''Accent on Strings'' was an Australian television series which aired in 1956 on

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station

TCN-9 TCN is the flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia. The station is currently located at 1 Denison Street, North Sydney. The licence, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Sir Frank Packer, was one of ...

. A music series, the first episode aired October 27, 1956. It was among several early locally produced series which debuted during the first official week of programming by the station, along with '' The Johnny O'Connor Show'', game show ''

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'', religious series '' Give Us This Day'', children's series ''

Fun Farm ''Fun Farm'' was an early Australian television series. It debuted on 29 October 1956, and was aired live on Nine Network Sydney station TCN-9. Along with the likes of the Nine Network program '' Happy Show'' and the Seven Network The S ...

'', and music series ''

Campfire Favourites ''Campfire Favourites'' was an Australian television series which aired in 1956 on Sydney station TCN-9. Despite having a very brief run of less than 2 months, it is notable as one of the earliest Australian-produced television series, and for fe ...

'', with these series having varying degrees of success. ''Accent on Strings'' proved to be among the less successful of early TCN-9 offerings, running a couple months, and ending at the same time as ''Campfire Favourites'' and ''The Johnny O'Connor Show''. Three of the episodes exist as kinescope recordings at the

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. There is very little information about this series available online.

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* {{IMDb title Nine Network original programming 1956 Australian television series debuts 1956 Australian television series endings Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows Australian live television series Australian music television series

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