Cover: Nicolle Dickson (Home And Away) and husband James Bell. Packing a punch! SBS has assembled some of Australia’s top writing, directing and acting talent for its upcoming drama series Six Pack. The series of six self-contained stories is the first local drama production to come from the network since the 1987 mini-series Always Afternoon. …
April 2012 archive
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Apr 27 2012
Ballarat television turns 50
It was at 7.00pm on Friday, 27 April 1962 that Ballarat’s first television station – BTV6 – made its first official broadcast. The channel was the fourth regional station to launch in Victoria and marked the completion of the first stage of the roll-out of commercial television in regional Victoria. (The second stage, started in …
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Apr 25 2012
Cable signalled a new era in television
It was fifty years ago this month that saw the completion of the installation of the coaxial cable between Sydney and Melbourne, via Canberra. The cable was a major milestone in Australia’s developing communications infrastructure. It was five years in the making and cost £5 million to complete. Its prime purpose was to boost the …
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Apr 16 2012
The 54th TV Week Logie Awards
Comedian Hamish Blake (pictured) was last night (Sunday) awarded the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the 54th annual TV Week Logie Awards. There was also celebration for Blake and his comedy cohort Andy Lee with their program Hamish And Andy’s Gap Year also winning a Logie for Most Popular Light …
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Apr 15 2012
TV Week Logie Awards: 10 years ago
All Saints star Georgie Parker was awarded the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the 44th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Complex on Sunday, 28 April 2002, and televised on the Nine Network. It was Parker’s second Gold Logie, having also won the publicly-voted award the …
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Apr 15 2012
TV Week Logie Awards: 25 years ago
Midday host Ray Martin was awarded the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the 29th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Hyatt on Collins Hotel on Friday, 3 April 1987. The Gold Logie comes two years after Martin made the risky decision to move away from top-rating current affairs …
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Apr 15 2012
TV Week Logie Awards: 50 years ago
Tommy Hanlon Jnr (pictured), the American-born host of the daytime game show It Could Be You, and entertainer Lorrae Desmond were the winners of the Gold Logies at the 4th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Chevron Hotel on Saturday, 31 March 1962. It was the first time that the Gold Logie was …
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Apr 14 2012
Maintaining the Rage for 25 years
Next week it will be quarter of a century since ABC launched its first venture into all-night transmission with the debut of music video program Rage. Debuting on Friday night, 17 April 1987, Rage was part of the generational change in the programming of popular music on television. Studio-based programs like Countdown and Sounds were …
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Apr 13 2012
How much is that Logie up the Gumtree?
It was only a couple of months ago that a Gold Logie was open for bids on Ebay… before the item was removed from sale and the Award organisers, TV Week, considered legal action. Now, with the presentation of the 54th annual TV Week Logie Awards just around the corner, the item (pictured) has resurfaced …
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Apr 11 2012
1992: April 12-18
Hello, baby… and goodbye to Wandin Valley!The birth of James Gardner Tyler in A Country Practice will mark the end of an era as his parents Matt (John Tarrant) and Lucy (Georgie Parker, pictured) depart Wandin Valley with their newborn to start a new life in Vietnam. For Parker, there are no regrets about moving …
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