''State Your Case'' was an Australian television program which aired from May to July 1957 on Sydney station

ATN-7 ATN is the Sydney Flagship (broadcasting), flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. The licence, issued to a company named Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary of Fairfax Media, John Fairfax & Sons, was one of the ...

. Hosted by

Eric Baume Eric Ehrenfried Baume OBE (29 May 190024 April 1967) was a New Zealand-born Australian based journalist, novelist, radio presenter, actor and television talk show host. Early life Eric Baume was born Frederick Ehrenfried Baume in Auckland, New ...

, the program aired live on Sundays. Baume would have a discussion with a different person in each episode. Former New South Wales Premier Jack Lang appeared as the guest on the 19 May 1957 episode. Baume also had another program on ATN, titled ''

This I Believe ''This I Believe'' was originally a five-minute program, originally hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1951 to 1955 on CBS Radio Network. The show encouraged both famous and everyday people to write short essays about their own personal ...

'', which debuted 3 December 1956, and which out-lived ''State Your Case''. From 1959 to 1961 he hosted ''

Eric Baume's Viewpoint ''Eric Baume's Viewpoint'', also known simply as ''Viewpoint'', is an Australian television program which aired from 1959 to 1961 on Sydney station TCN-9. Debuting on 13 May 1959, the program was a current affairs program broadcast on Wednesdays ...

''.

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* 1957 Australian television series debuts 1957 Australian television series endings Australian television talk shows Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows Australian live television series Seven Network original programming {{Australia-tv-prog-stub