The Late Show (1950s TV series)

The Late Show is an Australian television variety series which aired from 1957 to 1959 on Melbourne station HSV-7. Aired on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and competing in the time-slot with GTV-9's popular In Melbourne Tonight, the series included a mix of music and comedy. People who hosted the series during its run included John D'Arcy,[1] Bert Newton[2] and original host Noel Ferrier.[3]

The 22 August 1957 edition of The Age newspaper said of Bert Newton's debut on the series: "Bert Newton, not yet 20 years of age, made a promising debut in the Late Show on Tuesday night. He has a friendly manner, and plays the role of compere much "straighter" than Graham Kennedy, of GTV-9's In Melbourne Tonight"[4]

Although kinescope recording and later video-tape existed during the run of the series, the archival status of the show is unknown, although the Noel Ferrier episodes are reported to be lost,[5] and it is possible the other episodes were also wiped, given the highly erratic survival rate of Australian television of the era (with Sydney-produced soap opera Autumn Affair surviving near-intact, while the Melbourne version of game show Tell the Truth being completely lost[6]). The Late Show was replaced on HSV-7's schedule by Club Seven.

References

  1. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y9BVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uL0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=channel-7%20late-show&pg=4770%2C645866
  2. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F0wRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dJUDAAAAIBAJ&dq=channel-7%20late-show&pg=3999%2C2034100
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gDpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eZUDAAAAIBAJ&dq=channel-7%20late-show&pg=3792%2C2167463
  4. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hTpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eZUDAAAAIBAJ&dq=bert-newton%20late-show&pg=6868%2C3119460
  5. ↑ http://www.theage.com.au/news/TV--Radio/A-box-seat/2005/04/13/1113251640124.html
  6. ↑ http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=1;parentid=;query=tell%20the%20truth%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=6;resCount=10

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