Town Talk | |
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Also known as | T.V. Town Talk |
Presented by | Robert Kennedy |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Production location | TCN-9 Willoughby, New South Wales |
Original release | |
Network | Nine Network |
Release | May 1957 – December 1957 |
Town Talk, originally T.V. Town Talk, was an Australian television series which aired on Sydney station TCN-9 during 1957, from circa May to December. Little information is available on this series. The series was hosted by early Australian television personality Robert Kennedy, [1] who had been the original host of the Sydney version of What's My Line . Town Talk aired at 7:15PM on Fridays, following the evening news, [2] which itself aired in a 15-minute time-slot during 1957.
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