Wild Life and Christmas Belles

1958 Australian TV series or program
Wild Life and Christmas Belles
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companyABC
Original release
Release10 December 1958 (1958-12-10) (Melbourne)[1]
Release31 December 1958 (1958-12-31) (Sydney)

Wild Life and Christmas Belles is a 1958 Australian television revue.[2] It was shown on New Year's Eve, running from 10:55 pm until a few minutes before midnight. It was filmed in ABC's Melbourne studios but was shown in Sydney and Melbourne simultaneously. The cast included Barry Humphries, who played Mrs Norma Everage. The sketch had Mrs Everage enter a special model school for the "Lovely Mother" quest.[3]

Cast

  • Syd Conabere
  • Jennifer Eddy
  • Barry Humphries
  • Bettine Kauffman
  • Mary Hardy
  • Patricia Kennedy
  • Peggy Marks
  • Bambi Smith

Reception

The Age called it "sensational".[4]

Response was positive enough to lead to another revue, Trip-Tease and High C's.

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 5 December 1958. p. 35.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ "Outside Telegraph for New Year's Eve". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 December 1958. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Mrs Everage to Visit UK". The Age. 15 January 1959. p. 13.

External links

  • Wild Life and Christmas Belles at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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