Tag: Homicide

Class Of ’74 turns 50

Fifty years ago was a professional turning point for TV producer Reg Grundy. Grundy, a former radio announcer, had built his TV production empire largely on game and panel shows — many being local adaptations of formats developed overseas. It was a successful strategy but the genre was losing favour with the networks which could …

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On This Day — 18 March

18 March 1964: Bill Collins (Sunnyside Up) 18 March 1978: Florence Henderson (The Brady Bunch) and Graham Kennedy (Blankety Blanks) 18 March 1978: Paul Cronin, Richard Morgan, Susan Hannaford (The Sullivans) 18 March 2000: Anne Charleston, Kym Valentine, Dan Paris, Melissa Bell (Neighbours) 18 March 2006: Jason Smith and Isabel Lucas (Home And Away) 18 …

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On This Day — 11 March

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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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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On This Day — 19 February

19 February 1972: Leonard Teale (Homicide) 19 February 1977: Grahame Bond and Rory O’Donoghue (The Off Show) 19 February 1994: Kym Wilson (Video Smash Hits) 19 February 2000: Libby Tanner (All Saints), Krista Vendy (Neighbours), Jane Allsop (Blue Heelers) 19 February 2005: Christie Hayes and Sam Atwell (Home And Away) 19 February 1979: Melbourne’s ATV0 …

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On This Day — 15 February

15 February 1962: Bill Collins (Sunnyside Up) 15 February 1964: Ken Delo (The Delo And Daly Show) 15 February 1975: Abigail (Class Of ’75) 15 February 1975: Gary Day (Homicide) 15 February 1992: Kym Wilson (A Country Practice, Video Smash Hits) 15 February 2003: Vince Colosimo and Claudia Karvan (The Secret Life Of Us) 15 …

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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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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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Obituary: James Davern

James Davern, creator and producer of the long-running series A Country Practice, has died at age 90. Starting his working career in the railways, he went on to become a technician with the Department of Civil Aviation. This led to a technical role with the BBC in London, so when television arrived in Australia he …

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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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