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Melody with Milton is an Australian television series which aired from 1958 to 1960 on Sydney station ATN-7. It was a daytime music series with pianist Milton Saunders. In a 1958 TV schedule, it was preceded on the schedule by Your Home, In a May 1959 schedule, it was preceded by American series The Halls of Ivy. The series aired live, and it is not known if any of the episodes were kinescoped.
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- ↑ "£300 Contest On ATN". The Sydney Morning Herald . 19 March 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ↑ "Comedy For Afternoons". The Sydney Morning Herald . 20 January 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "Television". The Sydney Morning Herald . 3 October 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
