In 2013, Television.AU and TV Tonight collaborated to chronicle the longest-running shows still on-air in Australia. Now, ten years on, we’re revisiting that list, adding new entries and acknowledging those which have since taken their leave. DK: David Knox, TV Tonight AB: Andrew Bayley, Television.AU Australia’s Longest Running TV Shows: Pt 1 Australian Story, ABC …
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Dec 31 2022
2022: The Big Reset
It seems that 2022 will be best remembered for holding a giant re-set of some of our biggest TV names and shows, as some of our highest-profile presenters have decided to call it a day — either temporarily or perhaps longer term. It is hard to recall a year where so many key personalities have …
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May 22 2022
Obituary: Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones, a veteran of over 50 years at ABC television and radio, died last week following a fall at her Sydney home. She was 84. Raised in the NSW country town of Murrurundi, Jones first joined ABC in Canberra in 1963 as an announcer and the following year became host of magazine program Canberra …
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Oct 01 2020
Australian Story — Rory O’Donoghue
Rory O’Donoghue was an actor, musician, composer and performer best known from sketch comedy series The Aunty Jack Show in the 1970s. What was less known about his life was his long-standing and complex mental health challenges. He was eventually being diagnosed with schizo-affective and bi-polar disorder. In 2017, he was admitted to a Sydney …
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Mar 01 2019
Obituary: Mike Willesee
Veteran journalist and producer Mike Willesee has died at the age of 76. He been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2016. Perth-born Willesee was the son of politician Don Willesee. His TV career started as a reporter and presenter of Four Corners and This Day Tonight for the ABC back in the 1960s (pictured), and …
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Jul 01 2018
TV Week Logie Awards: 10 years ago
Former Home And Away star Kate Ritchie won her second TV Week Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality On Australian TV at the 50th annual TV Week Logie Awards. The awards were held on 4 May 2008 at Melbourne’s Crown Palladium and telecast on the Nine Network. The 50th annual awards marked some significant changes …
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Nov 03 2017
Mike Willesee on Australian Story
Veteran television journalist, presenter and producer Mike Willesee is profiled in next Monday’s edition of Australian Story. In the first of a two-part episode titled Behind The Mask, Australian Story looks back at the 50 year career of the first of a generation of Willesees to grace our screens as he faces his greatest challenge — …
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