Blue Murder is an Australian live television play which aired in 1959 on ABC. Broadcast live in Sydney on 2 December 1959, a kinescope ("telerecording") was made of the broadcast so it could be shown in Melbourne (it is not known if it was also shown on ABC's then-new stations in Adelaide and Brisbane).[6]
On Sydney's north shore, an ageing actress, Thelma Lane-Forest, is killed by her bitter and untalented son, Ricky. The son's girlfriend, Jeanette, has a brother, Philip, who is a theatre critic. A journalist, Lundy, also becomes involved.
The Sydney Morning Herald felt the plot was illogical, but also called it a "neatly constructed thriller, very competently produced" with "enough gloss on the writing and production to overcome any lingering questions raised by logic; and the play succeeded admirably on its own chosen level – it was craftsmanlike, thoroughly professional and pleasantly diverting."[8]
The story was also adapted into a radio play which was broadcast in 1960.[9]
^"TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 November 1959. p. 12.
^"Advertising". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 December 1959. p. 21.
^"Advertising". The Canberra Times. Vol. 35, no. 9, 697. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 September 1960. p. 15. Retrieved 8 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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