20 August 1989: Craig McLachlan (Neighbours)
20 August 1994: Jo Beth Taylor (Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show)
20 August 2005: Holly Brisley and Chris Hemsworth (Home And Away)
20 August 1974: ABV2, Melbourne, premieres historical drama series Rush, set during the 1850s gold rush. The series makes its Sydney premiere on 29 August. (Almost 20 years later, scenes from Rush were comically dubbed by The Late Show to form a series of sketches called The Olden Days)
20 August 1990: Network Ten premieres Australian series A Waltz Through The Hills, based on the classic children’s novel which tells the story of two children living in a small Western Australian town in 1954.
20 August 1998: ABC premieres children’s series Minty, a co-production with Scottish Television. The final episode of US sitcom Seinfeld screens in a two-hour special on Network Ten.
20 August 2001: ABC presents a 90-minute special edition to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Four Corners — TV At 60: Four Corners [2021]
20 August 2007: The Nine Network premieres children’s game show Sharky’s Friends.
