Your Home

Your Home was an early Australian television show which aired on Sydney station ATN-7 from 3 December 1956 to circa 3 September 1964. It was one of the first series produced by the station.

Hosted by Del Cartwright, the series was aimed at the housewives of the period. Originally broadcast 5 days a week, it was eventually cut back to 4 days a week. Running time was originally 30 minutes, but eventually became 60 minutes.

Examples of format

The episode aired 10 September 1957 featured a demonstration of judo, while Cartwright and Marjorie Long discussed various uses of vegetables.^[1] In the episode broadcast 8 October 1957, there was an appearance by the cast of Pajama Game, an interview with choreographer Betty Pounder, and tumbling act by the Flying Garlands.^[2] In the 12 November 1957 episode, Cartwright interviewed dancers George and Mavis Weiss, interviewed Cedric Ashton of the Rockdale Opera Company, while someone named Mr. Cordony created a hairstyle for teenagers.^[3] In the 10 December 1957 episode, Dawn Anderson showed holiday wear, Ted Maloney cooked a fish mousse, plus there was Scottish and Irish dancing.^[4]

Episode status

The archival status of this series is not confirmed, though as a daytime series it is likely that most of the series was wiped. Three 1960s-era episodes are listed as being held by National Film and Sound Archive.^[5]^[6]^[7] One of the episodes has a listed running time of 22 minutes and 55 seconds, which is consistent with daytime series historically having more minutes of ads than prime-time series. It is not known if any additional episodes exist of the series.

References

External links

Your Home at IMDb