''Campfire Favourites'' was an Australian television series which aired in 1956 on Sydney 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 ...
. 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 featuring
Frank Ifield
Francis Edward Ifield OAM (born 30 November 1937) is a British-Australian country music singer and guitarist who often incorporated yodelling into his music. After living in Australia, Ifield returned to the United Kingdom in November 1959 wher ...
.
The series ended around the same time as two other early Australian series, ''
The Johnny O'Connor Show'' and ''
Accent on Strings
''Accent on Strings'' was an Australian television series which aired in 1956 on Sydney station TCN-9. A music series, the first episode aired October 27, 1956. It was among several early locally produced series which debuted during the first of ...
'', an article in ''Women's Weekly'' suggesting the three series were unable to obtain sponsors.
Broadcast at 7:15PM on Thursdays, the 15-minute series was themed around country music. The set design (based on available except, see below) was basic, consisting of a painted backdrop of Eucalyptus trees.
Episode status
A very brief excerpt appeared in a mid-1960s television special about Australian television. The excerpt appeared on YouTube.
This indicates that at least one of the episodes was
kinescope
Kinescope , shortened to kine , also known as telerecording in Britain, is a recording of a television program on motion picture film, directly through a lens focused on the screen of a video monitor. The process was pioneered during the 1940 ...
d, kinescope recording being the method used to record live and as-live television in the days before video-tape. However, it is not known if any kinescope recordings still exist of the series today.
See also
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List of Australian music television shows
This is a list of Australian produced music television shows.
Early days of music television pre-dated video clips, and included variety style series, miming series, and pop series, and with the advent of music videos, shows gave way to slickly ...
References
External links
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Nine Network original programming
Country music television series
1956 Australian television series debuts
1956 Australian television series endings
Black-and-white Australian television shows
English-language television shows
Australian music television series
Australian live television series