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Breaking Point (Play of the Week)

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"Breaking Point"
Play of the Week episode
Episode no.Series 11
Episode 8
Directed byPeter Moffatt
Written byWilliam Fairchild
Original air dateOctober 25, 1965 (1965-10-25)
Running time95 mins

"Breaking Point" is a 1965 British television play about men in the Canadian Arctic. It was based on a stage play that debuted in 1962.[1] It was a rare Canadian set story at the time.[2]

During the original transmission of the play, the sound stopped working during the crucial denouement. This meant the play had to be repeated.[3]

Premise

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Six men on an expedition in the Canadian Arctic are cut off. One of the men dies and all evidence points to murder.[4]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "new play". The Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle. 13 July 1962. p. 13.
  2. ^ "Canadians prove". Sunday Sun. 26 August 1962. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Black mark!". The Runcorn Guardian. 28 October 1965. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Breaking Point - a play set in Arctic wasteland". Evening Sentinel. 25 October 1965. p. 4.
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