Talking Point (Australian TV series)

Talking Point is an Australian television series which aired 1960 to 1962 on Sydney station ATN-7 (Australian TV was not fully networked at the time, and most non-imported series aired on a single station). It was a discussion series featuring a panel of four. Angus Maude was the original host, later it was hosted by Joe Gullett. In one episode, the panel criticised the banning of the book Lady Chatterley's Lover,[1] in another episode there was a debate on the future of the United Nations,[2] while another episode featured a discussion of the space race.[3]

Episode status

Despite airing in an era where wiping of television series was common, three 1961 episodes are held by the National Film and Sound Archive.[4][5][6]

gollark: Really, they all seem pretty bad in different ways.
gollark: I'm not sure universal healthcare is a good idea in general, but to be honest basically anything would be better than what it has.
gollark: The US's healthcare system is just insanely inefficient for no good reason.
gollark: It won't exist for probably a year or more.
gollark: Partly because of America managing to mess up testing *horribly*!

References
  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KoFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5317%2C1442110
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CoBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1eQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3220%2C1543078
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MYFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5493%2C3027647
  4. http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=talking%20point%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=5;resCount=10
  5. http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=talking%20point%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=6;resCount=10
  6. http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=talking%20point%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=7;resCount=10
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