27s%2Bbishop%22|newspaper=The Age|date=21 November 1968|title=TV Guide|page=39}}</ref>
| length = 60 mins
| length = 60 mins
| guests =
| guests =
| prev = ''The Gambler'' Part 2
| prev = The Gambler Part 2
| next =[[Cobwebs in Concrete]]''
| next = [[Cobwebs in Concrete]]
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"'''The Queen's Bishop'''" is an Australian TV play. It aired on the ABC as part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]''.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 November 1968|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|page=58|title=The Scorpios Who Shine|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120558092/?terms=%22queen%27s%20bishop%22&match=1}}</ref>
"'''The Queen's Bishop'''" is an Australian TV play. It aired on the ABC as part of ''[[Wednesday Theatre]]''.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 November 1968|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|page=58|title=The Scorpios Who Shine|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120558092/?terms=%22queen%27s%20bishop%22&match=1}}</ref>
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==Cast==
==Cast==
*Eve Wyn as Lady Simpson
* Eve Wyn as Lady Simpson
*[[John Warwick]] as Sir Leonard Simpson
* [[John Warwick]] as Sir Leonard Simpson
*Kay Taylor as his secretary
* Kay Taylor as his secretary
*[[Betty Lucas]] as Queen Pauline
* [[Betty Lucas]] as Queen Pauline
*Ron Graham as Bede Simpson
* [[Ron Graham (actor)|Ron Graham]] as Bede Simpson
*Martha Goddard
* Martha Goddard
*Marion Johns
* Marion Johns
*Sheila Kennelly
* [[Sheila Kennelly]]
*[[Helen Morse]]
* [[Helen Morse]]


==Production==
==Production==
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==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}

{{John Croyston}}
{{John Croyston}}


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Latest revision as of 18:35, 7 September 2024

"The Queen's Bishop"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 43
Directed byJohn Croyston[1]
Based onplay by Joan Baldwin
Original air date27 November 1968 (1968-11-27)[2]
Running time60 mins
Episode chronology
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"The Queen's Bishop" is an Australian TV play. It aired on the ABC as part of Wednesday Theatre.[3]

According to a TV Guide listing, the play is "about a family and their relationships to one another".[4]

Premise

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Lady Simpson was the pivot around which her family revolved. Then she died, and the family collapses into a battle for leadership which threaten to tear the family apart. Sir Leonard Simpson tries to replace his lost Queen (Lady Simpson) with his secretary. The rest of the family rallies under the leadership of its Queen, Pauline, the wife of Sir Leonard's eldest son, Bede, to keep out the secretary, who they feel is an outsider.[5]

Cast

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Production

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The show was shot in Sydney.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Replacements for a Queen - drama". The Age. 21 November 1968. p. 29.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 21 November 1968. p. 39.
  3. ^ "The Scorpios Who Shine". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 November 1968. p. 58.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1968. p. 20.
  5. ^ "Replacement for a Queen - drama". The Age. 21 November 1968. p. 29.
  6. ^ "Clips". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 November 1968. p. 6.