Saturday Sports Round-Up

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Saturday Sports Round-Up
GenreSports
Presented byBert Bryant
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time
  • 30 minutes
  • 25 minutes
Original release
NetworkGTV-9
Release26 January 1957 (1957-01-26) –
1957 (1957)

Saturday Sports Round-Up is an Australian television series which aired in Melbourne in 1957 on GTV-9. It debuted 26 January 1957, aired at 6:00PM Saturdays, and was hosted by Bert Bryant. It was described as "film and commentary of the day's events".[1] It was the second sports series produced by a GTV-9, debuting two days after Eric Welch's Sports Album. At the time, television in Australia was limited to Sydney and Melbourne, and the vast majority of locally produced series were single-city only. The show originally aired in a 30-minute time-slot. It later aired in an unusual 25-minute time-slot.

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  1. ^ "Saturday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 14 March 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

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