Take That (TV series)

Take That was one of the earliest Australian television series. It debuted in 1957 and ran to 1959. As was often the case with early Australian television, it aired only on a single station, in this case HSV-7.

Program synopsis

Take That was a comedy series, one of the earliest such series produced for Australian television, and is sometimes considered to be Australian's first sitcom. The series was produced by Crawford Productions, who also produced several other 1950s-era series like the game show Wedding Day and the children's series Peters Club.

Cast

Cast included Philip Stainton, Irene Hewitt, Frank Rich, Keith Eden, and Joff Allen.[1]

The archival status of the show (which was broadcast live) is not clear; Although Kinescope recording existed, many early Australian broadcasts of the period were not recorded. Former Crawfords staffer Ian Crawford has said that the program was kinescoped, but that no footage survives.[2]

Scheduling

For some time the series aired in a 15-minute time-slot 7:00PM on Wednesday, was preceded by a brief newscast and followed by another 15-minute series titled Teenage Mailbag at 7:15PM, itself followed at 8:00PM by an American program (The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin).[3] At some point in 1959, the series aired on Saturday at 5:30PM, preceded by These Were Hits (consisting of clips from the series Hit Parade) and followed at 5:45PM by Cavalcade of Sport.[4]

gollark: I don't agree. "People" in aggregate can, but you aren't that.
gollark: This is the "missing the point" bit and it is inevitable until I finish scrolling down.
gollark: It's silly to blame people for "not doing anything" to attempt to change things when they cannot, in fact, actually do much, and you're missing the point linking lists of revolutions and such (besides, how many actually went *well*?).
gollark: Of course!
gollark: This is inaccurate. "You" as an individual cannot do anything but have to coordinate, and this is aææðæßðæßðæðæðæß hard.

See also

References
  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IycQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3815,896247&dq=find-the-link&hl=en
  2. https://www.classicaustraliantv.com/INTVWIanCrawford.htm
  3. http://www.televisionau.com/tv111257.htm
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4n5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U7MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4793,4009709&dq=comedy+schoolroom+take-that&hl=en
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