The Teenage Show

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The Teenage Show
Also known asThe Teenage Hour[1]
GenreMusic television
Presented byJohn D'arcy
Starring
  • Heather Horwood
  • Jack Kelleher
  • Gaynor Bunning
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkHSV-7
Release25 October 1958 (1958-10-25) –
1960 (1960)

The Teenage Show, also known as The Teenage Hour, is an Australian music television series which aired on Saturdays from 25 October 1958 to 1960 on Melbourne station HSV-7.

Background[edit]

The live series was a successor to Teenage Mailbag,[2] and episodes ran for about an hour (though per TV listings, some episodes aired in a 55-minute time-slot). Heather Horwood, Jack Kelleher, and Gaynor Bunning were regulars. Bands also appeared, including The Moontones[3] and The Rockets.[1] The archival status of the series is unknown. In one episode, an Aboriginal boxer named George Bracken sang, and made enough of an impression to be signed by a label to release a single.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 9 April 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Saturday Show For Teenagers". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 17 October 1958. p. 1. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 28 January 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ^ "The Quiet Aboriginal". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 27, no. 17. 30 September 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 16 February 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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