The General Motors Hour

The General Motors Hour was an Australian radio and television drama series.

Radio

The radio series was a regular one hour drama broadcast over the Macquarie Radio Network at 8 pm on Thursays.[1] It is believed to have commenced in the late 1940s and lasted into the early 1960s. Producers included Robert Peach[2] and Harry Dearth.[3] The announcer was John Dease. 15 episodes are available on the Old Time Radio website.[4]

Television

The television version of The General Motors Hour was a loosely scheduled occasional series which aired on Australian television from 1960 to 1962. The series aired on ATN-7 in Sydney and GTV-9 in Melbourne, as well as on other affiliated stations across Australia. The presentations ranged from adaptations of overseas stage plays and anthology episodes, to locally-written drama and a documentary.

Its first show was a production of The Grey Nurse Said Nothing.[5]

Three of the TV episodes - Suspect, Candida, and Shadow Of The Vine - had been produced by English producer Peter Cotes for HSV-7 in 1961, but were shelved due to lack of sponsorship. Sponsorship was provided by GM-H in 1962, and plays were run on HSV-7 and TCN-9 under the "General Motors Hour" title.[6][7]

List of known TV episodes

See also

References
  1. The Listener In - TV, magazine, May 21-May 27, 1960
  2. https://www.smh.com.au/national/radio-star-in-tune-with-the-times-20040128-gdi8pw.html
  3. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dearth-henry-alan-harry-9934
  4. https://archive.org/details/thegeneralmotorshour.au
  5. Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays: The Grey Nurse Said Nothing". Filmink.
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MbJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G6wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7021%2C4687140
  7. "Australian Drama on Two Channels". The Age. 26 April 1962. p. 12.
  8. "Dreams for winners and losers". The Australian Women's Weekly. 28 (7). Australia. 20 July 1960. p. 55. Retrieved 6 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bqQRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vecDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6991%2C148611
  10. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=46FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5KwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5894%2C2538753
  11. "The Age" Green Guide, 17/8/61, p.7
  12. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ATpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5237%2C644709
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