Raising a Husband

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Raising a Husband
Genre Game show
Presented by Alwyn Kurts
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerDorothy Crawford [1]
CinematographyNorman Spencer [1]
Running time30 minutes [2]
Production company Crawford Productions
Original release
Network GTV-9
Release1957 (1957) 
1958 (1958)

Raising a Husband was an Australian television game show which aired in 1957 to 1958. Information on this series is extremely scarce. Hosted by Alwyn Kurts, it commenced as a 3XY radio show, and was later shown on television on station GTV-9 in Melbourne, and was produced by Crawford Productions. Crawford also produced several other 1950s Australian television series, including the game show Wedding Day , comedy series Take That , and children's series Peters Club .

Contents

Game play

Three married couples were asked a series of questions on domestic problems to determine which was "the most human husband" [2]

Episode status

Is it not known how many episodes exist as Kinescope recordings. An episode from 27 June 1957 is held by National Film and Sound Archive, [1] along with an additional episode from an unknown date. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "RAISING A HUSBAND. EP. 01". National Film and Sound Archive . Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Vocalists to Feature in TV Programmes". The Age . 31 October 1957. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. "RAISING A HUSBAND. [EPISODE FEATURING MR AND MRS GIL, MR AND MRS BORIS AND MR AND MRS KIRBY]". National Film and Sound Archive . Retrieved 19 October 2021.