Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 8, 2017 12:13:30 GMT
For example:
The Australian series Telestory (1961-1962) simply consisted of an actor reading from a novel. The episodes were approx. 10-15 minutes. The first season of 20 episodes consisted of Leonard Teale reading "The Sundowners", the second season of 22 episodes consisted of Gordon Glenwright reading "They're a Weird Mob". Haven't seen it, but anything with Leonard Teale can't be all bad...I'd rather watch him read a story than watch "Neighbours" or "Home and Away".
American series "Storyteller" (not on IMDb) simply consisted of Marvin Miller reading a story to the camera. 13 episodes were filmed, but I can find no record of them actually airing. I saw an episode via an Alpha Video DVD, and guess what, I enjoyed it. The story told was unusual and interesting, and Miller was a good story-teller.
The Walter Compton News (1947–1948) was a DuMont Network newscast in which the newsreader read the news with occasional use of slides. There was no news footage in the show.
The New York City mechanical television series Poet's Favorites (1931) consisted of...you guessed it...a poetry reading.
Let Me Read to You (1961) was an Australian series in which Sir Eric Pearce read from popular works.
What are some other really basic TV series? You get bonus points for mentioning a basic TV series that was actually good.
The Australian series Telestory (1961-1962) simply consisted of an actor reading from a novel. The episodes were approx. 10-15 minutes. The first season of 20 episodes consisted of Leonard Teale reading "The Sundowners", the second season of 22 episodes consisted of Gordon Glenwright reading "They're a Weird Mob". Haven't seen it, but anything with Leonard Teale can't be all bad...I'd rather watch him read a story than watch "Neighbours" or "Home and Away".
American series "Storyteller" (not on IMDb) simply consisted of Marvin Miller reading a story to the camera. 13 episodes were filmed, but I can find no record of them actually airing. I saw an episode via an Alpha Video DVD, and guess what, I enjoyed it. The story told was unusual and interesting, and Miller was a good story-teller.
The Walter Compton News (1947–1948) was a DuMont Network newscast in which the newsreader read the news with occasional use of slides. There was no news footage in the show.
The New York City mechanical television series Poet's Favorites (1931) consisted of...you guessed it...a poetry reading.
Let Me Read to You (1961) was an Australian series in which Sir Eric Pearce read from popular works.
What are some other really basic TV series? You get bonus points for mentioning a basic TV series that was actually good.
How it started.
