Patrick O'Hagan Sings explained

Genre:Music television
Starring:Patrick O'Hagan
Country:Australia
Language:English
Num Episodes:26
Runtime:15 minutes
Network:ATN-7

Patrick O'Hagan Sings was an Australian television series starring the Irish tenor of the same name. It was produced by station ATN-7 in November 1958, and began being broadcast in early 1959. Unlike most Australian-produced series of the era, which were live, Patrick O'Hagan Sings was produced directly on film, with a total of 26 episodes made, each of which was designed to fit in a quarter-hour time-slot.[1] Patrick O'Hagan sang songs in the series.

In Sydney the series aired on ATN-7, and aired at 3:00PM on Tuesdays.[2] In Melbourne, the series aired on station GTV-9 at 3:00PM on Thursdays.[3]

The National Film and Sound Archive holds a near-complete run of the series, as 16mm picture and sound negatives.[4]

A different series by this title aired in 1965 on ABC Television.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 1958-11-17 . Tenor To Make TV Films for Australia . 8 . . 2022-05-28.
  2. News: 1959-02-03 . Television . 16 . . 2022-05-28.
  3. News: 1959-07-03 . Thursday Television . 12 . . Radio/TV Supplement . 2022-05-28.
  4. Web site: PATRICK O'HAGAN SINGS . 2023-05-27 . National Film and Sound Archive. (ATN series)
  5. Web site: PATRICK O'HAGAN SINGS . 2022-05-28 . National Film and Sound Archive. (ABC episode)