ABC tribute to Bill Hunter

ABC TV will pay tribute to the late Bill Hunter with a retrospective look at both the man and his work during a Bill Hunter season to screen on ABC1 and ABC2.

There will be a five minute tribute tonight on ABC1 (oddly, not before At the Movies tomorrow) and there are three features set to screen on ABC2.

The pick of the bunch is a half hour tribute set to screen on Artscape on ABC2 on Sunday night.

Tuesday, May 24 at 9.55pm on ABC1
Bill Hunter – Looking Back 1940 – 2011
Five minute tribute to Bill Hunter.

Saturday, May 28 at 8.30pm on ABC2
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
Starring, Bill Hunter, Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson and David Gulpilil and directed by Philippe Mora, Mad Dog Morgan is the true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.

Saturday, May 28 at 10.10pm on ABC2
Stone (1974)
Director Sandy Harbett’s timeless Australian cult film about a bunch of renegades riding Kawasaki 900s.

Sunday, May 29 at 8pm on ABC2
Artscape: Bill Hunter: A Tribute
Half hour tribute to the life and works of Bill Hunter.

Sunday, May 29 at 8.30pm on ABC2
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Bill Hunter plays gruff ballroom judge Barry Fife in Baz Lurmann’s tale of a maverick dancer who risks his career by performing an unusual routine…