Telestory

Country

Australia

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How it feels

An actor sits and reads a book aloud for 15 minutes. The show uses still images from a film adaptation to illustrate the story. It aired late at night on Australian television in the early 1960s.

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What happens

Telestory is an Australian television series which aired 1961–1962. Produced by Artransa Park and aired on ATN-7, it was a 15-minute series in which an actor would read from a book. The first season consisted of Leonard Teale reading The Sundowners, while the second season consisted of Gordon Glenwright reading from They're a Weird Mob. Very basic television, it aired towards the end of the day's schedule, at time slots such as 10:10PM on Monday and 11:35PM on Friday. Additional episodes were planned but do not seem to have been produced. The version of The Sundowners utilised stills from the film to illustrate the story. A similar series was produced in Melbourne during 1961 called Let Me Read to You. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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