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Countdown (AU)
TV Series (1974 - 1987)
Long running music show hosted by Ian "Molly" Meldrum featuring music clips and interviews with most major stars of the time. It established itself almost immediately as a world class program and was responsible for introducing the ABBA phenomenon to the rest of the world. The show was relaunched briefly as Countdown Revolution (1989-90).
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Series Info
Type:
N/A
Premiered:
Nov. 18, 1974
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
Network
Genre
- music
Character Guide
Series Fun Facts
- A number of episodes, particularly from the first four years of production (1974 - 1978), are missing. Please check your attic and cupboards.
- Around 100 master tapes of this series from its early seasons (1974-1978) were erased by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Only the efforts of Paul Drane and director Ted Emery, who, on…
[show]Around 100 master tapes of this series from its early seasons (1974-1978) were erased by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Only the efforts of Paul Drane and director Ted Emery, who, on hearing of the erasure, snuck in during the middle of the night and hid as many tapes as they could in their cars, prevented all of the tapes from this period being erased. Among the tapes they saved was the March 1975 episode that was the first to be broadcast in colour.
[hide] - 'Countdown' was the first television programme to break ABBA into Australia. 'Ian 'Molly Meldrum insisted the video clip to "Mama Mia" be played even though it was at that stage not released…
[show]'Countdown' was the first television programme to break ABBA into Australia. 'Ian 'Molly Meldrum insisted the video clip to "Mama Mia" be played even though it was at that stage not released as a single in the country and ABBA was still a relatively unknown group.
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