This I Believe (TV program)

This I Believe is an early Australian television program. Broadcast 5 nights a week on Sydney station ATN-7, it debuted 3 December 1956 (on ATN's second day of programming). It was a 15-minute program in which Eric Baume would provide a commentary on current world events.^[1] At the end of each TV program he would say "This I believe". The program ended around July 1958. According to television listings in the Sydney Morning Herald, the last few episodes of the program aired in an 11-minute time-slot.^[2]

This I Believe
Genre	News/Current affairs
Presented by	Eric Baume
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	15 minutes 11 minutes (some episodes)
Original release
Network	ATN-7
Release	3 December 1956 (1956-12-03) – July 1958 (1958-07)

This I Believe was also a radio program with Baume, which debuted before the television series.

An episode of this program is held by the National Film and Sound Archive and has been digitised.^[3]

See also

• State Your Case – weekly (on Sundays) television program with Eric Baume from 1957
• Eric Baume's Viewpoint – 1959–1961 television program with Baume