Dig We Must
Australian music television show (1966)
Dig We Must was an Australian music television show broadcast by the ABC in 1966.[1] Hosted by Bobby & Laurie it began on August 26.[2][3] The half hour show[4][5] was produced by Barry Langford and aimed at a teenage audience.[6] Filmed in Melbourne it featured a 14 piece band, dancers and guest singers mixed in with comedy sketches.[7] Monitor in The Age called it an "essay on erotic".[8] Valda Marshall of The Sydney Morning Herald it relied "too heavily on the same tired old formula" of other shows like Hullabaloo.[9]
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References
- ^ Hay, John (30 August 1966). "Steptoe parallel". The Canberra Times.
- ^ Criticus (19 August 1966). "Dig you must". The Australian Jewish News.
- ^ Criticus (26 August 1966). "New show tonight". Queanbeyan Age.
- ^ "Digging Fridays". The Age. 11 August 1966.
- ^ Monitor (24 September 1966). "The next decade of television". The Age.
- ^ Heyman, Maureen (7 September 1966). "Bobby and Laurie – and a big band". The Australian Women's Weekly.
- ^ Marshall, Valda (26 August 1966). "A show for 2 longhairs". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Monitor (24 September 1966). "The next decade of television". The Age.
- ^ Marshall, Valda (4 September 1966). "A tired old formula". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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