''Rhythm Roundup'' is an Australian

television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed ...

for which little information is available. It was a music series featuring Roy Hampson, but the exact format is not known. It ran from 1957 to 1960 on Sydney stations

ATN-7 ATN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. The licence, issued to a company named Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary of John Fairfax & Sons, was one of the first four licences (two in Sydney, two ...

and

ABN-2 ABN is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Sydney. The station began broadcasting on 5 November 1956. Its original studios were located in Gore Hill and were in use up until March 2004, when they were co-located wit ...

. In 1958 the series featured the ''Poster Girl'' contest, with 19-year-old

Annette Andre Annette Andre (born 24 June 1939) is an Australian actress best known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Early life and early career The daughter of an upholsterer, Annette Andre was born in Drummoyne, Australi ...

winning. She appeared on the series for four weeks. It should not be confused with ''Record Roundup'', which featuring the same host and aired on the same station. Although some ATN programming from the late-1950s survives, it is not known if any

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s or early video tape exist of either series, given the

wiping Lost television broadcasts are mostly those early television programs which cannot be accounted for in studio archives (or in personal archives) usually because of deliberate destruction or neglect. Common reasons for loss A significant prop ...

of the era.

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*{{IMDb title 1957 Australian television series debuts 1960 Australian television series endings Australian music television series Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows Australian live television series