Bentley's Bandbox

Bentley's Bandbox is an Australian television series which aired in 1960 on ABC. It featured Dick Bentley, John Bluthal, Diana Davidson, and Hazel Phillips, and was a variety show. Six episodes were produced, with ABC following the BBC model of having short seasons for its series.

Bentley's Bandbox
Genre	Variety
Presented by	Dick Bentley John Bluthal Diana Davidson Hazel Phillips
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	16 July (1960-07-16) – 23 August 1960 (1960-08-23)

The archival status of the series is not known, though a 1960 newspaper article confirms that telerecordings were made of the series.^[1]

Reception

Australian Women's Weekly said of the first episode "it was slick, smooth, beautifully done, despite a couple of first-night technical blues" and complained that the series suffered from a bad time-slot.^[2]