Tag: The Paul Hogan Show

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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On This Day — 16 February

16 February 1974: Paul Hogan (The Paul Hogan Show) 16 February 1980: Marcia Hines 16 February 1980: Rebecca Gilling and Margaret Laurence (The Young Doctors) 16 February 1980: Bob Dyer and Bert Newton 16 February 1991: Rebekah Elmaloglou (Home And Away) 16 February 2002: Georgie Parker and Erik Thomson (All Saints) 16 February 2008: Kate Ritchie …

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On This Day — 1 September

1 September 1979: Sam Neill and Susan Hannaford (The Sullivans) 1 September 1990: Georgie Parker and John Tarrant (A Country Practice) 1 September 2001: Conrad Coleby, Libby Tanner, Robert Coleby (All Saints) 1 September 2007: Kate Ritchie (Home And Away) 1 September 1974: The Paul Hogan Show special airs on Seven in Sydney and Melbourne, …

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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 — 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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Obituary: Bert Newton

Bert Newton, one of the pioneers and enduring personalities of Australian television, has died at the age of 83. He had been in hospital for several months and went into palliative care recently following complications from recent surgery to have a leg amputated. Born in 1938, Newton started in radio when still a teenager, becoming …

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Obituary: John Cornell

John Cornell, filmmaker, actor and director, has died at the age of 80. He passed away peacefully, ending a 20-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, with his wife, Delvene Delaney, and eldest daughter by his side at his home in Byron Bay. Born in Kalgoorlie in 1941, he worked at Perth’s Daily News newspaper before becoming …

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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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The 6th AACTA Awards

Wentworth, Rake, The Kettering Incident and Molly were among the winners in the television categories of the 6th AACTA Awards. The awards were held at The Star Event Centre in Sydney Wednesday night and telecast on the Seven Network. Wentworth won two awards, including the AACTA Award For Best Television Drama Series. ABC‘s Rake also …

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40 years since The Sullivans

Every now and then a TV network will knock back a proposal, only to see it get picked up and become a success elsewhere. One of those programs was a World War II drama called The Sullivans. The concept had been offered by Crawford Productions to the Seven Network, which declined to pick it up. With …

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