They Don't Clap Losers is a 1975 Australian television documentary-drama film directed by John Power. It aired on 1 March 1975, the first night Australian television turned to colour. Power had made a number of drama documentaries for the ABC, including Billy and Percy, Like a Summer Storm and Escape from Singapore.
It later aired in 1977 as an episode of Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse.
Premise Two single parents, Martin and Kay, meet through Children's Court, when their sons are called in on vandalism charges.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p152
Cast Martin Vaughan as Martin O'Brien Pat Evison Michele Fawdon as Kay Lodge Jack Charles Don Crosby as Magistrate Jude Kuring Sean Scully Drew Forsythe as Priest
Reception Powers' script won an AWGIE Award.
References
External links They Don't Clap Losers at Screen Australia