"The Parking Ticket" is the 12th television play episode of the first season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse, which consists of 13 half-hour plays, written by Australian authors and created at the ABC-TV's studios. "The Parking Ticket" was written by Max Colwell and Michael Wright and directed by Henri Safran and originally aired on ABC on 4 July 1966. It was one of the first credits for Michael Wright who would die in a car crash in 1969.
Bob Rankin receives a parking ticket and discovers he lives in a world of aggressive inspectors. The father of a man who has seduced a young woman is given a ticket by the father of the girl.
The Sydney Morning Herald said it provides "both humour and drama."
The Age called it "a gem".