Curtain Call (Australian TV series)
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| Curtain Call | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Variety |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ATN-7 |
| Release | 1960 |
Curtain Call is an Australian variety series which aired in Sydney on ATN-7 during 1960, which featured comedy and music. It was followed-up in 1961 with the popular Revue '61.
The show aired in an hour-long time-slot (running time excluding commercials is not known). It was not live, but recorded in advance on video-tape, which at the time was cutting-edge technology (prior to video-tape, stations used the more primitive kinescope system)
English comedian Digby Wolfe appeared in several episodes.[1] English comedian Billy Baxter also appeared as the host several episodes.[2] Popular pianist Winifred Atwell appeared as a guest in an episode.[3] Others to have appeared in the series included Red Moore, Kathy Lloyd, Barry Linehan, and Terry Scanlon.
Sydney Morning Herald said of the series "the programs which I have seen have been uniformly good, funny, fresh and inventive".[4]
