Billy and Percy is a 1974 Australian docudrama based on the relationship between Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his private secretary Percy Deane during World War I. It was based primarily on Deane's diaries.[1][2]

Billy and Percy
Directed byJohn Power
Written byJohn Power
Based onjournals of Percy Deane
Produced byJohn Power
StarringMartin Vaughan
Harold Hopkins
Distributed byABC
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
70 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Reception edit

John Power won an AFI award for best director.[3]

Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p14
  2. ^ "Billy and Percy (1974)". Australian Screen: An NFSA Website. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. ^ Power, Julie and Michael (25 February 2016). "Obituary: John Power 1930-2016". The Maitland Mercury. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. ^ "SA feature top Australian film". The Canberra Times. 24 March 1975. p. 7. Retrieved 7 August 2013 – via National Library of Australia.

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