Mar 11 2012
Australian showbusiness has lost one of its true veterans with reports that Ian Turpie has died from cancer at the age of 68. Born in Melbourne in 1943, his career started as a child actor back in the 1950s working in radio and theatre productions. He later moved to television as a performer on variety …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2012/03/obituary-ian-turpie.html
Mar 11 2012
On Tuesday, 13 March at 8.30pm, it will be 40 years exactly since ‘Australian television lost its virginity’ with the premiere of what would become the mother of all soaps – Number 96. It was a series that was unashamedly ‘adults only’ and would give a never-before-seen glimpse at life in suburban Sydney, based around …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2012/03/number-96-in-their-own-words.html
Mar 07 2012
What an awesome foursome! ”I can’t believe I’m here,” says A Country Practice star Georgie Parker as she arrives for the TV Week photo shoot. “I don’t even have my own show!” TV Week has assembled Parker and her three Gold Logie co-nominees – Ray Martin, Jana Wendt and Steve Vizard – for a special …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2012/03/1992-march-8-14.html
Mar 04 2012
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Foxtel has signed a deal with FremantleMedia to re-tell the tale of life inside the fictional Wentworth Detention Centre. The deal, which comes after months of negotiations, is to lead to Wentworth, a modern take on the TV classic Prisoner. To be produced in Melbourne, the new show’s premise …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2012/03/prisoner-re-make-to-focus-on-bea-smith.html
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