''State Your Case'' was an Australian television program which aired from May to July 1957 on Sydney station

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 ...

. Hosted by

Eric Baume Eric Ehrenfried Baume OBE (29 May 190024 April 1967) was a New Zealand-born Australian based journalist, novelist, radio presenter, actor and television talk show host. Early life Eric Baume was born Frederick Ehrenfried Baume in Auckland, Ne ...

, the program aired live on Sundays. Baume would have a discussion with a different person in each episode. Former New South Wales Premier Jack Lang appeared as the guest on the 19 May 1957 episode. Baume also had another program on ATN, titled ''

This I Believe ''This I Believe'' was originally a five-minute program, hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1951 to 1955 on CBS Radio Network. The show encouraged both famous and everyday people to write short essays about their own personal motivati ...

'', which debuted 3 December 1956, and which out-lived ''State Your Case''. From 1959 to 1961 he hosted '' Eric Baume's Viewpoint''.

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* 1957 Australian television series debuts 1957 Australian television series endings Australian television talk shows Black-and-white Australian television shows Australian English-language television shows Australian live television series Seven Network original programming {{Australia-tv-prog-stub