1957 Australian TV series or program
| Hillbilly Requests | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music/variety |
| Presented by | Tom Campbell |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1957 (1957) – 1958 (1958) |
Hillbilly Requests (originally Hillbilly Request Time) was an Australian television series, which ran from 1957 to 1958 on Melbourne station GTV-9. Representing an early effort at music/variety programming by the station, it was hosted by Tom Campbell and each episode featured the Victoria Banjo Club. The program had an unusual running time of 25 minutes as opposed to the usual 30 minutes. Originally aired at 6:30PM, it spent most of its run at 6:15PM, running to 6:40PM, preceded by the Happy Show and followed by the evening newscast with Eric Pearce. The archival status of the series is not known.
References
- "Monday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 5 September 1957. p. 9. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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