28 April 1973: Johnny and Jill Farnham
28 April 1979: Karen Pini, Paul Hogan, Sue McIntosh (The Paul Hogan Show)
28 April 1990: Linda Hartley and ‘Bouncer‘ (Neighbours)
28 April 2001: Tammin Sursok (Home And Away)
28 April 2007: Paul O’Brien and Jodi Gordon (Home And Away)
28 April 1969: Melbourne’s ATV0 premieres its morning show Fredd Bear’s Breakfast A Go-Go, with Fredd Bear (Tedd Dunn), Judy Banks, Michael McCarthy and Colin McEwan. The show, a mix of cartoons, serials, interviews and sketches, ran for three years.
28 April 1970: On the eve of the 200th anniversary of Captain Cook’s arrival at what is now the east coast of Australia, ABC screens the docu-drama The Infinite Pacific, presenting a re-enactment of Captain Cook’s expedition, which ultimately ended with his death in Hawaii. The special, also featuring reporter Richard Oxenburgh, was filmed in Australia, Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Tonga and San Francisco.
28 April 1987: Network Ten screens John Farnham: Whispering Jack In Concert, recorded at the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre.
28 April 1993: Andrew Denton presents The Topic Of Cancer (ABC), a special in his series The Money Or The Gun, featuring interviews with a group of teenage cancer patients.
28 April 1995: Noni Hazlehurst and Andrew Daddo (pictured) host the 37th annual TV Week Logie Awards, live from the Melbourne Concert Hall — TV Week Logie Awards: 25 years ago [2020]
28 April 2002: Wendy Harmer hosts the 44th annual TV Week Logie Awards from the Crown Palladium, Melbourne — TV Week Logie Awards: 10 years ago [2012]
28 April 2004: SBS premieres six-part documentary series Fine Line, probing journalists on their ethical judgments and how they balance the fine line between privacy, decency and the public’s right to know.
28 April 2008: Darwin’s third commercial TV channel Darwin Digital Television commences transmission — providing the city with a dedicated Network Ten signal for the first time — The Top End scores a Ten [2008]
