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Obituary: James Elliott

In last Sunday’s TV Week Logie Awards’ tribute to those that have passed away, there was one name that was brought to our attention. Actor James Elliott, best known as “whingeing Pom” Alf Sutcliffe in 1970s drama Number 96, died in February from Lewy body dementia.  He was 82. Born in Scotland, Elliott came to …

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On This Day — 20 January

20 January 1973: James Elliott (Number 96) 20 January 1979: Mike Walsh (The Mike Walsh Show) 20 January 1990: Matt Day (A Country Practice) 20 January 1996: Emma Harrison and Richard Grieve (Neighbours) 20 January 2001: Holly Valance, Madeleine West, Krista Vendy (Neighbours) 20 January 2007: Aaron Jeffery and Simmone Jade Mackinnon (McLeod’s Daughters) 20 …

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On This Day — 12 June

12 June 1976: Mike Preston (The Celebrity Game) 12 June 1999: Catherine McClements and Steve Bisley (Water Rats) Saturday 12 June 1965: Perth’s second commercial TV station, STW9, is officially opened — ending a six-year commercial monopoly held in the city by TVW7. Nine Perth turns 50 [2015] Friday 12 June 1981: Includes the movie …

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TV Week Logie Awards: 25 years ago

Blue Heelers star Lisa McCune won the Gold Logie at the 39th annual TV Week Logie Awards. The presentation, on Sunday 18 May 1997, was hosted by Daryl Somers and held at Melbourne’s new Crown Entertainment Complex. The venue would go on to host the Logies for the following 20 years. The Gold Logie was …

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Number 96 at 50

Number 96, the hit series of the 1970s that changed the course of television, turns 50 years old today. In 1971, the six-year-old 0-10 Network was in a perilous state. Its member stations were struggling to break the dominance of the older Nine and Seven networks and were either compounding financial losses year after year, …

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40 years since Number 96 was bombed!

Forty years ago today, the bomb went off at Number 96 — presenting one of the defining and most oft-remembered moments of Australian television drama. By 1975, after three years captivating audiences and astounding critics, Number 96‘s ratings were on the slide. Viewers had tuned away from the dramatic and comedic adventures of the residents of …

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1994: November 19-25

Talk To The Animals in Africa While filming for Talk To The Animals in Africa, reporter Steve Oemcke was convinced he was going to die when an elephant charged at him. He was using a video camera to tape the crew bravely filming the elephants at close range: “I was filming this elephant, then swinging …

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Number 96 movie’s 40th birthday bash

The Imperial Hotel in Sydney is next month celebrating the movie version of Number 96, forty years after its cinema release. (Update: Tickets now on sale through Ticketbooth) In an era still of black and white TV, the original cinema release of Number 96 in 1974 gave fans of the show their first chance to see the …

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Wednesday 17 June 1959 — SYDNEY

ABC presents the first Australian television adaptations of Shakespeare, with Hamlet broadcast on ABN2, Sydney, and Antony And Cleopatra on ABV2, Melbourne, at the same time. Hamlet is produced live from the ABN2 studios in Gore Hill, Sydney. Source: TV Times, 13 June 1959   ABN2 ATN7 TCN9 6AM 7AM 7.01am News, Weather 7.03 Cartoons …

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Monday 20 March 1972 — BRISBANE

Number 96 makes its Brisbane debut on TVQ0. BTQ7’s The Big News expands to a one-hour format — with the station claiming it to be Australia’s first one-hour newscast. Source: Courier-Mail, 20 March 1972   ABQ2 BTQ7 QTQ9 TVQ0 6AM 7AM 8AM 8am Sesame Street 9AM 9am Play School 9.30 For Schools: Recognition Of Rock …

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