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Anything Goes
Genre Variety
Presented by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Original release
Network GTV-9
Release23 January (1957-01-23) –
20 February 1957 (1957-02-20)

Anything Goes was an early Australian television variety series which aired on Melbourne station GTV-9. Broadcast on Wednesdays at 8:00 PM, it aired from 23 January to 20 February 1957.

It was hosted by Geoff Corke and Beverley Stewart, with episodes including audience participation, interviews and music with a guest vocalist. [1]

Competition in the time-slot consisted of U.S. imports Ford Theatre (re-titled Kraft TV Theatre) and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (re-titled Chesebrough-Ponds Playhouse) on HSV-7, while ABV-2 offered U.S. imports I Spy and Startime [2]

The hour-long series was replaced by two local productions, game show The Dulux Show at 8:00 PM, with discussion series Leave It to the Girls at 8:30 PM (for two weeks this slot was held by U.S. anthology series episodes).

References

  1. ^ "Wednesday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 14 February 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Wednesday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 17 January 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anything Goes
Genre Variety
Presented by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Original release
Network GTV-9
Release23 January (1957-01-23) –
20 February 1957 (1957-02-20)

Anything Goes was an early Australian television variety series which aired on Melbourne station GTV-9. Broadcast on Wednesdays at 8:00 PM, it aired from 23 January to 20 February 1957.

It was hosted by Geoff Corke and Beverley Stewart, with episodes including audience participation, interviews and music with a guest vocalist. [1]

Competition in the time-slot consisted of U.S. imports Ford Theatre (re-titled Kraft TV Theatre) and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (re-titled Chesebrough-Ponds Playhouse) on HSV-7, while ABV-2 offered U.S. imports I Spy and Startime [2]

The hour-long series was replaced by two local productions, game show The Dulux Show at 8:00 PM, with discussion series Leave It to the Girls at 8:30 PM (for two weeks this slot was held by U.S. anthology series episodes).

References

  1. ^ "Wednesday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 14 February 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Wednesday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 17 January 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

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