31 August 1974: Colleen Hewett and Johnny Farnham (It’s Magic)
31 August 1991: Gina Riley, Marg Downey, Steve Vizard, Jane Turner, Magda Szubanski (Fast Forward)
31 August 2002: Georgie Parker (All Saints)
31 August 1979: Melbourne’s ATV0 presents its annual telethon for the Deafness Foundation of Victoria. Newsreader Bruce Mansfield introduces the telethon at 7.30pm Friday, with Annette Allison in the phone room. The telethon continues overnight, with movies filling the hours between 2.00am and 8.00am Saturday morning. The telethon continues through until midnight Saturday night.
31 August 1998: The debut of Seven’s sketch comedy series Something Stupid, starring, written and produced by former Fast Forward stars Marg Downey, Magda Szubanski, Jane Turner and Gina Riley. Like Big Girl’s Blouse before it, Something Stupid featured a series of sketches centred on suburban characters Kath and Kim, that would later evolve into a top-rating stand alone series.
31 August 2008: Nine screens the telemovie Scorched, set in the year 2012 and depicting Sydney as being in the grip of an extended drought, a water supply crisis and multiple bushfires threatening thousands of residents. Scorched stars Cameron Daddo, Anita Hegh, Georgie Parker, Libby Tanner, Bob Morley, Rachael Carpani and Vince Colosimo. On the same night, Seven launches its new lifestyle series The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie.
