# Fun Farm

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1956 Australian TV series or program

Fun Farm Genre Children's television Presented by Pat Mondel Country of origin Australia Original language English Production Producer Pat Mondel Production location TCN-9 Willoughby, New South Wales Original release Network Nine Network Release 29 October 1956 (1956-10-29) – April 1957 (1957-04)

***Fun Farm*** was an early Australian television series. It debuted on 29 October 1956, and was aired live[1] on [Nine Network](/source/Nine_Network) Sydney station [TCN-9](/source/TCN).

Along with the likes of the [Nine Network](/source/Nine_Network) program *[Happy Show](/source/Tarax_Show)* and the [Seven Network](/source/Seven_Network) programs *[Fun Fair](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fun_Fair_(TV_series)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (HSV-7),*[The Judy Jack Show](/source/The_Judy_Jack_Show)* (HSV-7), and *[Captain Fortune Show](/source/Captain_Fortune_Show)* (ATN-7), and the [ABC](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) *[Children's TV Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Children%27s_TV_Club&action=edit&redlink=1)*, it represented an early example of Australian-produced children's television programming. *Fun Farm* ended in April 1957, at which point TCN-9 began another locally produced children series, *[Desmond and the Channel 9-Pins](/source/Desmond_and_the_Channel_9-Pins)*.

The series was aimed at children from ages four to twelve, compered and produced by Pat Mondel, who received more than 3000 letters from children during the first few weeks of the program.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Disneyland here next year"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40952288). *[The Australian Women's Weekly](/source/The_Australian_Women's_Weekly)*. Vol. 24, no. 14. 5 September 1956. p. 45. Retrieved 19 June 2013 – via National Library of Australia.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["TELEVISION PARADE"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55474332). *[The Australian Women's Weekly](/source/The_Australian_Women's_Weekly)*. Vol. 24. 5 December 1956. p. 48. Retrieved 19 June 2013 – via National Library of Australia.

## External links

- [*Fun Farm*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3001722/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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