15 March 1962: The Allen Brothers (Chris Bell and Peter Allen)

15 March 1967: The Seekers (Bruce Woodley, Athol Guy, Judith Durham, Keith Potger)

15 March 1975: Ernie Sigley (The Ernie Sigley Show)

15 March 1975: Ernie Sigley and Denise Drysdale (The Ernie Sigley Show)

15 March 1992: Andrew Clarke (The New Adventures Of Skippy)

15 March 2003: Claudia Karvan and Vince Colosimo (The Secret Life Of Us)

15 March 2008: Brett Tucker and Kym Valentine (Neighbours)


15 March 1979: ABC debuts ten-part documentary series Marque: A Hundred Years Of Motoring, presented by Peter Wherrett and produced by Andrew Lloyd James.

15 March 1981: The debut of the ABC period drama Outbreak Of Love, starring Rowena Wallace, Tony Bonner, Sigrid Thornton, Jackie Woodburne, Larry Held, Ilona Rodgers, Cornelia Frances, Susannah Fowle, Lewis FitzGerald, Val Lehman, Brendan Lunney and Frank Thring. The series, set in Melbourne in 1913, is based on the novel by Martin Boyd.

15 March 1991: Daryl Somers hosts the 33rd annual TV Week Logie Awards from Melbourne’s World Congress Centre and broadcast nationally through the Nine Network — TV Week Logie Awards: 25 years ago [2016]

15 March 1994: Former ABC host Andrew Denton (pictured) makes his long-awaited debut on Seven with his new late night show, Denton.

15 March 2003: Eddie McGuire, Dennis Cometti, Garry Lyon and Dermott Brereton host Nine‘s coverage of the AFL Wizard Cup Grand Final from Telstra Dome, Melbourne.

15 March 2006: Ray Martin and Liz Hayes host Nine’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the XVIII Commonwealth Games from Melbourne. Daily coverage of Games competition begins the following day on Nine and seven dedicated channels via Fox Sports.

15 March 2009: ABC debuts two-part docu-drama Rogue Nation, covering the stories from the early years of Australian colonialism. Historian Michael Cathcart is joined by a cast including John Wood, John Gregg, Simon Chilvers, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Geoff Morrell, Abe Forsythe, Les Hill, Heather Mitchell, Peter O’Brien and Wayne Pygram.

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