''Saturday Date'' is an Australian television series which aired on
TCN-9 from 1963 to 1967. Originally hosted by
Jimmy Hannan
Jimmy Hannan (25 August 1934 – 7 January 2019) was an Australian radio and television personality, variety show host, singer, entertainer and game show host of the 1960s and 1970s. One of the pioneers of television, he appeared regularly on va ...
and later hosted by Tony Murphy, guest artists who performed on the show included
Billy Thorpe and
Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...
. It was a music show aimed at young teens.
See also
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Six O'Clock Rock
''Six O'Clock Rock'' was an Australian rock and roll television show broadcast on ABC from 28 February 1959 to 1962 at 6 p.m. on Saturdays.
Program synopsis
Inspired by the BBC program '' 6.5 Special'', it had a similar format to its rival ...
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The Teenage Show''
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Teen Time
''Teen Time'' was an Australian television series which aired from 1959 to 1961. It was hosted by Keith Walshe and Carol Finlayson, and as was often the case with Australian music television series of the era, it aired on only a single station, i ...
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Bandstand''
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Teenage Mailbag
''Teenage Mailbag'' was an Australian television series which aired in 1957 to 1958 on Melbourne station HSV-7. Information on this series is scarce. According to a 2008 article in ''The Age'', the format consisted of Ernie Sigley, Gaynor Bunning ...
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The Bryan Davies Show''
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Youth Show
''Youth Show'' is an Australian television series which aired from 1959 to 1960 on Sydney station ATN-7. Hosted by Keith Walshe, it was a music series, with emphasis on teenage talent, particularly artists who had not yet reached stardom. It was ...
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1963 Australian television series debuts
1967 Australian television series endings
Black-and-white Australian television shows
Australian English-language television shows
Australian music television series