The Weekly's War

The Weekly's War
Genre	mini-series
Written by	Stephen Ramsey John Edwards
Directed by	Stephen Ramsey
Starring	Noni Hazlehurst Pat Thomson Jane Harders Michael Caton
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Producer	Suzanne Baker
Running time	2 x 90 mins
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	1983 (1983)

The Weekly's War is a 1983 TV movie about Dorothy Drain, a writer on The Australian Women's Weekly. She works under Les Haylen, Esme Fenston and Frank Packer.^[1][2]

Cast

• Noni Hazlehurst as Dorothy Drain
• Pat Thomson as Esmé Fenston
• Jane Harders as Tilly Shelton-Smith
• Michael Caton as Les Haylen
• Ray Meagher as Frank Packer
• Carole Skinner as Nurse

References

1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p. 249
2. O'Brien, Denis (27 September 1983). "Just how The Weekly went to war". The Australian Women's Weekly. 103 (5384): 40. ISSN 0007-4039.

External links

• The Weekly's War at Peter Malone's website
• The Weekly's War at IMDb