(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article features names and images of people who have died)
17 July 1976: Daryl Braithwaite
17 July 1976: Justine Saunders (Number 96)
17 July 1993: Gavin Harrison and Kym Wilson (A Country Practice)
17 July 1999: Alan Fletcher and Nicola Charles (Neighbours)
17 July 2004: Carla Bonner and Stephen Lovatt (Neighbours)
17 July 2010: Marion Grasby and Matt Preston (MasterChef Australia)
17 July 1963: GTV9’s In Melbourne Tonight presents a special edition — In Yallourn Tonight — hosted from Kernot Hall in the regional town of Yallourn in Gippsland.
17 July 1969: The Nine Network premieres quiz show The Big Nine, hosted by Athol Guy. This is followed by Today The Moon, Kevin Sanders‘ one-hour special previewing the Apollo 11 moon landing, including pre-recorded interviews with the astronauts and covering their final pre-launch testing — Bringing Apollo 11 to television [2019]
17 July 1990: SBS premieres weekly sports program, The Sports Machine, hosted by Les Murray and a team of reporters looking at the playing fields, dressing rooms and board rooms of sporting clubs around Australia.
17 July 1991: Aussie ex-pat and British TV presenter Clive James returns to Sydney after 30 years for a one-hour special, Clive James – Postcard From Sydney (ABC).
17 July 1995: David Reyne and Tracy Grimshaw (pictured) host the debut of the new-look Midday (Nine)
17 July 2000: The Nine Network premieres cooking show Fresh Cooking With The Australian Women’s Weekly, hosted by Jason Roberts. The Seven Network premieres two-part mini-series The Potato Factory, based on the novel by Bruce Courtenay. Starring Lisa McCune, Ben Cross, Sonia Todd, Robert Grubb, Di Smith, Linal Haft, Johnny Lockwood and Annie Byron. The Nine Network‘s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire presents a celebrity special edition, featuring contestants Nicole Livingstone, Jimeoin, Red Symons, Rachel Griffiths, Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Sam Newman.
17 July 2002: The Nine Network premieres crime drama Young Lions, starring Penny Cook, Alex Dimitriades, Anna Lise Phillips, Alexandra Davies and Tom Long.
17 July 2007: The Seven Network premieres factual series RSPCA Animal Rescue. The Nine Network premieres travel/adventure series Things To Try Before You Die, featuring Gary Sweet, Livinia Nixon and Jules Lund.
