''This I Believe'' is an early Australian television program. Broadcast 5 nights a week 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 ...
, it debuted 3 December 1956 (on ATN's second day of programming). It was a 15-minute program in which
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 ...
would provide a commentary on current world events. At the end of each TV program he would say "This I believe". The program ended around July 1958. According to television listings in the ''
Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ...
'', the last few episodes of the program aired in an 11-minute time-slot.
''This I Believe'' was also a radio program with Baume, which debuted before the television series.
An episode of this program is held by the
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 ...
and has been digitised.
See also
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State Your Case
''State Your Case'' was an Australian television program which aired from May to July 1957 on Sydney station ATN-7.
Hosted by Eric Baume, the program aired live on Sundays. Baume would have a discussion with a different person in each episode. Fo ...
'' – weekly (on Sundays) television program with Eric Baume from 1957
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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 ...
'' – 1959–1961 television program with Baume
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1956 Australian television series debuts
1958 Australian television series endings
Australian television news shows
Black-and-white Australian television shows
English-language television shows
Seven Network original programming
Television series based on radio series
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