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[edit]
The show became one of the most popular talks shows in Australian television history. It was broadcast twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays at 9:30 pm, on the Nine Network and many associate stations across Australia. 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "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.