A Descant for Gossips

A Descant for Gossips
Based on	novel by Thea Astley
Written by	Ted Roberts
Directed by	Tim Burstall
Starring	Kaarin Fairfax Geneviève Picot Peter Carroll
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	3 x 1 hour
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	25 September 1983

A Descant for Gossips is a 1983 Australian mini series about a school girl who becomes involved with two teachers.^[1] The adaptation is based on the novel of the same name by Australian author Thea Astley.

References

↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p187

External links

A Descant for Gossips at the Internet Movie Database
A Descant for Gossips at AustLit

The films of Tim Burstall

Feature films	2000 Weeks (1969) Stork (1971) Libido - The Child (1973) Alvin Purple (1973) Petersen (1974) Alvin Rides Again (1974) (producer only) End Play (1975) Eliza Fraser (1976) High Rolling (1977) (producer only) The Last of the Knucklemen (1979) Attack Force Z (1982) Duet for Four (1982) The Naked Country (1985) Kangaroo (1987)

Short films	The Prize (1961)

TV	Sebastian the Fox (1961) Sculpture Australia '69 (1969) Getting Back to Nothing (1970) A Descant for Gossips (1983) Great Expectations: The Untold Story (1987) Water Rats: Dead in the Water (1996)

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