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Chequerboard

  • TV Series
  • 1969–1975
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Chequerboard (1969)
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A half hour documentary series that pioneers the 'fly on the wall' approach that began observational documentary filmmaking in Australia. Each week the program would be about people in situa... Read allA half hour documentary series that pioneers the 'fly on the wall' approach that began observational documentary filmmaking in Australia. Each week the program would be about people in situations that shape their lives, such as living with unemployment or surviving on the basic w... Read allA half hour documentary series that pioneers the 'fly on the wall' approach that began observational documentary filmmaking in Australia. Each week the program would be about people in situations that shape their lives, such as living with unemployment or surviving on the basic wage or getting married. There are no on-camera experts, just people telling their own stor... Read all

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    • Richard Oxenburgh
    • Robin Hughes
    • Peter Grose
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      • Richard Oxenburgh
      • Robin Hughes
      • Peter Grose
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    Richard Oxenburgh
    • Self - Interviewer…
    • 1970–1974
    Robin Hughes
    • Self - Interviewer
    • 1970–1973
    Peter Grose
    • Self - Interviewer
    • 1969–1970
    John Power
    • Self - Interviewer
    • 1969–1970
    John Crew
    • Self - Interviewer
    • 1972–1974
    Mary Covington
    • Self - Interviewer
    • 1969
    Constance Bernstein
    • Self - Interviewer
    • 1973
    Irene X.
    • Self - Subject
    • 1971
    Ron Haddrick
    Ron Haddrick
    • Oedipus…
    • 1970
    Ruth Cracknell
    Ruth Cracknell
    • Jocasta…
    • 1970
    Tyrone Guthrie
    Tyrone Guthrie
    • Self…
    • 1970
    James Condon
    • Creon…
    • 1970
    Gillian Coote
    • Self - Interviewer
    • 1969
    John Molony
    • Self - Subject
    • 1969
    Peter Fry
    • Self - Interviewer
    • 1970
    Bill Steller
    • Self - Interviewer
    • 1970
    Dennis O'Brien
    • Self - Interviewer
    • 1972
    Robert Morley
    Robert Morley
    • Self - Subject
    • 1973
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    • Trivia
      The "Chequerboard" title was stated to have been taken from Quatrain XLIX of Edward FitzGerald's first published translation of the "Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam" (1859):

      'Tis all a chequerboard of Night and Days/Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays/Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays/And one by one back in the Closet lays'.
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      Follows Man Alive (1965)

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    • Release date
      • April 22, 1969 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chequer Board
    • Filming locations
      • Australia(location)
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      • Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC)
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      • Black and White
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      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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