17 January 1998: Kristy Wright, Nic Testoni, Kate Ritchie, Ben Unwin (Home And Away)
17 January 2004: Georgie Parker (All Saints)
17 January 2009: Jodi Gordon and Paul O’Brien (Home And Away)
17 January 1988: The movie-length pilot of Home And Away screens on Seven, with the series’ half-hour episodes commencing the next night. The pilot cast included Roger Oakley, Vanessa Downing, Alex Papps, Helena Bozich, Kate Ritchie, Adam Willits, Sharyn Hodgson, Sheila Kennelly, Ray Meagher, Judy Nunn, Gwen Plumb, Frank Lloyd, Norman Coburn and Nicolle Dickson.
17 January 1991: Much of the day’s pre-planned schedules from all networks are abandoned with the outbreak of war in the Persian Gulf and networks switching to continuous news coverage – in particular the Ten Network makes much of its connection to US network CNN, relaying the news channel through most of the day and over subsequent days, and continuing its regular overnight broadcast.
17 January 1994: Actor Noah Taylor and performer Debra Byrne are special guests on the first episode of Kate Ceberano‘s Ceberano And Friends (ABC).
17 January 2000: ABC debuts its new evening serial, Something In The Air, airing Monday to Thursday at 6.30pm. The series, set in the rural town of Emu Plains, starred Frankie J Holden, Kate Fitzpatrick, Anne Phelan, Ray Barrett, Ullie Birve, Eric Bana, Roger Oakley, Danielle Carter, Colin Moody, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Mariel McClory, Melita Jurisic and Steven Adams.
