Racket (TV series)

Racket was an Australian music television show broadcast by the ABC.[1] It aired after 10pm on Saturday nights leading into Rage.[2] It was presented by James Valentine with Toby Creswell, Stephanie Lewis, Joanne Corrigan and Tim Richie.[3] It was aimed at an audience aged from 25 to 39.[4] It was taken of the air after its initial run of 10 episodes.[5]

Peter Wilmoth of the Age wrote that it "was too self-consciously cool, had no focus or direction".[6]

  1. ^ Bachelard, Michael (1 April 1991), "Racket", The Canberra Times
  2. ^ Powell, Sian (1 April 1991), "Out to make a racket", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ^ Oliver, Robin (15 April 1991), "Racket", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ^ Enker, Debi (28 April 1991), "Music to my (aging)ears", The Age
  5. ^ "Idiot box blues", The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 1991
  6. ^ Wilmoth, Peter (21 August 1994), "The day the music died", The Age