The Don Lane Show
The Don Lane Show | |
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Genre | Talk show |
Created by | Don Lane |
Directed by | Peter Faiman |
Presented by | Don Lane |
Narrated by | Pete Smith |
Opening theme | "You Make It So Easy" |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 9 |
Production | |
Producer | Peter Faiman |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Nine Network |
Original release | 8 May 1975 10 November 1983 | –
The Don Lane Show was an Australian television talk show which aired twice a week on the Nine Network from 1975 to 1983.[1][2] The show was created by Don Lane who co-hosted it with Bert Newton.[3][4][5][6][7]
Channel Nine was reluctant to cast Bert Newton, who had been associated with Graham Kennedy, but Lane insisted that he wanted Newton to do the show.[citation needed]
The theme music of the show, "You Make It So Easy", was written by Helen Reddy.[8]
Legacy
The show became one of the most popular talks shows in Australian television history. Its broadcast timeslot varied in its early years, including a brief stint in 1980 when it ran four nights a week, but eventually settled on Mondays and Thursdays at 9:30pm on the Nine Network and many stations across Australia. Some regional and remote commercial stations would receive the program on videotape for delayed broadcast.
The Don Lane Show is the top-rated variety program[inconsistent] in Australian television history.[citation needed] Lane was inducted into the Logie Awards hall of fame in 2003.[9]
DVD release
In 2010, a two-disc DVD was released. In 2015, a four-disc version with new covers was released. The DVDs include episodes from 1981 to 1983, including the 1983 bushfire appeal special and the final episode.
References
- ^ "David Bowie on the Don Lane Show", by Thorsten Kaeding, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
- ^ Knox, David. ""There will never be another Don Lane" | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au/. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Vale: Don Lane", by David Knox, TV Tonight, 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Flashback: Debbie Reynolds on The Don Lane Show", by David Knox, TV Tonight, 29 December 2016.
- ^ "The Don Lane Show (TV Series 1975–1983)", IMDb[unreliable source?]
- ^ The Best of the Don Lane Show (TV Movie 1994), IMDb[unreliable source?]
- ^ "DON LANE". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 45, no. 26. Australia. 30 November 1977. p. 31. Retrieved 8 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ P. J. Lane on 3AW's Remember When, 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Don Lane's son on keeping his dad's legacy alive". 9now.nine.com.au. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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