Fun Farm

1956 Australian TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fun Farm was an early Australian television series. It debuted on 29 October 1956, and was aired live[1] on Nine Network Sydney station TCN-9.

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Fun Farm
GenreChildren's television
Presented byPat Mondel
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerPat Mondel
Production locationTCN-9 Willoughby, New South Wales
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release29 October 1956 (1956-10-29) 
April 1957 (1957-04)
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Along with the likes of the Nine Network program Happy Show and the Seven Network programs Fun Fair (HSV-7),The Judy Jack Show (HSV-7), and Captain Fortune Show (ATN-7), and the ABC Children's TV Club, it represented an early example of Australian-produced children's television programming. Fun Farm ended in April 1957, at which point TCN-9 began another locally produced children series, Desmond and the Channel 9-Pins.

The series was aimed at children from ages four to twelve, compered and produced by Pat Mondel, who received more than 3000 letters from children during the first few weeks of the program.[2]

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