Australian television had to begin somewhere.
GTV-9's locally-produced offerings in 1957 were typical of the first year of Australian television. They included children's shows, variety shows, game shows, talk shows, sports shows, and women's shows. The mixed these series with many US series. Many of GTV's "local" offerings were actually kinescoped Sydney-produced series like "Leave it to the Girls", "Pantomime Quiz" and "Give it a Go" produced by station ATN-7. The two stations had an agreement to share programming with each other.
On the week running from 20 October to 26 October, GTV's locally-produced offerings (excluding ATN-produced series) were "Open House" (variety/talk), "Lovely to Look At" (fashion), "Happy Show" (children's), "In Melbourne Tonight" (variety), "Thursday at One" (women's show), "Raising a Husband" (game show), "In Melbourne Today" (variety), "Do You Trust Your Wife" (game show), and "Mannequin Parade" (fashion).
Along with an additional episode, NSFA lists an episode of "Raising a Husband" among their holdings, with a broadcast date of 24 October 1957, meaning it was from the above week. I recently viewed this episode via the Melbourne Mediatheque.
In this series, there are three married couples, each of which is quizzed separately. The husband is asked a series of questions related to their marriage, such as where he met his wife, where he first proposed, etc, while the wife is in a sound proof room. After this, the wife is brought in and asked a similar set of questions. After the first couple have done this, they then do this with the second couple, and then finally the third couple. After all three couples have been quizzed, a group of people then vote as which couple should be the winner. The series was sponsored by Bushells, with various ads for the product still intact in the episode I viewed. All contests receive tins of Bushells tea. The winning couple receive "Namco" cooking wear, which amused me. The show itself is very informal and casual. After each husband has been quizzed, he goes into the "doghouse", in which he wears a collar. I've noticed that, in 1957 Australian shows, there is often very odd camera-work. This was corrected later on in the 1950s. The episode I viewed ran over-time considerably, eventually running approx 37 minutes.
GTV-9's locally-produced offerings in 1957 were typical of the first year of Australian television. They included children's shows, variety shows, game shows, talk shows, sports shows, and women's shows. The mixed these series with many US series. Many of GTV's "local" offerings were actually kinescoped Sydney-produced series like "Leave it to the Girls", "Pantomime Quiz" and "Give it a Go" produced by station ATN-7. The two stations had an agreement to share programming with each other.
On the week running from 20 October to 26 October, GTV's locally-produced offerings (excluding ATN-produced series) were "Open House" (variety/talk), "Lovely to Look At" (fashion), "Happy Show" (children's), "In Melbourne Tonight" (variety), "Thursday at One" (women's show), "Raising a Husband" (game show), "In Melbourne Today" (variety), "Do You Trust Your Wife" (game show), and "Mannequin Parade" (fashion).
Along with an additional episode, NSFA lists an episode of "Raising a Husband" among their holdings, with a broadcast date of 24 October 1957, meaning it was from the above week. I recently viewed this episode via the Melbourne Mediatheque.
In this series, there are three married couples, each of which is quizzed separately. The husband is asked a series of questions related to their marriage, such as where he met his wife, where he first proposed, etc, while the wife is in a sound proof room. After this, the wife is brought in and asked a similar set of questions. After the first couple have done this, they then do this with the second couple, and then finally the third couple. After all three couples have been quizzed, a group of people then vote as which couple should be the winner. The series was sponsored by Bushells, with various ads for the product still intact in the episode I viewed. All contests receive tins of Bushells tea. The winning couple receive "Namco" cooking wear, which amused me. The show itself is very informal and casual. After each husband has been quizzed, he goes into the "doghouse", in which he wears a collar. I've noticed that, in 1957 Australian shows, there is often very odd camera-work. This was corrected later on in the 1950s. The episode I viewed ran over-time considerably, eventually running approx 37 minutes.