Football Inquest

Football Inquest is the name of two Australian television series, which both aired in Melbourne. The first aired 1957 on GTV-9, while the second aired 1960-1974(?) on HSV-7. There was also a South Australian version.

Football Inquest
GenreSports
Presented by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Release
Original network
Original release20 April 1957 (1957-04-20) –
1974 (1974)

1957

The 1957 version was an early Australian television series which ran from 20 April 1957 to 21 September 1957 on Melbourne television station GTV-9. It was a half-hour weekly series broadcast on Saturdays at 7:30PM.

Hosted by Ian Johnson, Phil Gibbs and Jack Mueller,[1][2][3][4][5][6] the series featured also featured V.F.L. players. Sam Loxton was later a regular.[7][8][9][10] The program was simulcast over GTV-9 and 3KZ. Little else is known about the television program, but the radio version certainly predated the simulcast.

1960-1974

Hosted by Michael Williamson,[11] the second version was a panel discussion series which debuted 9 April 1960. It ran for several seasons, the last aired in 1974(?) . During its first season, the series was broadcast on Saturdays at 7:00PM, competing in the time-slot against Pick a Box on GTV-9 and the evening news on ABV-2[12]

South Australia

A South Australian version ran on Channel 9 in Adelaide in the 1960s and 1970s. Panellists included Max Hall, Ken Cunningham,[13] Lindsay Head, Stan Wickham and Bo Morton.[14]

See also

References
  1. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 2 May 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  2. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 16 May 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  3. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 30 May 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  4. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 9 May 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  5. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 6 June 1956. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  6. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 20 June 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  7. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 8 August 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  8. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 22 August 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  9. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 5 September 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  10. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 19 September 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  11. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 14 April 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  12. "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 26 May 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  13. "Ken G. Cunningham AM". South Australian National Football League. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  14. Gyss, Trevor (2011). South Australian football in the sixties. Raleigh, NC. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-4467-9944-4. OCLC 879587705.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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