''Fun Farm'' was an early Australian television series. It debuted on 29 October 1956, and was aired live on

Nine Network The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...

Sydney station

TCN-9 TCN is the flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia. The station is currently located at 1 Denison Street, North Sydney. The licence, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Sir Frank Packer, was one of ...

. Along with the likes of the

program '' Happy Show'' and the

Seven Network The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...

programs '' Fun Fair'' (HSV-7),''

The Judy Jack Show ''The Judy Jack Show'' was one of the earliest Australian television series, and is notable as one of the first children's series produced in that country. The series debuted in 1956 on Melbourne station HSV-7, and continued into 1957. During t ...

'' (HSV-7), and ''

Captain Fortune Show ''The Captain Fortune Show'' (also known as ''Captain Fortune's Saturday Party'') was a popular Australian children's television show which first broadcast on ATN-7 in 1957. It starred Alan Herbert and featured various segments with puppets, ...

'' (ATN-7), and the

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'', it represented an early example of Australian-produced children's television programming. ''Fun Farm'' ended in April 1957, at which point TCN-9 began another locally produced children series, ''

Desmond and the Channel 9-Pins ''Desmond and the Channel 9-Pins'' was an Australian television series which aired from 1957 to 1962 on Sydney station TCN-9. Compered by Desmond Tester, it was a children's series. In 1961, Tester retired from appearing on-screen on the series, ...

''. The series was aimed at children from ages four to twelve, compered and produced by Pat Mondel, who received more than 3000 letters from children during the first few weeks of the program.

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*{{IMDb title Nine Network original programming 1956 Australian television series debuts 1957 Australian television series endings Black-and-white Australian television shows English-language television shows Australian children's television series Australian live television series