''Neptune Presents'' was an Australian television series which aired from 3 May 1957 to 18 October 1957. It was a 5-minute weekly series, aired at 7:25PM on Fridays on GTV-9, with each episode featuring a vocalist. Like most early Australian series, it aired in a single city only, in this case Melbourne. The source of the title is unknown (it may have been a reference to a sponsor). Though the series is forgotten today, it represents an early attempt at music programming by a Melbourne television station. On the Fridays the series aired, the schedule also included imported series ''Sir Lancelot'', ''Cisco Kid'', ''The Ray Milland Show'', ''AEI Theatre'' (re-titled US anthology episodes), and ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', as well as local series ''The Happy Show'', ''

The Pressure Pak Show ''The Pressure Pak Show'' is an Australian television game show. It first aired from 1957 to 1958 on ATN-7 in Sydney and GTV-9 in Melbourne. It was hosted by Jack Davey, who also hosted ''The Dulux Show'' and ''Give it a Go''. The program was a ...

'' and '' In Melbourne Tonight'', with the station signing off at 10:50PM after an ''Epilogue'' segment. Among those who appeared on the series included Stan Stafford, and Denis Gibbons. It is not known if any of the episodes were

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. The survival rate of early Melbourne-produced series is varied, with some shows being completely lost, while some series have at least some surviving material.

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*{{IMDb title Nine Network original programming 1957 Australian television series debuts 1957 Australian television series endings Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows Australian music television series