The Shell Presents series presents the play They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful, produced live to air from the studios of ATN7. The play was written by radio serial scriptwriter Ross Napier, whose script won £400 in a Shell Presents competition for an Australian-written play to feature in its series.
Starring in the production are Stewart Ginn, June Salter, Gordon Glenwright, Fifi Banvard, Diana Davidson and Kevin Brennan.
The program was videotaped — the new technology at the time — and broadcast on GTV9, Melbourne, in August 1959.
Source: TV News-Times, 27 June 1959
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1.30 Movie: Wilderness Mail [IMDB] |
| 2PM | 2.05 Century’s Greatest Fights 2.15 Ray Mitchell’s Boxing Quiz |
2.30 Superman | 2.30 Bandstand. Brian Henderson (see advertisement below) |
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6pm People Are Funny 6.30 News. Brian Henderson 6.45 Ken Howard’s Race Review |
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8.30 Movie: Hideout [IMDB] | 8.30 Walter Winchell File |
| 9PM | 9.25 Travel Film 9.45 Tribute To Juan Fangio |
9.30 Shell Presents: They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful. Stewart Ginn, Kevin Brennan, Fifi Banvard, June Salter, Gordon Glenwright, Diana Davidson [IMDB] | 9pm Five Star Playhouse 9.30 Wanted Dead Or Alive |
| 10PM | 10.05 Saturday Night Party. Corinne Kirby, Bob Cornish 10.50 Close |
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