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 , the series was aimed at the housewives of the period. Originally broadcast five days a week, it was eventually cut back to four 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 , 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[]
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[]
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DvdjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2eQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4025%2C2242457
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ln9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2-QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1993%2C1519534
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JHhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1761%2C3276001
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CNBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yOQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=817%2C2787026
- ^ http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=7;parentid=;query=your%20home%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=5;resCount=10
- ^ http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=7;parentid=;query=your%20home%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=6;resCount=10
- ^ http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=7;parentid=;query=your%20home%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=7;resCount=10
External links[]
- Seven Network original programming
- 1956 Australian television series debuts
- 1964 Australian television series endings
- Australian non-fiction television series
- English-language television shows
- Black-and-white Australian television shows