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Startime

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This Australian variety show from the early 1960s focused on music and was hosted by John Laws. It was produced in Sydney and broadcast weekly in a one-hour slot.

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What happens

Startime is an Australian television series which aired 1962 to 1963. A Sydney-produced variety series with emphasis on music, it was hosted by John Laws and produced by ATN-7, with the series shown interstate (such as on HSV-7 in Melbourne). In Sydney it aired each Saturday at 7:30PM in a 60 minute timeslot. It was produced by American Gil Rodin, and was seen as a follow-up to the Revue '62 series. Despite having aired in an era where music shows were often wiped, a large number of episodes of the series are held by the National Film and Sound Archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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