12 October 1974: Jeff Kevin (Number 96)
12 October 1991: Richard Huggett and Rachel Blakely (Neighbours); Alan Pentland and Alyce Platt (Fast Forward); Nicolle Dickson, Ryan Clarke, Ross Newton (Home And Away)
12 October 1996: Martin Sacks and Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers)
12 October 2002: Lisa Chappell (McLeod’s Daughters)
12 October 1992: Tonight Live With Steve Vizard (Seven) begins a week of shows presented from New York.
12 October 1994: ABC premieres the five-part documentary series The Liberals — Fifty Years Of The Federal Party. SBS documentary Dream House looks at the experiences of two Chinese students studying in Australia. The Nine Network premieres Obsession, the second in the series of The Feds telemovies, starring Robert Taylor, Angie Milliken, John Bach, Brian Vriends, Jerome Ehlers, Stephen Whittaker and Julia Zemiro.
12 October 1998: The Nine Network premieres comedy series Strassman, featuring American ventriloquist David Strassman.
12 October 2003: ABC premieres the five-part documentary series Love Is In The Air, tracing the story of modern Australian pop music from the 1950s to the present.
12 October 2005: Network Ten premieres sketch comedy series The Ronnie Johns Half Hour.
12 October 2006: ABC premieres the documentary series Life At 1, the first instalment in a series that aims to unlock the secrets of child development by following 11 babies and their families for seven years.
