26 April 1962: Ted Hamilton (Revue 62)

26 April 1967: Judy Jacques and Idris Jones (Start Living)

26 April 1975: Bunney Brooke (Number 96)

26 April 1975: Johnny Lockwood and Philippa Baker (Number 96)

26 April 1980: Jon English and Christie Allen (TV Week Rock Music Awards)

26 April 1986: Daryl Somers (Hey Hey It’s Saturday)

26 April 1986: Tony Barber (Sale Of The Century)

26 April 1997: Lisa McCune and Martin Sacks (Blue Heelers)

26 April 2003: Bridie Carter and Brett Tucker (McLeod’s Daughters)

26 April 2008: Dean Geyer, Kym Valentine, Brett Tucker (Neighbours)

26 April 1970: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II‘s Royal Tour message to Australians, recorded in Canberra two days earlier, is broadcast nationally across all networks.

26 April 1985: Greg Evans hosts the 27th annual TV Week Logie Awards from the World Trade Centre, Melbourne.

26 April 1986: The Nine Network screens Dire Straits: The Final Concert, live from the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

26 April 1988: ABC debuts eight-part drama series Stringer, starring Joy Smithers, Lynette Curran, Susan Lyons, Nicholas Papademetriou and Irish actor Derrick O’Connor.

26 April 1995: Ben Mendelsohn, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Douge, Livinia Nixon and Mark Hennessy join Rebecca Gibney in the latest Halifax fp telemovie, My Lovely Girl.

26 April 2010: CBeebies Australia debuts its first Australian commissioned series, Penelope K, By The Way, featuring Amanda Bishop.