Loose Enz
| Loose Enz | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Tony Isaac |
| Running time | 30-60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | February 28 – May 16, 1982 |
Loose Enz is a 1982 New Zealand anthology television series. It was a series of 12 New Zealand plays broadcast on Sunday nights. The standalone plays covered many subjects such as Maori land rights, politics, foreign land ownership, rehabilitation, and sex and marriage.[1] Looking back at the previous years television Ken Strongman of the Press wrote of the series "The "Loose Enz" series was a fine idea, but the plays themselves were mostly so lightweight as to float instantly from memory,"[2]
Episodes
[edit]- Tough at the Bottom
Writer: Grant Morris. Director: Peter Muxlow
- Coming and Going
Writer Bill Baer. Director: Murray Reece
Based on a story by Dan Davin
Writer and director: Keith Aberdein
- The Good Samaritan
Writer: Jane Toft. Director: John Anderson
- Free Enterprise
Writer: Greg McGee. Director: Mark DeFriest
- If the Cat Laps[5]
Writer: Vincent O'Sullivan. Director: John Anderson
- Graham's Mum and the Golden Tour
Writer: Michael A. Noonan. Director: Murray Reece
Based on a story by Murray Reece
- That Bread Should Be So Dear
Writer: Olwynne MaCrae. Director: Murray Reece
- Eros and Psyche[6]
Writer: Michael A. Noonan. Director: John Anderson
Writer: Tom Scott. Director: Tony Wilson
- The Pumice Land[9]
Writer: S. G. Walker. Director: Murray Reece
- The Protesters[10]
Writer: Rowley Habib. Director: Peter Muxlow
Awards
[edit]Feltex Television Awards 1982[11]
- Best Script – Rowley Habib for The Protesters – won[12]
- Best Script – Michael A. Noonan for Eros and Psyche – nominated
- Best Script – S.G. Walker for The Pumice Land – nominated
- Best Script – Grant Morris for Tough at the Bottom – nominated
- Best Actor – Derek Hardwick for The Pumice Land – nominated
- Best Actor – David McPhail for Coming and Going – nominated
- Best Actor – Don Selwyn for The Protesters – nominated
- Best Actor – Jim Moriaty for The Protesters – nominated
- Best Actress – Heather Lindsay for The Good Samaritan – nominated
- Best Drama – Eros and Psyche (John Anderson) – nominated
- Best Drama – Graham's Mum and the Golden Tour (Murray Reece) – nominated
- Best Drama – That Bread Should Be So Dear (Katherine de Nave) – nominated
- Best Drama – The Pumice Land (Tony Isaac) – nominated
- Stan Hosgood Award – Dean Cato (The Pumice Land) – nominated
- Stan Hosgood Award – Graham Henderson (The Protesters) – nominated
References
[edit]- ↑ "Television and radio", The Press, 27 February 1982
- ↑ Strongman, Ken (3 January 1983), "Transcendental vegetation", The Press
- ↑ "Double standard, says Aberdein", The Press, 11 March 1982
- ↑ "Actress answers critics", The Press, 16 March 1982
- ↑ Strongman, Ken (12 April 1982), "Pace, perfect pace", The Press
- ↑ "'Dead on Target'", The Press, 24 April 1982
- ↑ "Tom Scott gives inside view", The Press, 28 April 1982
- ↑ "Language not 'in good taste'", The Press, 20 July 1982
- ↑ "Cantankerous old man in play", The Press, 5 May 1982
- ↑ "Protest theme of Sunday play", The Press, 12 May 1982
- ↑ "TV awards ceremony in Christchurch", The Press, 16 March 1983
- ↑ "TV entertainer award to Howard Morrison", The Press, 6 April 1983