Talking Point (Australian TV series)

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{{Infobox television

| genre = Talk show

| presenter = {{ubl|Angus Maude|Joe Gullett}}

| country = Australia

| language = English

| network = ATN-7

| first_aired = {{Start date|1960}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1962}}

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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,{{Cite news |date=1961-03-06 |title=TV panel attacks "stupid" ban on 'Lady Chatterley' |page=6 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KoFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5317%2C1442110 |access-date=2014-12-29}} in another episode there was a debate on the future of the United Nations,{{Cite news |date=1961-02-06 |title=Debate on future of U.N. |page=4 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CoBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1eQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3220%2C1543078 |access-date=2014-12-29}} while another episode featured a discussion of the space race.{{Cite news |date=1961-03-13 |title=Space work 'aid to automation' |page=4 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MYFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5493%2C3027647 |access-date=2014-12-29}}