Young Talent Time
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| Genre | Variety |
| Created by | Kevin Lewis Johnny Young |
| Presented by |
Johnny Young (1971-1988) Rob Mills (2012) |
| Opening theme | Young Talent Time |
| Ending theme | "All My Loving" by Johnny Young |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 18 (1971-1988) 1 (2012) |
| No. of episodes | 804 (1971-1988) 16 (2012) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Johnny Young Kevin Lewis (1971-1975) |
| Location(s) |
ATV-0, Melbourne, Victoria (1971-1988) Fox Studios, Sydney, New South Wales (2012) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Lewis/Young Productions (1971-1975) Television House (1976-1988) Granada Media (2012) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network Ten |
| Picture format | Black & White (1971-1975) PAL (1975-1988) 576i (SDTV) (2012) |
| Audio format |
Mono (1971-1979) Stereo (1979-1988, 2012) |
| Original release |
Original series:
22 January 2012 – 4 May 2012 |
Young Talent Time was an Australian television variety program produced by Lewis-Young Productions and screened on Network Ten. The original series ran from 1971 until 1988 and was hosted by musician Johnny Young for its entire run. The show was briefly revived by Network Ten in 2012 and was hosted by musician and actor Rob Mills.
The series featured a core group of young performers, in the vein of The Mickey Mouse Club, and a weekly junior talent quest. The "Young Talent Team" performed popular classic songs along with the top hit songs of the day. The original program launched the careers of a number of Australian performers including Jamie Redfern, Tina Arena and Dannii Minogue and spawned numerous hit singles, fifteen Young Talent Time albums, a film, swap cards, boardgames, toys, and numerous Logie Awards.
Young Talent Time was produced as a joint venture by Lewis-Young Productions (the production partnership between host Johnny Young and his friend and colleague Kevin Lewis, one of the directors of Festival Records) and was taped mainly at the studios of ATV-10 in Nunawading, Melbourne although occasional shows were taped at the TEN-10 studios in Sydney or on location.
Many of the episodes from the early- to mid-1970s no longer exist as the tapes were wiped for re-use, being the official Network Ten policy at the time. Some later episodes from the series were repeated by pay TV broadcaster Foxtel in the late 1990s.
On average, 44 episodes were produced per year for 18 years. The episodes were broadcast in black and white from April 1971 to April 1975, thereafter in colour. The final episode aired on 23 December 1988.
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