GTV 9 Melbourne: Graham Kennedy demonstrates Colour TV

Before C-Day was even on the horizon, Australian TV’s biggest stars were already experimenting with colour – some more successfully than others. At the 1968 Royal Melbourne Show, GTV 9 (Nine Network) introduced The King himself, Graham Kennedy, as the ‘King of Colour.’ In true Kennedy fashion, he took the job literally, slapping three bold stripes of paint onto a white wall – completely missing the mark on how colour television actually worked. It was messy, ridiculous and a fitting preview of the future of Australian television.