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'''''Accent on Strings''''' was an Australian television series which aired in 1956 on Sydney station [[TCN|TCN-9]]. A music series, the first episode aired 27 October 1956. It was among several early locally produced the series which debuted during the first official week of programming by the station, along with ''[[The Johnny O'Connor Show]]'', game show ''[[What's My Line]]'', religious series ''[[Give Us This Day (Australian TV series)|Give Us This Day]]'', children's series ''[[Fun Farm]]'', and music series ''[[Campfire Favourites]]'', with these series having varying degrees of success.
'''''Accent on Strings''''' was an Australian television series which aired in 1956 on [[Sydney]] station [[TCN|TCN-9]]. A music series, the first episode aired October 27, 1956. It was among several early locally produced series which debuted during the first official week of programming by the station, along with ''[[The Johnny O'Connor Show]]'', game show ''[[What's My Line]]'', religious series ''[[Give Us This Day (Australian TV series)|Give Us This Day]]'', children's series ''[[Fun Farm]]'', and music series ''[[Campfire Favourites]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=1956-10-31 |title=Big plans for official opening TCN Channel 9 |volume=24 |page=27 |work=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |issue=22 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52268794 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=2022-04-07}}</ref> with these series having varying degrees of success.


''Accent on Strings'' proved to be among the less successful of early TCN-9 offerings, running a couple months, and ending at the same time as ''Campfire Favourites'' and ''The Johnny O'Connor Show''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51200250|title=09 Jan 1957 - TELEVISION PARADE|work=nla.gov.au}}</ref>
''Accent on Strings'' proved to be among the less successful of early TCN-9 offerings, running a couple months, and ending at the same time as ''Campfire Favourites'' and ''The Johnny O'Connor Show''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1957-01-09 |title=TELEVISION PARADE |volume=24 |page=28 |work=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |issue=32 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51200250 |access-date=2022-04-07 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


Three of the episodes exist as [[Kinescope|kinescope recordings]] at the [[National Film and Sound Archive]]. There is very little information about this series available online.
Three of the episodes exist as [[Kinescope|kinescope recordings]] at the [[National Film and Sound Archive]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search: "Accent on Strings" |url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=no;page=0;query=%22accent%20on%20strings%22;resCount=10 |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=[[National Film and Sound Archive]]}}</ref> There is very little information about this series available online.


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Television in Australia|Australian music}}
{{Portal|Television|Australia|Music}}
* [[List of Australian music television shows]]
* [[List of Australian music television shows]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
<references/>


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title}}
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3013002/ ''Accent on Strings'' at IMDb]


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[[Category:1950s Australian television series]]
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[[Category:Australian music television series]]
[[Category:Australian music television series]]

Latest revision as of 21:52, 6 February 2024

Accent on Strings
GenreMusic television
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Production locationTCN-9 Willoughby, New South Wales
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release27 October 1956 (1956-10-27) –
January 1957 (1957-01)

Accent on Strings was an Australian television series which aired in 1956 on Sydney station TCN-9. A music series, the first episode aired October 27, 1956. It was among several early locally produced series which debuted during the first official week of programming by the station, along with The Johnny O'Connor Show, game show What's My Line, religious series Give Us This Day, children's series Fun Farm, and music series Campfire Favourites,[1] with these series having varying degrees of success.

Accent on Strings proved to be among the less successful of early TCN-9 offerings, running a couple months, and ending at the same time as Campfire Favourites and The Johnny O'Connor Show.[2]

Three of the episodes exist as kinescope recordings at the National Film and Sound Archive.[3] There is very little information about this series available online.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Big plans for official opening TCN Channel 9". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 24, no. 22. 31 October 1956. p. 27. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "TELEVISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 24, no. 32. 9 January 1957. p. 28. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Search: "Accent on Strings"". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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