Leave It to the Girls (Australian TV series) explained

Genre:Talk show
Presenter:Terry Dear
Country:Australia
Language:English

Leave it to the Girls was one of the earliest Australian television series. Based on the American radio and television series of the same name, it aired on ATN-7 and GTV-9 starting March 1957. The Melbourne run ended in October that same year, but the series continued in Sydney into 1958. It was a televised simulcast of a Macquarie Radio Network series, reflecting how new television was to Australia. It was sponsored by Rinso laundry detergent, and hosted by Terry Dear.

Format and episode status

Essentially a discussion series, three women and two men answered questions, topics and problems submitted by viewers.[1] Seven episodes of the television series are held as kinescope recordings by the National Film and Sound Archive,[2] and are among the earliest surviving examples of Australian television (among the episodes listed includes the first episode).[3] The archive also holds various radio episodes[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807052631/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=leave%20it%20to%20the%20girls%20Media:%22TELEVISION%22;rec=1;resCount=10 . 2022-08-07 . 2022-08-07 . National Film and Sound Archive.
  2. Web site: Search Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807052631/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=leave%20it%20to%20the%20girls%20Media:%22TELEVISION%22;rec=1;resCount=10 . 2022-08-07 . 2013-03-21 . National Film and Sound Archive.
  3. Web site: LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS. EP. 01 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807072158/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=leave%20it%20to%20the%20girls%20Media:%22TELEVISION%22;rec=3;resCount=10 . 2022-08-07 . 2022-08-07 . National Film and Sound Archive.
  4. Web site: Search Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407134458/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=leave%20it%20to%20the%20girls%20Media%3A%22RADIO%22;querytype=;resCount=10 . 2017-04-07 . 2013-03-21 . National Film & Sound Archive.

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