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Cultural highlights of 1959

Television: Australia
New shows
• Six O'Clock Rock (ABC). Popular music, with Johnny O'Keeffe. Runs until 1962.
• World of Sport (HSV-7, still running on Nine Network). Hosted by Ron Casey (still with the show in 1986).

Television: UK
New shows
• Dr Finlay's Casebook (BBC). Medical drama.
• Danger Man (ITV). Spy thriller.
• Juke Box Jury (BBC, from 1 June). Pop record celebrity assessments.

Television: US
New shows
• Bonanza (NBC, from 12 September). Western. First one-hour series in colour.
• Rawhide (CBS, from 9 January). Western, featuring Clint Eastwood.
• The Twilight Zone (Rod Serling for CBS, from 2 October). Mystery and supernatural stories, first of 154 episodes over five years.
• The Untouchables (Desilu for ABC, from 10 October). Prohibition era crime series

Other media: stage
• The Sound of Music, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, opens on Broadway (16 November).

Chronomedia 1959