This I Believe (TV program) explained

Genre:	News/Current affairs
Presenter:	Eric Baume
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Network:	ATN-7

This I Believe is an early Australian television program. Broadcast 5 nights a week on Sydney station ATN-7, it debuted 3 December 1956 (on ATN's second day of programming). It was a 15-minute program in which Eric Baume would provide a commentary on current world events.^[1] At the end of each TV program he would say "This I believe". The program ended around July 1958. According to television listings in the Sydney Morning Herald, the last few episodes of the program aired in an 11-minute time-slot.^[2]

This I Believe was also a radio program with Baume, which debuted before the television series.

An episode of this program is held by the National Film and Sound Archive and has been digitised.^[3]

See also

• State Your Case – weekly (on Sundays) television program with Eric Baume from 1957
• Eric Baume's Viewpoint – 1959–1961 television program with Baume

Notes and References

1. News: 1957-11-04 . Television Details . 5 . . live . 2015-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160517072742/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HHhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uQDAAAAIBAJ&dq=this-i-believe%20eric-baume&pg=4377,1226289 . 2016-05-17.
2. News: 1958-07-21 . The Sydney Morning Herald's Guide To TV Programs On All Channels . 2 . . TV Guide . live . 2015-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160509074903/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QHlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2112,5148002 . 2016-05-09.
3. Web site: This I Believe . 2016-09-24 . National Film and Sound Archive.