3 February 1968: Dinah Lee

3 February 1971: Chuck Faulkner, Gerard Kennedy, Frank Taylor, Patricia Smith (Division 4)

3 February 1973: Gerald Stone (With Gerald Stone)

3 February 1990: Justine Clarke (Family And Friends) and Alex Papps (The Flying Doctors)

3 February 2001: Rebecca Cartwright and Tammin Sursok (Home And Away)

3 February 2007: Chris Hemsworth and Amy Mizzi (Home And Away)


3 February 1983: The debut of five-part documentary series Peach’s Gold. Written and presented by Bill Peach (pictured with actors Hugh Keays-Byrne and James Heathmore), each episode presents a dramatised history of gold in Australia, from the earliest discoveries to the gold rush and through to the present day.

3 February 1984: Network Ten and regional stations across Australia link together to launch the National Olympic Telethon, the 26-hour telethon to raise funds to send Australia’s Olympic team to Los Angeles.

3 February 1990: Nine telecasts the last day of competition and the Closing Ceremony from the Commonwealth Games, live from Auckland.

3 February 1992: Ten debuts its new lifestyle/magazine show Healthy Wealthy And Wise, hosted by Jacki MacDonald (pictured) and Ronnie Burns and featuring Iain Hewitson, Ross Greenwood, Jim Brown and Lyn Talbot.

3 February 2004: Barry Crocker hosts the premiere of off-beat talent quest We’ll Call You for The Comedy Channel.

3 February 2004: Ten launches weekly news program TTN, aimed at school-age viewers.

3 February 2008: Ten launches the first Australian series of So You Think You Can Dance, hosted by Natalie Bassingthwaighte with judges Bonnie Lythgoe, Jason Coleman and Matt Lee.

3 February 2009: Kelly Landry, James Brayshaw and Josh Lawson host the debut of Wipeout Australia for Nine.

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