The Hot Potato Boys

1963 Australian TV series or program

The Hot Potato Boys

Written by| Alun Richards
Directed by| Patrick Barton
Country of origin| Australia
Original language| English
Production
Running time| 60 mins
Production company| ABC
Original release
Release| 21 August 1963 (1963-08-21) (Melbourne)[1]
11 September 1963 (1963-09-11) (Sydney)[2]

The Hot Potato Boys is a 1963 Australian television play.[3][4][5]

## Plot[edit]

The snobbish daughter of a naval captain becomes engaged to the son of a Commodore.

## Cast[edit]

* Kenric Hudson as Commodore Maybe
* Kurt Ludescher
* John Morgan
* Noel Tovey as Sub Lt Godfrey Maybe
* Mary Ward as Milicent Mayne
* Julia Blake as Hong Kong Anna
* Sydney Conabere
* Peter Aanensen as Captain Culver
* Roma Johnston as Sadie Culver
* Deirdre O'Day as Joan Culver

## Production[edit]

It was the ABC debut of Julia Blake who had recently moved from England to Australia.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 15 August 1963. p. 31.
2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 September 1963. p. 42.
3. ^ "Navy Comedy On Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, no. 10, 638. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 September 1963. p. 37. Retrieved 21 February 2017 - via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (2 April 2021). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Hot Potato Boys". Filmink.
6. ^ "Untitled". The Age. 15 August 1963. p. 22.

## External links[edit]

* The Hot Potato Boys at National Film and Sound Archive
* 1963 British TV Version at IMDb

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TV productions of Patrick Barton

* You Can't Win 'Em All (1962)
* The Gioconda Smile (1963)
* Night Stop (1963)
* The Hot Potato Boys (1963)
* Double Yolk (1963)
* The Angry General (1964)
* The Sponge Room (1964)
* The Road (1964)
* Wind from the Icy Country (1964)
* A Provincial Lady (1964)
* Dangerous Corner (1965)
* A Time to Speak (1965)
* Cross of Gold (1965)
* Othello (1965)
* Daphne Laureola (1965)
* Romanoff and Juliet (1965)
* Waiting in the Wings (1965)
* What About Next Year (1966)
* The Third Witness (1966)
* Ashes to Ashes (1966)
* Antigone (1966)
* Should the Woman Pay? (1966)
* The Paradise Shanty (1966)
* Flight into Danger (1966)
* Man of Destiny (1967)
* Goodbye, Gloria, Hello! (1967)
* Cobwebs in Concrete (1968)
* Quality of Mercy (1975) (TV series)
* Bellbird (TV series)

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