Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I've had this Beta cassette for years. In the interests of posterity, I've uploaded it in its entirety. If the copyright holders (either Channel 7 or Channel 10, I'm not sure who - they switched in 1987) want this video removed, I will remove it. I am not monetising the content.
My capture rig started to struggle around 2:21:00. I restarted the capture at the start of the ad break, so there's a glitch there. The video was played on a Sanyo Betacord VTC-9300P and stabilised with a Key West Big Voodoo TBC. I've upscaled it to 720p at 50 fps to try to emulate how it looks on a CRT.
See how long you can stick with it!
0:00:00 Ads
0:00:34 News break - Bruce McAvaney & Keith Martyn
0:01:43 Ads
0:06:23 Special Presentation
0:07:00 Royal Charity Performance
0:10:03 Barry Crocker
0:13:58 Ads
0:16:29 Barry Crocker - Opening monologue
0:19:28 Laura Mitchell - Another Suitcase in Another Hall
0:23:07 John O'May - And the Money Kept Rolling In
0:27:48 Ads
0:30:22 Christie Allen - He's My Number One
0:33:29 Christie Allen - Don't Put Out the Flame
0:36:40 Ads
0:38:13 Sir Robert Helpmann
0:44:31 Emily Jeffries - Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu
0:51:20 Jane Peters - Kroll - Banjo and Fiddle
0:55:01 Ads
0:58:22 The Australian Dance Theatre - Vangelis - Pulstar
1:05:18 Thomas Edmonds - Serenade from the Student Prince
1:09:25 Ads
1:13:38 Julie Anthony - Fame (and impressions)
1:30:13 End of Act 1 - Ads
1:33:15 Tommy Tycho
1:37:29 David Adkins Dancers
1:40:41 Ads
1:43:11 Kamahl
1:56:10 Ads
1:58:53 Colin Curtis - Pembroke Girl's Choir
2:03:12 Barry filling in time
2:06:32 Brian Porter - Annadelle Anthony - Violin
2:11:32 Ads
2:14:00 No Fixed Address - Black Man's Rights
2:20:04 June Bronhill - These are a few of my favourite things
2:21:30 Ads
2:24:28 June Bronhill & Dennis Olsen - Noel Coward - That is the end of the news
2:28:30 Dennis Olsen - Noel Coward - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
2:31:54 June Bronhill - Climb Every Mountain
2:35:39 Ads
2:38:42 Barry Crocker - Camelot
2:47:21 Barry Crocker - closing
2:50:10 Credits
I've had this Beta cassette for years. In the interests of posterity, I've uploaded it in its entirety. If the copyright holders (either Channel 7 or Channel 10, I'm not sure who - they switched in 1987) want this video removed, I will remove it. I am not monetising the content.
My capture rig started to struggle around 2:21:00. I restarted the capture at the start of the ad break, so there's a glitch there. The video was played on a Sanyo Betacord VTC-9300P and stabilised with a Key West Big Voodoo TBC. I've upscaled it to 720p at 50 fps to try to emulate how it looks on a CRT.
See how long you can stick with it!
0:00:00 Ads
0:00:34 News break - Bruce McAvaney & Keith Martyn
0:01:43 Ads
0:06:23 Special Presentation
0:07:00 Royal Charity Performance
0:10:03 Barry Crocker
0:13:58 Ads
0:16:29 Barry Crocker - Opening monologue
0:19:28 Laura Mitchell - Another Suitcase in Another Hall
0:23:07 John O'May - And the Money Kept Rolling In
0:27:48 Ads
0:30:22 Christie Allen - He's My Number One
0:33:29 Christie Allen - Don't Put Out the Flame
0:36:40 Ads
0:38:13 Sir Robert Helpmann
0:44:31 Emily Jeffries - Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu
0:51:20 Jane Peters - Kroll - Banjo and Fiddle
0:55:01 Ads
0:58:22 The Australian Dance Theatre - Vangelis - Pulstar
1:05:18 Thomas Edmonds - Serenade from the Student Prince
1:09:25 Ads
1:13:38 Julie Anthony - Fame (and impressions)
1:30:13 End of Act 1 - Ads
1:33:15 Tommy Tycho
1:37:29 David Adkins Dancers
1:40:41 Ads
1:43:11 Kamahl
1:56:10 Ads
1:58:53 Colin Curtis - Pembroke Girl's Choir
2:03:12 Barry filling in time
2:06:32 Brian Porter - Annadelle Anthony - Violin
2:11:32 Ads
2:14:00 No Fixed Address - Black Man's Rights
2:20:04 June Bronhill - These are a few of my favourite things
2:21:30 Ads
2:24:28 June Bronhill & Dennis Olsen - Noel Coward - That is the end of the news
2:28:30 Dennis Olsen - Noel Coward - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
2:31:54 June Bronhill - Climb Every Mountain
2:35:39 Ads
2:38:42 Barry Crocker - Camelot
2:47:21 Barry Crocker - closing
2:50:10 Credits
