Whiplash (TV series)

infobox television
show_name = Whiplash


caption =
format = Drama, Historical
runtime = 25 minutes
creator = Michael Noonan
starring = Peter Graves
Delia Williams
Chips Rafferty
Jennifer Jane
Anthony Wickert
Ken Goodlet
Walter Pym
Robert Tudawali
country = AUS
network = Seven Network
first_aired = 18 February, 1961
last_aired = 14 October, 1961
num_episodes = 34
imdb_id = 0054577 |

"Whiplash" is an Australian television series made by the Seven Network and ATV and ITC Entertainment. Filmed in 1960-61, the series was first broadcast 1961 and had opening titles featuring the Australian locale and terrain, and a dozen wild kangaroos.

Set in the 1860s, the series is a western filmed in Australia, and stars Peter Graves as "Christopher Cobb". The series is loosely based on the life of Freeman Cobb, who was the genuine founder of Australia's first stagecoach line Cobb and Co. Peter Graves, in his character of Christopher Cobb, used a bullwhip rather than a pistol to settle disputes.

The series stands out from other television western series of its era in that the guest casts are comprised of actors available in Australia, so none of the character actors so ubiquitous in American westerns, aside from Graves himself, appear at all.

The producers for the series were Ben Fox and Maury Geraghty, the directors were Peter Maxwell, John Meredith Lucas and Maury Geraghty, and the writers were Michael Noonan and Michael Plant.

References

* "The Australian Film and Television Companion" — compiled by Tony Harrison — Simon & Schuster Australia, 1994

External links

*imdb title|0054577|title=Whiplash

* [http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/whiplash.htm TV Eye - Classic Australian Television]
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=138676;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Whiplash at the National Film and Sound Archive]