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n television series which aired from 1956 to 1957 on

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. It was hosted by Valerie Cooney. The half-hour prime-time series was of a magazine format. In the 19 April 1957 episode, the program presented Donald McMichael, curator of shells in the Australian Museum, who showed shell specimens. The 9 August 1957 edition featured Pat Spencer, a vocalist, along with "leading Sydney models". R. C. Packer in the magazine ''

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'' gave the show a positive review, saying "it has an off-beat attractiveness". Aired live in Sydney, by some point in 1957 the series was aired in Melbourne via

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s, also known as kinescope recordings. It is not known if any of these 16mm film recordings still exist.

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*{{IMDb title 1956 Australian television series debuts 1957 Australian television series endings Australian non-fiction television series Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Black-and-white Australian television shows Australian English-language television shows Australian live television series