Yes, that was a real mess, apparently according to Wikipedia, John Burgess did not know he was sacked when the last Adelaide based show was taped, and found out accidentally. He was later offered his job back with a pay rise, but declined and went on to Channel 9 to do Catch Phrase.
Adriana disappeared due to illness in late 1996, to return in mid 1997 to continue until 1999.
I watched a few of Tony Barber’s episodes and it just was not the same without Burgo.
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I really liked Burgo he was treated appallingly by Seven I don’t blame him moving to Nine. What happened to Rob? He seems to have disappeared after Wheel of Fortune was axed. I thought he was ok but nowhere near as good as Burgo
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Messing about with the lead in game show also didn’t help. Family Feud I guess didn’t last long with John Deeks hosting following Rob Brough, then they tried Concentration (in essence a memory game) which was a vehicle to keep Mike Hammond in the network when Gladiators wound up, then came Hot Streak (can’t remember a lot about it but there was a key word in which a team of 4 tried to guess using clues from the preceding team member), and finally All Star Squares which was a pale imitation of Hollywood Squares with Ian Rogerson hosting.
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‘That’s why the switch is to 7.’ Good tagline.
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And with programs like ‘The Happy Show’, how can anyone not tune in!
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I’m sure Funny Face Gordon was a big get back in the day. Have you seen his funny face?
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- Kevin Crease switched from ADS7 to NWS9 and joined Rob Kelvin at the news desk, with Caroline Ainslie going from NWS9 to ADS7 (later ADS10 after Adelaide’s Great TV Channel Swap). Kevin Crease and Rob Kelvin’s partnership lasted until 2007, when Creasey retired due to illness and subsequently died in April that year.
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Sydney TV: Friday 21 July 1961
from Sydney Morning Herald
ABN2
2pm Woman’s World
2.30 For Schools program
2.50 sign-off
4.45 Kindergarten Playtime
5.00 Peep Peep Show
6.00 Jo’s Boys (BBC serial)
6.30 Army Game
6.55 What’s A-Growing?
7.00 News (and Newsreel)
7.25 Weather
7.30 December Bride
8.00 Twilight Zone
8.30 In Your Garden
8.45 Nature
9.00 University of the Air
9.30 Take 3 (variety program)
10.00 Farson’s Guide to the British
10.15 Week 29, 1961 (review of world events)
10.30 News (and Newsreel)
10.55 sign-off
ATN7
7.00 Breakfast Program
11.30 Passing Parade
11.45 These Children Are Ours
12.00 It Could Be You
12.30 Movie “Fuller Brush Man”
2.00 Danny Thomas
2.30 Loretta Young
3.00 Your Home
3.15 News (and Newsreel)
3.30 Your Home
4.00 Federal Men
4.30 Cisco Kid
5.00 Adventures of Twizzle
5.20 Crusader Rabbit
5.25 Teen Time
6.25 The Three Stooges
6.40 News
7.00 Whispering Smith
7.30 Danny Thomas
8.00 My Three Sons
8.30 77 Sunset Strip
9.30 Dan Raven
10.25 News
10.30 Harbour Command
11.00 Follow That Man
11.30 sign-off
TCN9
11.45 Christian Science Program
12.00 Movie “Blues in the Night”
1.30 Family with Elaine White
2.00 Happy Go Lucky
2.30 Concentration
3.00 Our Miss Brooks
3.30 Wheel of Fortune
4.00 Jet Jackson
4.30 Channel 9 Pins
5.00 Robin Hood
5.30 Spunky and Tadpole
5.35 Bozo the Clown
5.42 Deputy Dawg
5.50 Big Mac
6.10 Broken Arrow
6.40 News
7.00 Bachelor Father
7.30 Bonanza
8.30 Top of the Town
9.30 Gunsmoke
10.00 Dangerman
10.30 Friday Special “Railroads”
11.30 Ken Howard’s TV Turf Guide
12.00 Cricket Film Festival
1.30 Movie: TBA
3.00 sign-off
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A very late night for TCN for 1961!
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ABV2 had a 1 hour news bulletin at 6pm following by another bulletin at 7.00pm??
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I think the 6.00 program might have been a tiny bit of news but a lot of football replays, analysis, etc. To title the whole thing News was perhaps a little misleading?
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Then another sports segment at 7.15am. 
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Todays TV: 22 July 2005, Perth
Source: The West Australian
The SBS screened The Ashes between England and Australia. I noticed that former Australian Cricketer Michael Slater commentated on The Ashes. I wonder if this was Slater’s first commentary stint in his career. As I noticed on the Guide, SBS took the Channel 4 feed.
I noticed during the Ashes Telecast, SBS screened the Stage 19 of Tour de France. I wondered whether this period was during Tea Time?
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Didn’t he used to do commentary for Fox Sports?
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For the sport that isn’t football 
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