Tag: All Together Now

On This Day — 22 January

22 January 1959: John D’Arcy (The Teenage Hour) 22 January 1960: Johnny O’Keefe (Six O’Clock Rock) 22 January 1994: Tina Thomsen and Andrew Hill (Home And Away) 22 January 2005: Rebecca Cartwright and Kip Gamblin (Home And Away) 22 January 1991: The debut of Nine’s new comedy series All Together Now, starring Jon English and …

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On This Day — 22 August

22 August 1976: Frank Wilson (The Bluestone Boys) 22 August 1992: Rebecca Gibney (All Together Now) 22 August 1998: Catherine McClements and Colin Friels (Water Rats) 22 August 2009: Rove McManus, Hamish Blake, Andy Lee (Rove) 22 August 1990: ABC documentary Ladies In Line, focuses on the successes and failures of a group of female …

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On This Day — 3 August

3 August 1968: Ed Devereaux (Skippy The Bush Kangaroo) 3 August 1974: Rod Mullinar and Brenda Addie (Bellbird) 3 August 1991: Rebecca Gibney (All Together Now) 3 August 1996: Melissa George and Corey Glaister (Home And Away) 3 August 2002: Georgie Parker (All Saints) 3 August 2002: Claudia Karvan and Samuel Johnson (The Secret Life …

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On This Day — 18 July

18 July 1987: Jason Donovan (Neighbours) 18 July 1992: Jeremy Sims and Ciri Thompson (Chances), Rebecca Gibney (All Together Now), Emily Symons and Vince Martin (Home And Away) 18 July 1998: Belinda Emmett (Home And Away, All Time Greatest Bloopers) 18 July 2009: Jodi Gordon and Bernard Curry (Home And Away) 18 July 1966: The …

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On This Day — 13 July

13 July 1968: Tony Bonner (Skippy The Bush Kangaroo) 13 July 1974: Paul Karo (The Box) 13 July 1985: Ray Martin (Midday With Ray Martin) 13 July 1991: Christopher Truswell (Hey Dad) and Rebecca Gibney (All Together Now) 13 July 1996: Catherine McClements (Water Rats) 13 July 2002: Daisy Puckeridge, Erik Thomson, Georgie Parker (All …

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Obituary: Maxine Klibingaitis

Maxine Klibingaitis, actor from series including Prisoner, Neighbours and Family And Friends, has died at the age of 58. The cause of death has not been given. She was a teenager when she was cast in the ABC series Home in 1983. Her big break came later that year when she debuted as punky and …

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Have a Strictly Ballroom Christmas!

Television.AU wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas. This year’s Christmas flashback takes us back to 1992, when TV Week‘s multi-network Christmas photoshoot took its theme from the year’s biggest movie hit, Strictly Ballroom. Decked out in their tizzy finery were Rachel Blakely (Neighbours), Bruce Roberts (Home And Away), Steven Jacobs (All Together Now), Gia Carides …

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Obituary: Tommy Dysart

Actor Tommy Dysart, best known from Prisoner and the Yellow Pages “Goggomobil” commercials, has died at the age of 86. One of the first students enrolled at the National Institute Of Dramatic Art (NIDA) when it opened in 1959, Dysart’s acting career began in theatre. He soon made his television debut with a guest role …

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TV Week Logie Awards: 25 years ago

The Nine Network‘s Midday host Ray Martin won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the 35th annual TV Week Logie Awards. The awards were held at Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt Hotel on 19 March 1993 and telecast on Network Ten. For Martin (pictured on TV Week‘s front cover with Silver Logie …

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TV Week Logie Awards: 25 years ago

A Current Affair host Jana Wednt caused an upset when she was not present to accept her Gold Logie at the 34th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Radisson President Hotel. The Nine Network host’s absence was explained to be due to her requiring to stay in the Sydney-based studios after the end of …

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