25 July 1970: Rosemary Margan (GTV9 weather presenter) and Stuart Wagstaff (In Melbourne Tonight)

25 July 1981: Gordon Jackson, Helen Morse, Brian Brown (A Town Like Alice)

25 July 1987: Jacki MacDonald and Daryl Somers (Hey Hey It’s Saturday)

25 July 1992: Rebekah Elmaloglou (Home And Away) and Kieren Perkins

25 July 2009: Todd Lasance and Jessica Tovey (Home And Away)

25 July 1990: Noni Hazlehurst, Deidre Rubenstein and Tony Barry star in the documentary-drama Breaking Through (ABC), focusing on the real-life case of Cathy Ann Matthews and her frightening and painful childhood. The physical, emotional and sexual abuse perpetrated by her father was so distressing that she shut it out of her conscious mind for over 40 years.

25 July 1992: The Seven Network begins its coverage of The Games Of The XXV Olympiad with a two-hour preview followed by specials The Torch Of Champions: The History Of The Summer Games and Seoul ’88: 16 Days Of Glory before crossing to Barcelona for live coverage of the Opening Ceremony from 3.30am (AEST).

25 July 1993: After months of planning and numerous working titles, the new sketch comedy series The Comedy Sale debuts on Seven, starring Frank Woodley, Colin Lane, Mikey Robins, Ross Daniels, Daina Reid and the Umbilical Brothers.

25 July 1996: Mike Munro returns with a new series of This Is Your Life on Nine.

25 July 2000: ABC premieres Chequerboard Revisited, a six-part retrospective on the groundbreaking documentary series that ran between 1969 and 1975. The first episode features Peter Bonsall Boone and his partner Peter de Waal, who ‘came out’ as a gay couple in a Chequerboard episode in 1972.

25 July 2005: The Nine Network screens the special The Best of Bert Newton, featuring memorable moments from a career spanning almost five decades.