11 March 1972: Camilla Rountree and David Phillips (Bellbird) 11 March 1972: Leonard Teale, George Mallaby, Mike Preston, Alwyn Kurts (Homicide) 11 March 1978: Tony Alvarez and Judy McBurney (The Young Doctors) 11 March 1978: Graham Kennedy (Blankety Blanks) 11 March 1989: Jason Donovan (Neighbours) 11 March 1995: Georgie Parker (Fire) and Lisa McCune (Blue …
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Mar 04 2024
On This Day — 4 March
4 March 1967: Les Dayman, Leonard Teale, Jack Fegan (Homicide) 4 March 1970: Kevin Miles (The Link Men) 4 March 1972: Roger Moore (The Saint, The Persuaders), Robert Reed (The Brady Bunch), Gerard Kennedy (Division 4), Juliet Mills (Nanny And The Professor) 4 March 1972: Mike Willesee (A Current Affair) 4 March 1995: Janet Jackson …
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Feb 26 2024
On This Day — 26 February
26 February 1972: Gerard Kennedy (Division 4) 26 February 1977: Norman Yemm (The Sullivans) 26 February 1977: John Cornell and Paul Hogan (The Paul Hogan Show) 26 February 1966: New TV station — SDQ4, Southern Downs, Queensland. 26 February 1975: The ABC sketch comedy special Basically Black features members of the National Black Theatre: Bindi …
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Feb 11 2024
The Box at 50
By 1973, Melbourne-based Crawford Productions was at its peak, with long-running police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police and a new series, Ryan, all in production. But television drama was going through a generational change in the 1970s — police and crime shows were falling towards the outer while Number 96, launched in 1972, …
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Feb 02 2024
On This Day — 2 February
2 February 1961: Susan-Gaye Anderson (The Tarax Show) 2 February 1974: Ted Hamilton (Division 4) 2 February 1980: Karen Petersen, Judy Lynne, Alfred Sandor (The Young Doctors) 2 February 1980: Joanne Samuel and Ken James (Skyways) 2 February 1991: Georgie Parker (A Country Practice) 2 February 1992: Ten launches Bert Newton’s New Faces, reviving the …
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Jan 25 2024
On This Day — 25 January
25 January 1975: Gerard Kennedy (Division 4) 25 January 1975: Peita Toppano, Angela Punch, Sharon Higgins, Gordon Glenwright (Class Of ’75) 25 January 1992: Jana Wendt (A Current Affair) 25 January 1997: Lisa McCune and Martin Sacks (Blue Heelers) 25 January 2003: Aaron Jeffery and Lisa Chappell (McLeod’s Daughters) 25 January 1963: GTV9, Melbourne, in …
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Oct 24 2023
Obituary: Les Dayman
Les Dayman, actor best known for his stage and television work, including leading roles in Homicide and E Street, has died at the age of 85. His first TV roles were in plays Weather At Pinetop and Dark Corridor, both produced by ABC in Adelaide. This was followed in 1966 by his first major TV role …
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Sep 15 2023
On This Day — 15 September
15 September 1973: Gerard Kennedy (Division 4) 15 September 1973: Norman Yemm (Number 96) 15 September 1979: Mike Walsh (The Mike Walsh Show) 15 September 1984: Ray Martin and Jana Wendt (60 Minutes) 15 September 1990: Georgie Parker (A Country Practice) and Craig McLachlan (Home And Away) 15 September 2001: Tammin Sursok, Zac Drayson, Rebecca …
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