''Binnie Time'' is an Australian television series, which aired on Melbourne station

GTV-9 GTV is a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia, owned by the Nine Network. The station is currently based at studios at 717 Bourke Street, Docklands. History GTV-9 was amongst the first television stations to begin regular ...

from . The 15-minute weekly daytime series was originally aired on Thursdays, but the last few episodes were broadcast on Fridays. It is not known if the show was live or

kinescope Kinescope , shortened to kine , also known as telerecording in Britain, is a recording of a television program on motion picture film, directly through a lens focused on the screen of a video monitor. The process was pioneered during the 1940 ...

d in advance. The archival status of the series is not known. Hosted by Binnie Lum, the series was a musical quiz show. Some episodes featured celebrity guests. For example,

Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914There is some uncertainty over her date and year of birth. Many sources suggest 27 February 1914, but there is a strong suggestion that her birthday was 27 April. Most sources give her ye ...

appeared as a guest in the 30 October 1958 episode, while Corinne Kerby appeared as a guest in the 18 December 1958 episode. Binnie Lum, who later went by the name Binny Lum, had previously been a host on ''

Thursday at One ''Thursday at One'' was an Australian daytime television series which aired from 1957 to 1960 on Melbourne station GTV-9. A "programme for the housewife", the running time was as long as two hours. The series was made up of various segments, whi ...

''.

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*{{IMDb title Nine Network original programming 1950s Australian game shows Black-and-white Australian television shows Australian English-language television shows 1958 Australian television series debuts 1959 Australian television series endings