Rock Around the World (TV series)

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Rock Around the World was an Australian music television show broadcast by SBS. [1] It was hosted by Basia Bonkowski. [2] It was broadcast from 4 January 1982 [3] and was axed in 1985 and replaced by Kulture Shock . [4] The program played music videos, and interviews with more of a focus on European content than other shows. [5]

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References

  1. Hascombe, John (8 October 1984), "The rock show that says what it thinks", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. Anderson, Doug (18 March 1982), "Basia follows world trend", The Age
  3. Ostrow, Ruth (31 December 1981), "Channel 0 set to rock the world", The Age
  4. Nemeny, Pam (18 February 1985), "A show is axed, so it's rock around the phone", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. Everingham, Henry (26 September 1983), "Film-makers cash in on the video clip boom", The Sydney Morning Herald