"Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest" was a hosted horror movie show with Ian Bannerman as "Deadly Earnest" screened on TEN-10 Sydney between 22 July 1966 until 8 August 1970.

The series was produced by TEN-10 Sydney between 22 July 1966 until 8 August 1970. The show initially aired at 10:45pm on Firday nights. From 15 August 1967, the show moved to Saturday nights;. The show did not air on 24 March 1967, as it was replaced with the opera "Lucia Di Lammermoor". In 1969 Bannerman release an LP "Deadly Earnest And The Grave Situation - Rave In Peace". Other regional TV stations would later produced their own "Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest".—The Professor