Cafe Continental (Australian TV series)

Australian TV series or program

Cafe Continental

Genre| Variety
Presented by| Hal Wayne
Country of origin| Australia
Original language| English
Production
Producers|

* Harry Pringle (1958-60)
* Peter Page (1961)

Release
Original network| ABC Television
Picture format| 625 lines
Audio format| Mono
Original release| 1958 (1958) –
1961 (1961)

Cafe Continental was an Australian television variety series which aired from 1958 to 1961 on ABC. Hosted by Czech-born entertainer Hal Wayne, it featured guests of a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds[1] and aired fortnightly, alternating with Hal Lashwood's Alabama Jubilee, a minstrel series. Producers of the series were Harry Pringle (1958–60) and Peter Page (1961). The series featured a Café setting and was broadcast live.[2] It is not confirmed how many episodes still exist, but at least seven episodes are held by the National Film and Sound Archive,[3] and an additional episode may be held by National Archives of Australia.

In an extant 1959 episode, the guests included Brazilian dancer Yvonne Huggman, clarinettist Reuben Solomon, Terry Carr and his dog, ventriloquist Dennis Spicer, singer Wilhelmina Bermingham, and dancers The Cossack Duo,[4] while a 1960 episode featured Quintetto Di Toppano, dance duo Les Girls, French Apache dancers The Rivieras, a Croatian folk lore group, singer Theresa Leung Ping, and a one-man-juggling act named Chang.[5]

## See also[edit]

* Café Continental \- British series with similar format
* The Toppanos

## References[edit]

1. ^ "CAFE CONTINENTAL". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 21 March 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. ^ Bollen, Jonathan (13 February 2011). "Cafe Continental". Research on performance and desire. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
3. ^ "Search the Collection". National Film and Sound Archive.
4. ^ "CAFE CONTINENTAL. 1960". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 5 May 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. ^ "CAFE CONTINENTAL. 1960.11.24". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

## External links[edit]

* Cafe Continental at IMDb

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