This I Believe (TV program)

This I Believe is an early Australian television program. Broadcast 5 nights a week on Sydney station ATN-7, it debuted 3 December 1956 (on ATN's second day of programming). It was a 15-minute program in which Eric Baume would provide a commentary on current world events.[1] At the end of each TV program he would say "This I believe". The program ended around July 1958. According to television listings in the Sydney Morning Herald, the last few episodes of the program aired in an 11-minute time-slot.[2]

This I Believe
GenreNews/Current affairs
Presented byEric Baume
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time
  • 15 minutes
  • 11 minutes (some episodes)
Release
Original networkATN-7
Original release3 December 1956 (1956-12-03) 
July 1958 (1958-07)

This I Believe was also a radio program with Baume, which debuted before the television series.

An episode of this program is held by the National Film and Sound Archive and has been digitised.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Television Details". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 November 1957. p. 5. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. "The Sydney Morning Herald's Guide To TV Programs On All Channels". TV Guide. Sydney Morning Herald. 21 July 1958. p. 2. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. "This I Believe". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 24 September 2016.


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