Franquin was a set of two or three Australian TV specials that aired in 1958 on Melbourne television station HSV-7. Franquin was a hypnotist/entertainer (born Francis Patrick Joseph Quinn, 1914–2010).[1]

Franquin
GenreHypnotism
Presented byFranquin
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2 or 3
Original release
NetworkHSV-7
Release1958 (1958) –
1958 (1958)

Melbourne newspaper The Age called the series "most successful" and that HSV-7 "experienced the most favorable viewer-reaction to the series. The station was inundated with telephone calls and letters".[2]

It is not known if kinescope recordings exist of either special. Kinescope recording was the method used to record live and as-live television in the days before video-tape, involving recording the television screen image onto 16mm film using special equipment. HSV-7 appears to have not had video-tape equipment until the early 1960s.

References

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  1. ^ Wilder, Gabriel (9 November 2010). "Fame found on the count of three". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. ^ "More Franquin for TV". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. 15 August 1958. p. 1. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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