''Handyman'' is an Australian television series which aired on

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HSV-7 HSV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia, its first and oldest station. It launched in time for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melb ...

from 1957 to 1958. Originally hosted by Jack Easton, it was later hosted by Colin Burns. It aired live, and consisted of "hints to the home handyman". It aired in a 15-minute time-slot on Sundays, later moved to Saturdays. It is not known if any of these episodes were

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d. A different ''Handyman'' aired on

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around the same time.

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*{{IMDb title 1957 Australian television series debuts 1958 Australian television series endings English-language television shows Black-and-white Australian television shows Australian non-fiction television series