Ron Barassi, one of the legends of Australian rules football, has died at the age of 87. He died from complications suffered after a fall. In a football career spanning 40 years he played 254 games, including six premierships, and coached 515. In 1996 he was named in the Australian Football League’s Team Of The …
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Jul 11 2023
On This Day — 11 July
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Jun 13 2023
On This Day — 13 June
13 June 1959: William Job and Henry Gilbert, starring in the ABC‘s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, performed live from the studios of ABN2, Sydney. 13 June 1962: Panda Lisner (The Happy Show) 13 June 1981: Don Lane (The Don Lane Show) 13 June 1998: Ben Unwin and Sara Mumcu (Home And Away) 13 June 1973: …
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Aug 10 2022
Obituary: Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John has died from cancer at the age of 73. Born in England in 1948, she came to Australia with her family at the age of six. While still a teenager she became a regular performer on Melbourne television, appearing on shows like The Happy Show, Time For Terry and Go!! and formed …
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Jan 26 2019
Magda Szubanski in Australia Day Honours
Writer, comedian, actress and activist Magda Szubanski is among the hundreds to be honoured this Australia Day. Szubanski has been awarded Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) “For distinguished service to the performing arts as an actor, comedian and writer, and as a campaigner for marriage equality.” Szubanski started in the comedy series The …
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Jan 01 2019
TV At 60: The first TV Week Awards
It was the issue of TV Week dated 1 January 1959 that announced the winners of the first TV Week Awards — what would become the Logie Awards. During 1958, TV Week had invited Melbourne readers of its magazine to vote for their TV favourites for the year. There was no glamorous ceremony for handing …
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Jan 19 2017
TV At 60: Viewing’s fine on GTV9
In his book Compulsive Viewing, Gerald Stone wrote that Australian television “started first in Sydney, but best in Melbourne.” He was no doubt referring to GTV9, which actually considered itself the underdog when it was the third channel to launch in Melbourne. It would go on to become one of the biggest successes in Australian …
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Nov 18 2014
On TV: 18 November 1964, Melbourne
An ambitious local production of Shakespeare’s Othello (starring Raymond Westwell, pictured) was the highlight of ABC station ABV2‘s program schedule in Melbourne on Wednesday 18 November 1964, as reported in both TV Week and TV Times.. Television that day didn’t kick off until late morning — with the first program of the day being For The Juniors, …
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Jan 14 2014
Revisiting Video Village
For many of a certain age the mention of Video Village will conjure up some fond memories. Video Village was a popular game show of the 1960s, produced by Crawford Productions for HSV7 in Melbourne and screened on a number of interstate stations. Launched in July 1962, Video Village was hosted by “mayor” Danny Webb, a presenter at …
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