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''Raising a Husband'' was an Australian television game show which aired in 1957 to 1958. Information on this series is extremely scarce. Based on a 3XY radio show, it was hosted by
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, aired on station
GTV-9 GTV is a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia, owned by the Nine Network. The station is currently based at studios at 717 Bourke Street, Docklands. History GTV-9 was amongst the first television stations to begin regular ...
in Melbourne, and was produced by
Crawford Productions Crawford Productions is an Australian media production company, focused on radio and television production. Founded in Melbourne by Hector Crawford and his sister, actress and voice artist Dorothy Crawford, the company, also known as Crawfords ...
. Crawford also produced several other 1950s Australian television series, including the game show '' Wedding Day'', comedy series ''
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'', and children's series ''
Peters Club ''Peters Club'' was an Australian children's television series which reportedly debuted in 1958, and aired on GTV-9, running into 1959. At the time, many Australian TV series were only broadcast on a single station instead of being networked, wh ...
''.


Game play

Three married couples were asked a series of questions on domestic problems to determine which was "the most human husband"


Episode status

Is it not known how many episodes exist as
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 ...
recordings. An episode from 27 June 1957 is held by
National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...
, along with an additional episode from an unknown date.


See also

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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 ...
'' *'' The Dulux Show'' *''
Give it a Go ''Give It a Go'' was an Australian television game show which aired in 1957. It was hosted by Jack Davey, who also hosted two other Australian game shows during the late-1950s, '' The Dulux Show'' and '' The Pressure Pak Show'', and was produced ...
''


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* {{imdb title Nine Network original programming 1957 Australian television series debuts 1958 Australian television series endings Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows 1950s Australian game shows Australian live television series Television series based on radio series Television series by Crawford Productions