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Eric Baume's Viewpoint
''Eric Baume's Viewpoint'', also known simply as ''Viewpoint'', is an Australian television program which aired from 1959 to 1961 on Sydney station TCN-9. Debuting on 13 May 1959, the program was a current affairs program broadcast on Wednesdays. The program included news, comment, and interviews with controversial radio and television personality Eric Baume. See also *'' State Your Case'' *''This I Believe ''This I Believe'' was originally a five-minute program, originally 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 ...'' References External links * 1959 Australian television series debuts 1961 Australian television series endings Australian television news shows Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows Nine Network original programming {{Australia-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Current Affairs (news Format)
Current affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism in which major news stories are discussed at length in a timely manner. This differs from regular news broadcasts that place emphasis on news reports presented for simple presentation as soon as possible, often with a minimum of analysis. It is also different from the news magazine show format in that the events are discussed immediately. The UK's BBC programmes such as '' This World'', '' Panorama'', ''Real Story'', ''BBC Scotland Investigates'', ''Spotlight'', '' Week In Week Out'', and '' Inside Out'' fit the definition. In Canada, CBC Radio produces a number of current affairs show both nationally such as '' The Current'' and ''As it Happens'' as well as regionally with morning current affairs shows such as ''Information Morning'', a focus the radio network developed in the 1970s as a way to recapture audience from television. Additionally, newspapers such as the '' Private Eye'', the ''Economist'', ''Monocle'', the ''Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, New Zealand in 1900. His father, of the same name, was a lawyer and politician; his mother, Rosetta Baume, was a teacher and community worker, and one of the first women to stand for Parliament in New Zealand. Eric moved to Sydney in the early 1920s and worked for as editor for several papers. At this time he developed what was to become a lifelong addiction to gambling, which kept his family in debt for decades. Career Baume wrote thirteen books, mostly novels, including ''Half Caste'' (1933). Film rights were purchased in 1946 by United Artists. He hosted a radio series titled ''This I Believe''. A television version aired on ATN-7 from 3 December 1956 to circa 27 July 1958. He also hosted a short-lived show on ATN-7 on Sundays title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known as simply ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Mercury Capital in Sydney. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2014. , ''The Weekly'' has overtaken '' Better Homes and Gardens'' again, coming out on top as Australia's most read magazine. The magazine invested in the 2020 film '' I Am Woman'' about Helen Reddy, singer, feminist icon and activist. Editor-in-chief Nicole Byers told Film Ink "Helen’s story of adversity and triumph is nothing short of inspirational. ''The Weekly'' has been telling stories of iconic Australian women for more than 80 years and we're delighted to be supporting the film production". History and profile The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer and Ted Theodore as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Your Case
''State Your Case'' was an Australian television program which aired from May to July 1957 on Sydney station ATN-7. Hosted by Eric Baume, 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'', which debuted 3 December 1956, and which out-lived ''State Your Case''. From 1959 to 1961 he hosted ''Eric Baume's Viewpoint ''Eric Baume's Viewpoint'', also known simply as ''Viewpoint'', is an Australian television program which aired from 1959 to 1961 on Sydney station TCN-9. Debuting on 13 May 1959, the program was a current affairs program broadcast on Wednesdays ...''. References External links * 1957 Australian television series debuts 1957 Australian television series endings Australian television talk shows Black-and-white Australian television shows English-langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This I Believe (TV Program)
''This I Believe'' is an early Australian television program. Broadcast 5 nights a week on Sydney station ATN-7, it debuted 3 December 1956 (on ATN's second day of programming). It was a 15-minute program in which Eric Baume would provide a commentary on current world events. At the end of each TV program he would say "This I believe". The program ended around July 1958. According to television listings in the ''Sydney Morning Herald'', the last few episodes of the program aired in an 11-minute time-slot. ''This I Believe'' was also a radio program with Baume, which debuted before the television series. An episode of this program is held by the National Film and Sound Archive and has been digitised. See also *''State Your Case'' – weekly (on Sundays) television program with Eric Baume from 1957 *''Eric Baume's Viewpoint ''Eric Baume's Viewpoint'', also known simply as ''Viewpoint'', is an Australian television program which aired from 1959 to 1961 on Sydney station TCN-9. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Australian Television Series Debuts
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Australian Television Series Endings
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (25th government). * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
