It was filmed as part of the ABC anthology drama series Australian Plays.
[1] It was the second Gray play adapted by the ABC, after Burst of Summer.
[3] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.
[4] It was shot in Melbourne and at Maldon, a small town outside Bendigo.
The budget could not cover the hiring of an old locomotive so a modern one was used, but this was obscured by a fog machine.