Draft:Dear Edgar

I had a look at the critiera for Notability (films)... I would argue "The film represents a unique accomplishment in cinema, is a milestone in the development of film art, or contributes significantly to the development of a national cinema" with television instead of cinema as it was the first commercial television primetime television play in Brisbane. Also "The film was successfully distributed domestically in a country that is not a major film producing country, and was produced by that country's equivalent of a "major film studio" - the film was successfully made in Brisbane which is not a major tv drama producing city and was produced by the quivalent of a TV studio i.e. a commercial station. Thanking you Britfilm (talk) 05:38, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Dear Edgar is a 1964 Australian television play filmed in Brisbane for BTQ.

The play was a rare television drama filmed in Brisbane at the time. It was the sole drama made by Brisbane commercial stations in the 1960s, although the ABC produced several including Vacancy in Vaughan Street and Ring Out Wild Bells.

(There had been an earlier drama on a commercial station, Crisis but this aired during the day while Dear Edgar was shown in primetime.

Premise
A Brisbane newspaper editor moonlights as an anonymous lonely-hearts columnist. His wife starts writing to the columnist.

Cast

 * Russell Jarrett as Richard Kerr
 * Gweneyth Smith as Corrie Kerr
 * Graham Bean as Chris Kerr
 * Gail Wood as Linda Kerr
 * Dick McCann as Carl Wentworth
 * Jackie Ellison as Virginia
 * Barbara Wheelton as Babs
 * Don McTaggart

Production
The play was shot in October 1963 but did not air until the following year. The play had won £100 in a play writing competiton held by BTQ-7.