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Australian TV series or program
Australia's Amateur Hour Genre Talent contest, variety entertainment Presented by
Dick Fair
Terry Dear
(Dear hosted both the radio and television version) Country of origin Australia Original language English Production locations Homebush West , Sydney Network
Seven Network and Nine Network (television version)
Release
Radio: 1940 (1940 ) - 1958 (1958 )
Television: August 1957 (1957-08 ) - 1958 (1958 )
Australia's Amateur Hour [1]
The radio program began on Sydney's 2UW , compered by Harry Dearth ,[2] Dick Fair , who developed it into Australia's most popular Sunday program, each week selecting ten contestants from around 100 hopefuls.[3] 2GB , produced and compered by Terry Dear .[4]
The television version was also compered by Terry Dear, running from August 1957[5] TCN-9 and Melbourne's HSV-7 . The success of the radio version didn't translate to its television cousin, which closed after only seven months, the radio version following shortly after.
Episode status [ edit ]
Some episodes of the radio version are held by the National Film & Sound Archive .[6] kinescoped so it could be shown in both Sydney and Melbourne , no copies are known to exist.
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Nancye Bridges (1983). Wonderful Wireless . Methuen. ISBN 045400513X
^ "Terry Dear for Amateur Hour" . The Sun (Sydney) 9 . Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Musgrove, Nan (7 August 1957). "Television Parade" . Australian Women's Weekly 10 . Retrieved 12 July 2013 .
^ "AUSTRALIA'S AMATEUR HOUR" . National Film & Sound Archive Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022 .
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