''Movie Guide'' was an Australian television program which aired on Melbourne station

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 29 August 1958 to 24 July 1959. According to 1950s-era TV listings, the series was hosted by

Jean Battersby Jean Battersby, (28 March 1928 – 24 February 2009) was an Australian arts executive and adviser, and the founding chief executive officer of the Australian Council for the Arts in 1968. Early life Born Jean Robinson in Drouin, Victoria, sh ...

. Each episode was 15 minutes in duration, and aired at 4:15PM on Fridays. According to TV listings, the series presented reviews of new films. The series aired only in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

. Prior to 1959

Australian television Television in Australia began experimentally as early as 1929 in Melbourne with radio stations 3DB and 3UZ, and 2UE in Sydney, using the ''Radiovision'' system by Gilbert Miles and Donald McDonald, and later from other locations, such as Bris ...

was limited to

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

and

, and it was common for early Australian series to air in only a single city. Jean Battersby's other hosting duties on HSV-7 during the 1950s included '' Personal Column'' and '' What's On''.

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*{{imdb title Seven Network original programming 1958 Australian television series debuts 1959 Australian television series endings English-language television shows Black-and-white Australian television shows Film criticism television series Australian non-fiction television series