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Dig We Must was an Australian music television show broadcast by the ABC in 1966. [1] Hosted by Bobby & Laurie it began on August 26. [2] [3] The half hour show [4] [5] was produced by Barry Langford and aimed at a teenage audience. [6] Filmed in Melbourne it featured a 14 piece band, dancers and guest singers mixed in with comedy sketches. [7] Monitor in The Age called it an "essay on erotic". [8] Valda Marshall of The Sydney Morning Herald it relied "too heavily on the same tired old formula" of other shows like Hullabaloo. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Hay, John (30 August 1966). "Steptoe parallel". The Canberra Times .
  2. ↑ Criticus (19 August 1966). "Dig you must". The Australian Jewish News.
  3. ↑ "New show tonight". Queanbeyan Age. 26 August 1966.
  4. ↑ "Digging Fridays". The Age . 11 August 1966.
  5. ↑ Monitor (24 September 1966). "The next decade of television". The Age .
  6. ↑ Heyman, Maureen (7 September 1966). "Bobby and Laurie – and a big band". The Australian Women's Weekly.
  7. ↑ Marshall, Valda (26 August 1966). "A show for 2 longhairs". The Sydney Morning Herald .
  8. ↑ Monitor (24 September 1966). "The next decade of television". The Age .
  9. ↑ Marshall, Valda (4 September 1966). "A tired old formula". The Sydney Morning Herald .
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