The Don Lane Show

The Don Lane Show was an Australian talk show television series aired on Nine Network in 1975 until 10 November 1983. Don Lane co-hosted the show with Bert Newton.[6]

The Don Lane Show
Genretalk show
Created byDon Lane[1][2][3][4]
Directed byPeter Faiman
Presented byDon Lane
Narrated byPete Smith
Opening themeYou Make It So Easy
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons9
Production
Producer(s)Peter Faiman
Running time90 minutes
Release
Original networkNine Network
Original release8 May 1975 
10 November 1983[5]

The show became one of the greatest talk/variety shows in Australian television history. It aired twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. on the Nine Network and many associate stations across Australia.

The theme "You Make It So Easy" was written by Helen Reddy.[7]

DVD release

On 8 December there were 2 volumes released on 2 discs and again on 7 September 2015 they were re released on 4 discs with new covers. The episodes on the DVDs were from 1981-1983 including the 1983 bushfire appeal and the very last Don Lane show ever.

References

  1. Vale: Don Lane, By David Knox, 22 October 2009, TV Tonight
  2. Flashback: Debbie Reynolds on The Don Lane Show, By David Knox, 29 December 2016, TV Tonight
  3. The Don Lane Show (TV Series 1975–1983), IMDb
  4. The Best of the Don Lane Show (TV Movie 1994), IMDb
  5. David Bowie on the Don Lane Show, BY THORSTEN KAEDING, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
  6. "DON LANE". The Australian Women's Weekly. 45 (26). Australia, Australia. 30 November 1977. p. 31. Retrieved 8 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  7. P.J. Lane on 3AW Remember When. 4 November 2018


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