The General Motors Hour was an Australian radio and television drama series.

Radio

The radio series was a regular one hour drama broadcast over the Macquarie Radio Network at 8 pm on Thursdays.[1] It is believed to have commenced in the late 1940s and lasted into the early 1960s. Producers included Robert Peach[2] and Harry Dearth.[3] The announcer was John Dease. 15 episodes are available on the RadioEchoes website.[4]

Television

The television version of The General Motors Hour was a loosely scheduled occasional series which aired on Australian television from 1960 to 1962. The series aired on ATN-7 in Sydney and GTV-9 in Melbourne, as well as on other affiliated stations across Australia. The presentations ranged from adaptations of overseas stage plays and anthology episodes, to locally-written drama and a documentary.

Its first show was a production of The Grey Nurse Said Nothing.[5]

Three of the TV episodes - Suspect, Candida, and Shadow Of The Vine - had been produced by English producer Peter Cotes for HSV-7 in 1961, but were shelved due to lack of sponsorship. Sponsorship was provided by GM-H in 1962, and plays were run on HSV-7 and TCN-9 under the "General Motors Hour" title.[6][7]

List of known TV episodes

See also

References

  1. "[Title not known]". The Listener In TV. 21–27 May 1960.
  2. "Radio star in tune with the times". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. Combe, Diana R. (1993). "Henry Alan (Harry) Dearth (1908–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 13. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. "General Motors Hour". RadioEchoes. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  5. Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Grey Nurse Said Nothing". Filmink. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. "Peter Cotes Dramas Out Of Storage". TV & Radio Guide. The Age. 31 May 1962. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  7. "Australian Drama on Two Channels". TV & Radio Guide. The Age. 26 April 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. Musgrove, Nan (20 July 1960). "Dreams for winners and losers". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 28, no. 7. Australia. p. 55. Retrieved 6 September 2020 via National Library of Australia.
  9. Vagg, Stephen (13 September 2023). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Shadow of a Pale Horse". Filmink. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. "TV Programmes". TV & Radio Guide. The Age. 1 June 1961. p. 7. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  11. "Author, 23 in Rare Double". TV & Radio Guide. The Age. 17 August 1961. p. 2. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  12. "TV Programmes". TV & Radio Guide. The Age. 17 August 1961. p. 7. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  13. "TV Programmes". TV & Radio Guide. The Age. 5 October 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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