October 2023 archive

Obituary: Les Dayman

Les Dayman, actor best known for his stage and television work, including leading roles in Homicide and E Street, has died at the age of 85. His first TV roles were in plays Weather At Pinetop and Dark Corridor, both produced by ABC in Adelaide. This was followed in 1966 by his first major TV role …

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Radio network bids for SCA takeover

ARN Media, owner of radio networks including KIIS, Pure Gold (WSFM, Gold 104.3, Cruise 1323) and CADA, alongside private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners (ACP), has made a non-binding offer to acquire Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), which it has valued at $330 million. SCA operates a national radio network, largely comprising the Hit and Triple …

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Classic TV Guides: War And Peace

Prokofiev’s adaptation of Tolstoy’s War And Peace was the first opera to be performed at the Sydney Opera House, fifty years ago. With a cast led by Tom McDonnell (winner of TV series Showcase in 1965 ahead of a professional opera career including the British production of War And Peace in London in 1972), Eilene …

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Obituary: Cal Wilson

Comedian, writer, TV host and actor Cal Wilson has died in hospital in Sydney after a short illness. She was 53. Having established a successful profile in her native New Zealand, she came to Australia in 2003 after winning Best Newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2001. As well as her stand-up comedy …

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