Loose Enz

Loose Enz
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducerTony Isaac
Running time30-60 minutes
Original release
ReleaseFebruary 28 (1982-02-28) –
May 16, 1982 (1982-05-16)

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.[1] 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,"[2]

Episodes

  • Tough at the Bottom

Writer: Grant Morris. Director: Peter Muxlow

  • Coming and Going

Writer Bill Baer. Director: Murray Reece
Based on a story by Dan Davin

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[5]

Writer: Vincent O'Sullivan. Director: John Anderson

  • Graham's Mum and the Golden Tour

Writer: Michael A. Noonan. Director: Murray Reece
Based on a story by Murray Reece

  • That Bread Should Be So Dear

Writer: Olwynne MaCrae. Director: Murray Reece

  • Eros and Psyche[6]

Writer: Michael A. Noonan. Director: John Anderson

Writer: Tom Scott. Director: Tony Wilson

  • The Pumice Land[9]

Writer: S. G. Walker. Director: Murray Reece

Writer: Rowley Habib. Director: Peter Muxlow

Awards

Feltex Television Awards 1982[11]

  • Best Script – Rowley Habib for The Protesters – won[12]
  • 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

References

  1. ↑ "Television and radio", The Press, 27 February 1982
  2. ↑ Strongman, Ken (3 January 1983), "Transcendental vegetation", The Press
  3. ↑ "Double standard, says Aberdein", The Press, 11 March 1982
  4. ↑ "Actress answers critics", The Press, 16 March 1982
  5. ↑ Strongman, Ken (12 April 1982), "Pace, perfect pace", The Press
  6. ↑ "'Dead on Target'", The Press, 24 April 1982
  7. ↑ "Tom Scott gives inside view", The Press, 28 April 1982
  8. ↑ "Language not 'in good taste'", The Press, 20 July 1982
  9. ↑ "Cantankerous old man in play", The Press, 5 May 1982
  10. ↑ "Protest theme of Sunday play", The Press, 12 May 1982
  11. ↑ "TV awards ceremony in Christchurch", The Press, 16 March 1983
  12. ↑ "TV entertainer award to Howard Morrison", The Press, 6 April 1983
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