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On This Day — 28 August

28 August 1958: Panda Lisner (In Melbourne Tonight) 28 August 1959: Johnny O’Keefe (Six O’Clock Rock) 28 August 1965: Pop star Normie Rowe 28 August 1976: Victoria Quilter and Lucky Grills (Bluey) 28 August 1982: Rowena Wallace (Sons And Daughters) 28 August 1993: Cathy Godbold (Newlyweds) 28 August 1999: Jesse Spencer and Brooke Satchwell (Neighbours) …

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On This Day — 21 August

21 August 1959: Graham Kennedy (In Melbourne Tonight) 21 August 1976: Michael Charlton, Robert Moore, David Flatman, Caroline Jones, John Temple, Mike Willesee (Four Corners) 21 August 1982: Bert Newton (The Don Lane Show, New Faces) 21 August 1993: Gavin Harrison and Rebekah Elmaloglou (A Country Practice) 21 August 2004: Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Neighbours) 21 August …

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On This Day — 18 August

18 August 1962: Graham Kennedy (In Melbourne Tonight) 18 August 1973: Bill Peach (This Day Tonight) 18 August 1979: Peter Lochran (The Young Doctors) 18 August 1979: Steven Tandy, Norman Yemm, Richard Morgan (The Sullivans) 18 August 1990: Rebekah Elmaloglou (Home And Away) 18 August 2001: Kimberley Cooper and Kate Ritchie (Home And Away) 18 …

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On This Day — 6 August

6 August 1959: Bert Newton (In Melbourne Tonight) 6 August 1983: Paula Duncan and John Orcsik (Cop Shop) 6 August 1994: Ann Burbook (Blue Heelers) 6 August 2005: Blair McDonough and Marisa Warrington (Neighbours) 6 August 1964: ATV0’s first Thursday includes the premiere of another current affairs program, The Pacemakers, hosted by station newsreader Barry …

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On This Day — 4 August

4 August 1960: Footballer Ted Whitten and Joy Fountain (In Melbourne Tonight) 4 August 1973: Graham Kennedy (The Graham Kennedy Show) 4 August 1979: Andrew McFarlane (Jovan: The John Sullivan Story) 4 August 1990: Georgie Parker and John Tarrant (A Country Practice) 4 August 2001: Reality TV stars 4 August 2007: Mark Furze and Indiana …

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TV Week Logie Awards: 25 years ago

It was a second Gold Logie in a row for Blue Heelers star Lisa McCune at the 40th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Complex on 19 April 1998. She won the award ahead of her fellow nominees — Midday host Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Logies host Daryl Somers, A Current Affair host …

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On This Day — 17 July

17 July 1976: Daryl Braithwaite 17 July 1976: Justine Saunders (Number 96) 17 July 1993: Gavin Harrison and Kym Wilson (A Country Practice) 17 July 1999: Alan Fletcher and Nicola Charles (Neighbours) 17 July 2004: Carla Bonner and Stephen Lovatt (Neighbours) 17 July 1963: GTV9’s In Melbourne Tonight presents a special edition — In Yallourn …

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On This Day — 11 July

11 July 1962: Panda Lisner (The Happy Show) 11 July 1964: Graham Kennedy (In Melbourne Tonight), Jimmy Hannan (Saturday Date), Gerry Gibson (Tonight, Brisbane), Lionel Williams (Adelaide Tonight) 11 July 1992: Emily Symons (Home And Away) 11 July 2009: Eloise Mignon and James Sorensen (Neighbours)

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On This Day — 22 June

22 June 1974: Bert Newton and Patti McGrath 22 June 1985: Daryl Somers (Hey Hey It’s Saturday, Blankety Blanks) and Julie da Costa 22 June 1991: Jacki MacDonald (Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show) and Gina Riley (Fast Forward) 22 June 1965: Includes The Magic Circle Club, Homicide, In Melbourne Tonight, Beauty And The Beast and …

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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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