Talking Point (Australian TV series)

Talking Point is an Australian television series which aired 1960 to 1962 on Sydney station ATN-7 (Australian TV was not fully networked at the time, and most non-imported series aired on a single station). It was a discussion series featuring a panel of four. Angus Maude was the original host, later it was hosted by Joe Gullett. In one episode, the panel criticised the banning of the book Lady Chatterley's Lover,^[1] in another episode there was a debate on the future of the United Nations,^[2] while another episode featured a discussion of the space race.^[3]

Talking Point
Genre	Talk show
Presented by	Angus Maude Joe Gullett
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Original release
Network	ATN-7
Release	1960 (1960) – 1962 (1962)

Episode status

Despite airing in an era where wiping of television series was common, three 1961 episodes are held by the National Film and Sound Archive.^[4][5][6]