One Morning Near Troodos

One Morning Near Troodos
Directed by	William Sterling
Based on	play by Iain MacCormick
Distributed by	ABC
Release date	25 March 1959 (Melbourne) (live) 8 April 1959 (Sydney) (recording)
Running time	90 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English

One Morning Near Troodos (1956) was a British TV play by Iain MacCormick which aired on the BBC as part of Sunday Night Theatre. It was the first British TV play about the Cyprus Emergency.

A journalist in Cyprus is captured by EOKA guerillas. British troops track down the guerrillas and the journalist leads them into a rebel ambush.

Iain MacCormick was Australian and a number of his plays, originally written for British TV, were adapted for Australian television. The play was performed live on Australian TV in 1959 with a cast of fifteen.

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