Countdown (1974)

Documentary-style special featuring Sherbet recording, performing, and lifestyle footage; filmed on a cruise ship.

Hosted by Greedy Smith at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, 19/5/1985 Featuring live performances by: THE MODELS – Barbados HOODOO GURUS – Like Wow, Wipeout DRAGON – Speak No Evil I’M TALKING – Lead The Way JULIAN LENNON – Say You’re Wrong EUROGLIDERS – We Will Together DYNAMIC HEPNOTICS – Gotta Be Wrong MENTAL AS ANYTHING – Live It Up INXS – Burn For You INXS & JENNY MORRIS – Jackson Guest presenter moments include Brian Mannix coming onstage in a tiny toy car, Meat Loaf coming on stage on a full-size motorcycle, but very slowly and then stalling before he reaches the lectern and dropping the envelope, and Molly rambling about the Beatles and stopping the show in front of a national audience to get Julian Lennon to autograph his copy of the White Album, alongside Paul and Linda and John and Yoko!

In 1974, Countdown burst into loungerooms all over the nation and set the music scene on fire. 50 years on, the ABC is inviting you back to the party to celebrate the little Aussie show that became a global phenomenon.