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The General Motors Hour

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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.
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at 8 pm on Thursdays. It is believed to have commenced in the late 1940s and lasted into the early 1960s. Producers included Robert Peach and Harry Dearth. The announcer was
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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
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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
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The radio series was a regular one hour drama broadcast over the
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was an Australian radio and television drama series.
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Index

General Motors Hour
Macquarie Radio Network
John Dease
ATN-7
GTV-9
The Grey Nurse Said Nothing
Candida
HSV-7
TCN-9
The Grey Nurse Said Nothing
This Is Television
Thunder on Sycamore Street
You, Too, Can Have a Body
Shadow of a Pale Horse
The Concert
Long Distance
Suspect
Mystery of a Hansom Cab
The One Day of the Year
Candida
Manhaul
Shadow of the Vine
Shell Presents
Killer in Close-Up
"Radio star in tune with the times"
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Henry Alan (Harry) Dearth (1908–1964)"
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian National University
ISBN

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