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Man in a Blue Vase (1960)

Man in a Blue Vase poster
Directed by
Rod Kinnear
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How it feels

This is a one-off Australian television comedy from 1960. It was part of a series of monthly standalone plays and was broadcast in Melbourne and Sydney. Photographs from the production appeared in a newspaper at the time.

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What happens

"Man in a Blue Vase" is an Australian television one-off comedy presentation which aired in 1960. It was part of Shell Presents, which consisted of monthly presentations of standalone television dramas and comedies. It aired on 19 March 1960 on GTV-9 in Melbourne and on 5 March 1960 on ATN-7 in Sydney, as this was prior to the creation of the Seven Network and Nine Network. A set of pictures from the show appear in a 1960 edition of The Age Unlike most of the Shell Presents presentations, it wasn't aired live. Although produced in Melbourne, it aired in Sydney first. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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