Dig We Must

Dig We Must was an Australian music television show broadcast by the ABC in 1966.^[1] Hosted by Bobby & Laurie it began on August 26.^[2]^[3] The half hour show^[4]^[5] was produced by Barry Langford and aimed at a teenage audience.^[6] Filmed in Melbourne it featured a 14 piece band, dancers and guest singers mixed in with comedy sketches.^[7] Monitor in The Age called it an "essay on erotic".^[8] Valda Marshall of The Sydney Morning Herald it relied "too heavily on the same tired old formula" of other shows like Hullabaloo.^[9]

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^ Hay, John (30 August 1966). "Steptoe parallel". The Canberra Times.
^ Criticus (19 August 1966). "Dig you must". The Australian Jewish News.
^ Criticus (26 August 1966). "New show tonight". Queanbeyan Age.
^ "Digging Fridays". The Age. 11 August 1966.
^ Monitor (24 September 1966). "The next decade of television". The Age.
^ Heyman, Maureen (7 September 1966). "Bobby and Laurie - and a big band". The Australian Women's Weekly.
^ Marshall, Valda (26 August 1966). "A show for 2 longhairs". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Monitor (24 September 1966). "The next decade of television". The Age.
^ Marshall, Valda (4 September 1966). "A tired old formula". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[1] Hay, John (30 August 1966). "Steptoe parallel". The Canberra Times.

[2] Criticus (19 August 1966). "Dig you must". The Australian Jewish News.

[3] Criticus (26 August 1966). "New show tonight". Queanbeyan Age.

[4] "Digging Fridays". The Age. 11 August 1966.

[5] Monitor (24 September 1966). "The next decade of television". The Age.

[6] Heyman, Maureen (7 September 1966). "Bobby and Laurie - and a big band". The Australian Women's Weekly.

[7] Marshall, Valda (26 August 1966). "A show for 2 longhairs". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[8] Monitor (24 September 1966). "The next decade of television". The Age.

[9] Marshall, Valda (4 September 1966). "A tired old formula". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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