''Geoff and Judy'' was a short-lived television variety series which aired in 1959 on Melbourne television station

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. Hosted by

Geoff Corke Cuthbert Geoffrey Corke (30 December 1934 - 1 May 1993) was an Australian radio and television presenter. He became one of the first people to appear on television in Melbourne when he introduced GTV-9's test transmissions in 1956. Early life C ...

and Judy Jack, the series aired at 1:00PM on Tuesdays. The obscure series is largely notable for pairing two then-popular figures in Melbourne television. At the time, Australian series tended to be aired on a single station only, something that would change in the 1960s. Geoff Corke's work on other 1950s Melbourne television series included '' In Melbourne Today'' (a daytime version of ''

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''), variety series ''

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'', game show ''Penalty Box'' (1957) and '' The Happy Go Lucky Show''. Judy Jack presented one of the earliest Australian children's series, '' The Judy Jack Show'' (1956–1957) for

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and was one of several presenters on '' Children's TV Club'' for

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. There is very little information available on ''Geoff and Judy'', and as it was a daytime series, it is unlikely (though not impossible) that any kinescope recordings exist of it.

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*{{IMDb title Nine Network original programming 1959 Australian television series debuts 1959 Australian television series endings Australian variety television shows Black-and-white Australian television shows Australian English-language television shows Australian live television series