# Departmental

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Episode of Australian Theatre Festival

"Departmental" Australian Theatre Festival episode Directed by Keith Wilkes Written by Mervyn Rutherford Original air date 1980 (1980) Running time 70 minutes

"**Departmental**" is a 1980 Australian TV movie based on a play by Mervyn Rutherford. It was part of the ABC's *[Australian Theatre Festival](/source/Australian_Theatre_Festival)*.[1] Reviews were poor.[2]

## Cast

- [Ray Barrett](/source/Ray_Barrett)

- [Martin Vaughan](/source/Martin_Vaughan)

- [Gary Day](/source/Gary_Day_(actor))

- Roderick Williams

## Plot

The disappearance of money from a safe in a police station leads to an internal inquiry.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-scott_1-0)** Ed. Scott Murray, *Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995*, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p43

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Culled Out!"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51268477). *[The Australian Women's Weekly](/source/The_Australian_Women's_Weekly)*. National Library of Australia. 17 September 1980. p. 31 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

## External links

- [*Departmental*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0900922/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [*Departmental*](http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/departmental-1980/2419?stxt=) at [Screen Australia](/source/Screen_Australia)

- [*Departmental*](https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C414967) at [AustLit](/source/AustLit)

- [*Departmental* Australian theatre productions of original play](https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/6040) at [AusStage](/source/AusStage)

v t e TV productions of Alan Burke Dramas A Fourth for Bridge (1957) A Rose Without a Thorn (1958) His Excellency (1958) The Skin of Our Teeth (1959) Misery Me (1959) Wuthering Heights (1959) The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (1960) Farewell, Farewell, Eugene (1960) Venus Observed (1960) The Emperor Jones (1960) A Little South of Heaven (1961) The Merchant of Venice (1961) A Night Out (1961) The Taming of the Shrew (1962) My Three Angels (1962) The Young Victoria (1963) A Dead Secret (1963) The Tempest (1963) The Harp in the South (1964) Rusty Bugles (1965) Macbeth (1965) Dark Corridor (1965) The Prowler (1966) Antarctic Four (1966) The Survivor (1972) Redheap (1972) The Cousin from Fiji (1972) A Curate in Bohemia (1972) Dust or Polish? (1972) Halfway to Nowhere (1972) Essington (1974) Hamlet (1974) Ride on Stranger (1979) Coralie Lansdowne Says No (1980) A Toast to Melba (1980) Big Toys (1980) Departmental (1980) The Department (1980) Rusty Bugles (1981) A Hard God (1981) Going Home (1981) Jonah (1982) The Dean Case (1983) The Amorous Dentist (1983) A Halo for Athuan (1984) Kindred Spirits (1984) The Schippan Mystery (1984) Who Killed Hannah Jane? (1984) Rooted (1985) After Marcuse (1988) The Alien Years (1988) Operas Prima Donna (1959) Rita (1959) Cavalleria rusticana (1959) The Marriage of Figaro (1960) The Medium (1960) The Abduction from the Seraglio (1961) La Boheme (1961) Don Pasquale (1962) Ballet The Tell-Tale Heart (1961) Musicals Pardon Miss Westcott (1959) (writer only) Lola Montez (1962) The Sentimental Bloke (1976)

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