Leave It to the Girls (Australian TV series)

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Leave It to the Girls
Genre	Talk show
Based on	Leave It to the Girls; by Martha Rountree
Presented by	Terry Dear
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Original release
Network	ATN-7; GTV-9;
Release	March 1957 –; 1958

Leave it to the Girls was one of the earliest Australian television series. Based on the American radio and television series of the same name, it aired on ATN-7 and GTV-9 starting March 1957. The Melbourne run ended in October that same year, but the series continued in Sydney into 1958. It was a televised simulcast of a Macquarie Radio Network series, reflecting how new television was to Australia. It was sponsored by Rinso laundry detergent, and hosted by Terry Dear.

Format and episode status

Essentially a discussion series, three women and two men answered questions, topics and problems submitted by viewers.^[1] Seven episodes of the television series are held as kinescope recordings by the National Film and Sound Archive,^[2] and are among the earliest surviving examples of Australian television (among the episodes listed includes the first episode).^[3] The archive also holds various radio episodes^[4]

References

^ "LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^ "Search Results". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
^ "LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS. EP. 01". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^ "Search Results". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2013.

External links

Leave It to the Girls at IMDb

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[1] "LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.

[2] "Search Results". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2013.

[3] "LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS. EP. 01". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.

[4] "Search Results". National Film and Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2013.

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