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. The show was broadcast live from Studio 1 between 1959 and 1973. The show was similar to '' In Melbourne Tonight'' with Graham Kennedy. The comperes and presenters on the show were Lionel Williams, Kevin Crease, Ernie Sigley, Ian Fairweather, Gerry Gibson, Roger Cardwell and Anne Wills. Creator and host Lionel Williams who won a Logie award for the program died in 2016, aged 87.

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* Mass media in Adelaide Australian variety television shows Television shows set in Adelaide Black-and-white Australian television shows Nine Network original programming 1959 Australian television series debuts 1973 Australian television series endings 1960s Australian television series {{Australia-tv-prog-stub