Neptune Presents
| Neptune Presents | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | GTV-9 |
| Release | 3 May – 18 October 1957 |
Neptune Presents was an Australian television series which aired from 3 May 1957 to 18 October 1957. It was a 5-minute weekly series, aired at 7:25PM on Fridays on GTV-9, with each episode featuring a vocalist. Like most early Australian series, it aired in a single city only, in this case Melbourne. The source of the title is unknown (it may have been a reference to a sponsor). Though the series is forgotten today, it represents an early attempt at music programming by a Melbourne television station.
On the Fridays the series aired, the schedule also included imported series Sir Lancelot, Cisco Kid, The Ray Milland Show, AEI Theatre (re-titled US anthology episodes), and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, as well as local series The Happy Show, The Pressure Pak Show and In Melbourne Tonight, with the station signing off at 10:50PM after an Epilogue segment.[1]
Among those who appeared on the series included Stan Stafford,[2] and Denis Gibbons.[3]
It is not known if any of the episodes were kinescoped. The survival rate of early Melbourne-produced series is varied, with some shows being completely lost, while some series have at least some surviving material.
References
- ^ "Friday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 19 September 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "Chance of Youngsters". The Age. 3 May 1957. p. 5. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "Talent Quest Semi-final". The Age. 31 May 1957. p. 16. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
