Tag: Blue Heelers

On This Day — 15 July

15 July 1978: Paul Hogan (The Paul Hogan Show) 15 July 1995: Lisa McCune and John Wood (Blue Heelers) 15 July 2000: Caroline Craig, John Wood, Jane Allsop (Blue Heelers) 15 July 2006: Tammy MacIntosh and Peter Phelps (All Saints) 15 July 1958: The play Murder Story, based on the real-life murder of a London …

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On This Day — 12 July

12 July 1969: Ted Hamilton, Chuck Faulkner, Gerard Kennedy (Division 4) 12 July 1975: Serge Lazareff, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Gus Mercurio (Cash And Company) 12 July 1975: Joe Hasham, Margaret Laurence, Pamela Gibbons (Number 96) 12 July 1980: Gerard Maguire and Sheila Florance (Prisoner) 12 July 1997: Tempany Deckert and Ben Unwin (Home And Away) 12 …

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On This Day — 3 July

3 July 1971: Dolly and Bob Dyer (BP Pick-A-Box) 3 July 1976: Paul Hogan (The Paul Hogan Show) 3 July 1993: Melissa George and Dieter Brummer (Home And Away) 3 July 1999: Lisa McCune and Paul Bishop (Blue Heelers) 3 July 2004: Jane Allsop (Blue Heelers) 3 July 2010: Claire Winton Burn, Matt Preston, Jonathan …

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On This Day — 29 June

29 June 1974: Joe Hasham (Number 96) and Paul Karo (The Box) 29 June 1991: Gina Riley, Marg Downey, Jane Turner, Steve Blackburn, Magda Szubanski (Fast Forward) 29 June 1996: Tasma Walton and Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers) 29 June 2002: Ditch Davey and Caroline Craig (Blue Heelers) 29 June 1987: Nine begins a re-run of …

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On This Day — 25 June

25 June 1983: Cornelia Frances and Brian Blain (Sons And Daughters) 25 June 1988: Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan (Neighbours) 25 June 1994: Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers) 25 June 2005: Jason Smith and Isabel Lucas (Home And Away)

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On This Day — 19 June

19 June 1965: Graham Kennedy (In Melbourne Tonight) 19 June 1976: Graeme ‘Shirley’ Strachan 19 June 1982: Mike Walsh and Mike ‘Shirley’ Williams (The Mike Walsh Show) 19 June 1999: Ben Unwin and Kimberley Cooper (Home And Away) 19 June 2004: Jane Allsop and Martin Sacks (Blue Heelers)

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On This Day — 4 June

4 June 1960: ABC launches its Hobart station — ABT2. This completes the roll-out of ABC television to every state capital city: TV comes to Hobart. 4 June 2006: After 12 years, the final episode of Blue Heelers is given a prime timeslot of 8.30pm Sunday. The series comes to an end after 510 episodes …

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Obituary: Mary Fitzgerald (Parker)

Mary Fitzgerald, one of the first TV presenters on Melbourne television, has died in hospital in Melbourne after a short illness, surrounded by family. Born Mary Parker in England, she grew up in Melbourne after her family relocated to Australia. One of her brothers was Michael Parker, who went on to be private secretary for …

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Obituary: Maxine Klibingaitis

Maxine Klibingaitis, actor from series including Prisoner, Neighbours and Family And Friends, has died at the age of 58. The cause of death has not been given. She was a teenager when she was cast in the ABC series Home in 1983. Her big break came later that year when she debuted as punky and …

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Obituary: Terry Norris

Terry Norris, veteran actor and former state politician, has died at the age of 92. His early acting career was in the theatre, first at Melbourne’s Tivoli before going to the United Kingdom, where he stayed for over a decade. It was there that he met his future wife, Julia Blake, and the pair would …

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