The Mavis Bramston Show is an Australian TV satirical sketch comedy series that aired on the Seven Network from 1964 to 1968.
The tremendous impact that The Mavis Bramston Show had in Australia in the mid-1960s was heightened because of its unique place in the history of the Australian TV industry. After its inception in 1956, Australian television broadcasting had rapidly become dominated by the socio-economic influence of the United States and ...
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The Mavis Bramston Show is an Australian TV satirical sketch comedy series that aired on the Seven Network from 1964 to 1968.
The tremendous impact that The Mavis Bramston Show had in Australia in the mid-1960s was heightened because of its unique place in the history of the Australian TV industry. After its inception in 1956, Australian television broadcasting had rapidly become dominated by the socio-economic influence of the United States and (to a lesser extent) of Great Britain. By the early 1960s at least 80% of Australian TV programming was sourced from the USA and American TV series were consistently the top-rating shows. In 1963 the "Vincent Report" on the Australian media found that 97% of drama broadcast on Australian TV between 1956 and 1963 was American-made. The few programs that were made in Australia were usually low-cost copies of proven American talk-variety or quiz show formats.
Because of the lack of any effective local content regulation, Australian TV producers...
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