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'''''Telestory''''' is an [[Television in Australia|Australian television]] series which aired |
'''''Telestory''''' is an [[Television in Australia|Australian television]] series which aired 1961–1962. Produced by Artransa Park and aired on ATN-7, it was a 15-minute series in which an actor would read from a book. The first season consisted of [[Leonard Teale]] reading ''[[The Sundowners]]'', while the second season consisted of [[Gordon Glenwright]] reading from ''[[They're a Weird Mob]]''. Very basic television, it aired towards the end of the day's schedule, at time slots such as 10:10PM on Monday and 11:35PM on Friday.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yHxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-uUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1913%2C1360379</ref> Additional episodes were planned but don't seem to have been produced. |
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The version of The Sundowners utilised stills from the film to illustrate the story.<ref>http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=the%20sundowners%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10</ref> |
The version of The Sundowners utilised stills from the film to illustrate the story.<ref>http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=the%20sundowners%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:32, 1 February 2017
Telestory is an Australian television series which aired 1961–1962. Produced by Artransa Park and aired on ATN-7, it was a 15-minute series in which an actor would read from a book. The first season consisted of Leonard Teale reading The Sundowners, while the second season consisted of Gordon Glenwright reading from They're a Weird Mob. Very basic television, it aired towards the end of the day's schedule, at time slots such as 10:10PM on Monday and 11:35PM on Friday.[1] Additional episodes were planned but don't seem to have been produced.
The version of The Sundowners utilised stills from the film to illustrate the story.[2]
A similar series was produced in Melbourne during 1961 called Let Me Read to You.