Tag: TV Week Logie Awards

On This Day — 19 March

19 March 1988: Kylie Minogue (Neighbours) 19 March 1989: George Mallaby, Libby Purvis, Suzy Cato, Daniel Roberts (The Power, The Passion) 19 March 2005: Kip Gamblin, Rebecca Cartwright, Chris Hemsworth (Home And Away) 19 March 2022: Jackie Woodburne and Alan Fletcher (Neighbours) 19 March 1979: Singer Julie Anthony presents her second TV special, Julie Anthony …

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On This Day — 17 March

17 March 1973: Abigail (Number 96) 17 March 1979: Julie Anthony (Julie Anthony On The Gold Coast) 17 March 1990: Rachel Friend and Craig McLachlan (Neighbours) 17 March 2001: Rebecca Cartwright and Beau Brady (Home And Away) 17 March 2007: Rachael Carpani and Jonny Pasvolsky (McLeod’s Daughters) 17 March 1962: New TV Station — CBN8, …

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On This Day — 16 March

16 March 1974: Graham Kennedy (The Graham Kennedy Show) 16 March 1974: Ron Shand and Pat McDonald (Number 96) 16 March 1985: Wendy Strehlow and Grant Dodwell (A Country Practice) 16 March 1991: Daryl Somers and Ossie Ostrich (Hey Hey It’s Saturday) 16 March 1996: Jo Beth Taylor and Daryl Somers (Hey Hey It’s Saturday) …

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On This Day — 15 March

15 March 1962: The Allen Brothers (Chris Bell and Peter Allen) 15 March 1967: The Seekers (Bruce Woodley, Athol Guy, Judith Durham, Keith Potger) 15 March 1975: Ernie Sigley (The Ernie Sigley Show) 15 March 1975: Ernie Sigley and Denise Drysdale (The Ernie Sigley Show) 15 March 1992: Andrew Clarke (The New Adventures Of Skippy) …

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On This Day — 14 March

14 March 1981: Zoe Bertram and Malcolm Thompson (The Restless Years) 14 March 1998: Roslyn Oades, Ben Unwin, Kelly Glaister (Home And Away) 14 March 2009: Tessa James and Lincoln Lewis (Home And Away) 14 March 2020: Ryan Moloney (Neighbours) 14 March 1980: Bert Newton hosts the 22nd annual TV Week Logie Awards from the …

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On This Day — 13 March

13 March 1971: Bert Newton and Patti McGrath 13 March 1993: Lisa Lackey and John Adam (Home And Away) 13 March 2004: Bridie Carter and Myles Pollard (McLeod’s Daughters) 13 March 2010: My Kitchen Rules 13 March 1972: Forever branded as ‘the night Australian television lost its virginity’ as Number 96 makes its debut — …

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Obituary: Mike McColl Jones

Mike McColl Jones, one of television’s leading writers from the golden age of variety, has died at age 86. He was working as a travelling salesman when he scored a trial gig writing jokes for Graham Kennedy on In Melbourne Tonight. What began as a trial went on to become a professional relationship lasting on …

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On This Day — 12 March

12 March 1966: Jimmy Hannan (Jimmy) 12 March 1969: Ty Hardin (Riptide) 12 March 1994: Lisa Lackey (Home And Away) 12 March 1976: Bert Newton hosts the 18th annual TV Week Logie Awards from the Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne. Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald) and Denise Drysdale (The Ernie Sigley Show) win the Gold Logies for …

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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 — 10 March

10 March 1973: James Laurenson (Boney) 10 March 1979: Julieanne Newbould, Michael Smith, Victoria Nicolls (The Restless Years) 10 March 1990: Mark Mitchell (TV Week Logie Awards) 10 March 2007: Amy Mizzi and Chris Hemsworth (Home And Away) 10 March 1967: New TV station — BTW3, Bunbury, Western Australia — GWN7 turns 50 [2017] 10 …

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