Loose Enz

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'''''Loose Enz''''' is a 1982 New Zealand anthology television series. It was a series of 12 New Zealand plays broadcast on Sunday nights. The standalone plays covered many subjects such as Maori land rights, politics, foreign land ownership, rehabilitation, and sex and marriage.<ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Television and radio | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/02/27/13 | periodical= The Press | date= 27 February 1982 }}</ref> Looking back at the previous years television Ken Strongman of ''the Press'' wrote of the series "The "Loose Enz" series was a fine idea, but the plays themselves were mostly so lightweight as to float instantly from memory,"<ref>{{Citation | last= Strongman | first= Ken | title= Transcendental vegetation | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1983/01/03/57 | periodical= The Press | date= 3 January 1983 }}</ref>

==Episodes== *''Tough at the Bottom'' Writer: Grant Morris. Director: Peter Muxlow

*''Coming and Going'' Writer Bill Baer. Director: Murray Reece<br> Based on a story by Dan Davin

*''The Venus Touch''<ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Double standard, says Aberdein | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/03/11/19 | periodical= The Press | date= 11 March 1982 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Actress answers critics | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/03/16/3 | periodical= The Press | date= 16 March 1982 }}</ref> Writer and director: Keith Aberdein

*''The Good Samaritan'' Writer: Jane Toft. Director: John Anderson

*''Free Enterprise'' Writer: Greg McGee. Director: Mark DeFriest

*''If the Cat Laps''<ref>{{Citation | last= Strongman | first= Ken | title= Pace, perfect pace | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/04/12/11 | periodical= The Press | date= 12 April 1982 }}</ref> Writer: Vincent O'Sullivan. Director: John Anderson

*''Graham's Mum and the Golden Tour'' Writer: Michael A. Noonan. Director: Murray Reece<br> Based on a story by Murray Reece

*''That Bread Should Be So Dear'' Writer: Olwynne MaCrae. Director: Murray Reece

*''Eros and Psyche''<ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= ‘Dead on Target’ | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/04/24/13 | periodical= The Press | date= 24 April 1982 }}</ref> Writer: Michael A. Noonan. Director: John Anderson

*''Press for Service''<ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Tom Scott gives inside view | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/04/28/24 | periodical= The Press | date= 28 April 1982 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Language not ‘in good taste’ | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/07/20/6 | periodical= The Press | date= 20 July 1982 }}</ref> Writer: Tom Scott. Director: Tony Wilson

*''The Pumice Land''<ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Cantankerous old man in play | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/05/05/22 | periodical= The Press | date= 5 May 1982 }}</ref> Writer: S. G. Walker. Director: Murray Reece

*''The Protesters''<ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Protest theme of Sunday play | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1982/05/12/23 | periodical= The Press | date= 12 May 1982 }}</ref> Writer: Rowley Habib. Director: Peter Muxlow

==Awards== Feltex Television Awards 1982<ref>{{citation |last = |first= |title= TV awards ceremony in Christchurch |periodical = The Press |date= 16 March 1983 |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1983/03/16/13 }}</ref> *Best Script – Rowley Habib for ''The Protesters'' – won<ref>{{citation |last = |first= |title= TV entertainer award to Howard Morrison |periodical = The Press |date= 6 April 1983 |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1983/04/06/5 }}</ref> *Best Script – Michael A. Noonan for ''Eros and Psyche'' – nominated *Best Script – S.G. Walker for ''The Pumice Land'' – nominated *Best Script – Grant Morris for ''Tough at the Bottom'' – nominated *Best Actor – Derek Hardwick for ''The Pumice Land'' – nominated *Best Actor – David McPhail for ''Coming and Going'' – nominated *Best Actor – Don Selwyn for ''The Protesters'' – nominated *Best Actor – Jim Moriaty for ''The Protesters'' – nominated *Best Actress – Heather Lindsay for ''The Good Samaritan'' – nominated *Best Drama – ''Eros and Psyche'' (John Anderson) – nominated *Best Drama – ''Graham's Mum and the Golden Tour'' (Murray Reece) – nominated *Best Drama – ''That Bread Should Be So Dear'' (Katherine de Nave) – nominated *Best Drama – ''The Pumice Land'' (Tony Isaac) – nominated *Stan Hosgood Award – Dean Cato (''The Pumice Land'') – nominated *Stan Hosgood Award – Graham Henderson (''The Protesters'') – nominated

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|7608376|Loose Enz}} *[https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/loose-enz-1982/series Loose Enz] at NZ On Screen

Category:1982 New Zealand television series debuts Category:English-language New Zealand television shows