Editing Johnny Young (section)

===''Young Talent Time''===
In 1970, Young formed a production company with Kevin Lewis (former [[Festival Records]] executive), Lewis-Young Productions, which developed the pop music television show ''Happening '70'' – hosted by Wyllie and later hosted by Jeff Phillips – for the [[ATV (Australia)|ATV-0]] channel, it was subsequently followed by ''[[Happening '71]]'' and ''Happening '72''. Lewis-Young Productions also developed ''[[Young Talent Time]]'' from April 1971, a children's variety show and talent quest with Young as host. Regular cast members were known as the Young Talent Team, the show was a launching pad for several Australian performers including [[Jamie Redfern]], [[Debra Byrne]], [[Dannii Minogue]] and [[Tina Arena]]. The directors were Garry Dunstan and Terry Higgins. Each episode typically ended with Young and the team singing "[[All My Loving]]" as a lullaby. Young established the Johnny Young Talent School for performance arts in 1979, some of its students became contestants and regulars on ''Young Talent Time''. 2004 ''[[Australian Idol]]'' runner-up [[Anthony Callea]] trained with the school, as did the 2008 winner, Wes Carr.<ref name="Miles"/>

As well as producing the television series, Lewis-Young Productions distributed related merchandise including records on their own label (L&Y), books and magazines, a board game and a set of chewing gum cards.<ref name="MemTVYTT"/> In 1972, ''Caravan Holiday'', a short film, featured the original six Young Talent Team members plus two recently recruited new members, Greg Mills (later to be musical director in last years of YTT) and Julie Ryles (who died in early 2011) with cameos by pop star [[John Farnham|Johnny Farnham]] and long term judge [[Evie Hayes]]. Young was cast in multiple cameo roles as a service station attendant, farmer, speed boat attendant and camping park manager.<ref name="TroveYTT"/>

In 1989, Ten Network (formerly ATV-0), axed ''Young Talent Time'' quoting poor ratings against the popular variety series ''[[Hey Hey Its Saturday]]''. Young had committed to building his own television studios to film ''Young Talent Time'' and was forced to sell his family home to finance the debts.<ref name="Miles"/> During the year his stepfather died and, with his mother, he tracked down his biological father. Soon after his mother also died, and his marriage was in trouble.<ref name="Aus Story"/> On 9 March [[Logie Awards of 1990|1990]], Young was inducted into the ''[[TV Week]]'' Logie Awards' [[Logie Award|Hall of Fame]] for "an outstanding and sustained contribution to Australian television."<ref name="LogieHoF"/>

From 24 October 2006, weekly magazine ''[[New Idea]]'' featured articles on Byrne's autobiography, ''Not Quite Ripe'', which alleged that from the age of 12 she was introduced to sex, drugs and alcohol on ''Young Talent Time''.<ref name="Edmonds"/><ref name="Whiting"/> The claims were vigorously denied by Young, he stated that Byrne was already 14 when she started and that drugs were not available on set, "Any drug-taking Debra did, she certainly didn't do it on our show."<ref name="Whiting"/><ref name="Newton"/> He said no-one on the show was aware of her affair with "Michael", a boom operator ten years her senior. According to Byrne the pair had run off together for a weekend when she was 15.<ref name="Whiting"/><ref name="Newton"/> A producer for the show had "Michael" replaced as boom operator.<ref name="Newton"/> Byrne also claimed that her parents knew of her relationship with "Michael".<ref name="Edmonds"/><ref name="Whiting"/>

In 2009, Young indicated that he was in talks with Network Ten to create an updated version of [[Young Talent Time]]. The new series aired on Network Ten from 22 January to 4 May 2012 and was hosted by [[Rob Mills]], with Young serving as executive producer and judge.<ref name="Sydney"/><ref>[http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/08/ten-2012-programming-launch.html TEN 2012 Programming Launch | TV Tonight<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>