Campaign for One
Campaign for One is a 1965 Australian television film in the Wednesday Theatre series. It is a 60-minute remake of a BBC "Wednesday Play" episode and aired on ABC on 24 November 1965 in Melbourne and Sydney, with a Brisbane broadcast on 5 January 1966. It was part of Wednesday Theatre and was one of the relatively rare Australian dramas with a science fiction theme.
Set in 1967, the story follows English astronaut Phil Osborne, who is in orbit for an Allied Commission of German, English and American specialists. After a spacewalk, he reveals that he has no intention of returning to Earth; his wife has left him, and he would prefer to die in space.
The production was shot in Melbourne. Director Brian Faull and writers Anthony Church and Marielaine Double crafted a suspenseful, lifelike drama. A large seesaw rig was used to simulate walking outside the orbiting capsule.
Reception was mixed. The Canberra Times called it an undistinguished play with a preposterous script, while The Australian Women’s Weekly praised it as one of the best local TV productions in years, praising the spacewalk sequence. The Sydney Morning Herald called it brilliant, with sustained tension and strong performances, and The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald described it as a taut, gripping, credible space thriller.
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