I don’t think we have a thread for old telethon footage, so it can go here, but a couple of YouTube clips from the Melbourne ATV10 Deafness Appeal during the 1980s
In 1981, featuring Gordon Elliott, Jonathan Coleman, Lorraine Bayly and Tina Bursill, and an interview with Matthew Carden from student radio station 3SW (and later a journalist with Nine and others including QTV, SCA, etc.)
YouTube: aussiebeachut0
Later, the annual telethon had shifted from August to late November to become a “Sounds of Christmas” appeal.
In 1986, the evening component of the telethon included a “Back to Variety” special featuring a reunion of some of the former names of TV variety. This segment included Roy Hampson from Good Morning Melbourne interviewing Tommy Hanlon Jnr and a flashback to the 1960s daytime show It Could Be You.
Source: Frank Pagram