Fun with Frith was an early Australian television series. It aired on Melbourne station HSV-7 in 1957, from 9 March to 15 June 1957 for a total of 15 episodes. The series was broadcast at 7:25PM on Saturdays, each episode being a brief 5 minutes long. The series featured cartoonist John Frith, who provided jokes and sketches.[1]
| Fun with Frith | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's |
| Presented by | John Frith |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | HSV-7 |
| Release | 9 March – 15 June 1957 |
Fun with Frith was preceded on HSV's schedule by US series Kaleidoscope and followed by another US series, Grantland Rice.[2]
The archival status of Fun with Frith is not known. Additionally, it was not the only five-minute series to have aired on HSV-7 during 1957. For example, Green Fingers started off as a five-minute series before expanding to 15 minutes. GTV-9, meanwhile, offered a five-minute music series, also at 7:25PM on Saturdays, with Dennis Gibbons and Stan Stafford alternating each week.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 21 March 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 9 May 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "Hit Singers in New TV Spot". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 2 May 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
