Mother and son. No. 2 | Geoffrey Portmann | ACMI collection

Ruth Cracknell and Gary McDonald play Maggie and Arthur. Maggie appears to be losing her memory but retains enough to take full advantage of having her younger son, Arthur, living at home with her and on call for her needs whether he likes it or not. This program includes the episodes, “The Card Game”; “The Promotion”; “The Funeral”.

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Credits

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

producer/director

Geoffrey Portmann

Duration

01:20:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300319

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Comedy

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Aging

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aging

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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