Tag: Bandstand

On This Day — 23 January

23 January 1965: Patricia “Little Pattie” Amphlett (Bandstand) 23 January 1988: Lorrae Desmond, Brian Wenzel, Jo Mitchell (A Country Practice) 23 January 1993: Gia Carides (Police Rescue) 23 January 1999: Dan Paris, Daniel MacPherson, Jesse Spencer (Neighbours) 23 January 2010: Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Jessica Tovey, Wil Traval (Underbelly: The Golden Mile) 23 January 1998: Homegrown Shorts, …

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On This Day — 19 August

19 August 1961: Bob Dyer and Barry Jones (Pick-A-Box) 19 August 1961: Dawn Lake (The Mobil-Limb Show) 19 August 1967: Gita Rivera (Bandstand) 19 August 1978: Paula Duncan and Gil Tucker (Cop Shop) 19 August 1995: Lisa McCune and Martin Sacks (Blue Heelers) 19 August 2000: Bardot (Popstars) 19 August 2006: Aaron Jeffery and Simmone …

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On This Day — 23 July

23 July 1966: Brian Henderson (Bandstand) and wife Mardi 23 July 1977: Garry McDonald (The Garry McDonald Show) 23 July 1988: Kylie Minogue (Neighbours) 23 July 2005: Alexandra Davies and Christopher Gabardi (All Saints) 23 July 1938: Bert Newton is born in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. He began his career in radio in the …

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Classic TV Guides: Fly Wrinklys Fly

In the early 1970s one of Melbourne’s most popular radio stations was 3AK, which played a pop and rock music format accompanied by the slogan “Where No Wrinklys Fly”. The station’s promotions featured pictures of various radical or pop cultural elements, declaring that anyone that turned their noses up at these images was a “wrinkly” …

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Obituary: Brian Henderson

Brian Henderson, for so many years the face of National Nine News in Sydney, has died at the age of 89. Having already beaten melanoma, prostate, bowel and throat cancer over the years, in 2020 he revealed that he had been diagnosed with kidney cancer and chose not to undergo major surgery and to let …

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Obituary: Trisha Noble

Trisha Noble, one of Australia’s first teenage pop stars in the 1960s, has died at the age of 76. Born Patricia Ann Ruth Noble to showbiz parents, comedian Buster Noble and dancer Helen de Paul, she made her stage debut at the age of two. But it was as a teenager that Patsy Ann, as …

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Nine farewells Willoughby studios

This weekend marks the shift of Nine‘s Sydney operations to a new address in North Sydney — ending 64 years at Artarmon Road, Willoughby. The move comes five years after Nine sold the Willoughby site for $147.5 million, with Nine holding a lease while it prepared to move to the new address. The Willoughby studios …

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Obituary: Geoff Harvey

Geoff Harvey, the composer who wrote the soundtrack to some of Australia’s most popular shows, has died at the age of 83. Born in the United Kingdom he came to Australia after World War II and produced records for EMI. He joined Sydney’s TCN9 in the early 1960s. He worked on variety shows like Bandstand, …

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Magda Szubanski in Australia Day Honours

Writer, comedian, actress and activist Magda Szubanski is among the hundreds to be honoured this Australia Day. Szubanski has been awarded Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) “For distinguished service to the performing arts as an actor, comedian and writer, and as a campaigner for marriage equality.” Szubanski started in the comedy series The …

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Obituary: Jimmy Hannan

Jimmy Hannan, one of Australia’s leading stars of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, has died at the age of 84 after a short battle with cancer. Sydney-born Hannan made his TV debut in 1956 as a contestant on Name That Tune, Australia’s first TV game show.  The prize money he won on the show paid …

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