''Bandwagon'' was an Australian television variety series, which aired on Melbourne station

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from 1959 to 1960. Produced by Joy Youlden, the series aired live on Tuesdays at 9:30PM. Performers on the series included Michael Cole, Graeme Bent, Heather Horwood, Joy Grisold, Diana Bell, Judy Banks and Judd Laine. The 3 September 1959 edition of ''

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'' compared the series unfavourably to its main competition, the popular ''

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'' on GTV-9. The writer for the newspaper felt that although the cast of ''Bandwagon'' were "quite adaptable to the TV medium", they were let down by the scripts and music choices.

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*{{imdb title Seven Network original programming 1959 Australian television series debuts 1960 Australian television series endings Australian variety television shows Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows Australian live television series