Australia's Amateur Hour

*Australia's Amateur Hour*
Australia's Amateur Hour
Genre	Talent contest, variety entertainment
Presented by	Harry Dearth; Dick Fair; Terry Dear; (Dear hosted both the radio and television version)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	Homebush West, Sydney
Original release
Network	AWA (radio version); Seven Network and Nine Network (television version);
Release	Radio: 1940 - 1958; Television: August 1957 - 1958;

Australia's Amateur Hour was a talent quest, broadcast on Australian AM radio from 1940 to 1958, and a television spinoff, which ran for less than a year, 1957–1958.

The radio program began on Sydney's 2UW, compered by Harry Dearth, followed by Dick Fair, who developed it into Australia's most popular Sunday program, each week selecting ten contestants from around 100 hopefuls. From 24 August 1930 the show was broadcast on 2GB, produced and compered by Terry Dear. It was a popular, long-running, program on which many performers appeared.

The television version was also compered by Terry Dear, running from August 1957 to February 1958 on Sydney's TCN-9 and Melbourne's HSV-7. The success of the radio version didn't translate to its television cousin, which closed after only seven months, the radio version following shortly after.