Tag: Certain Women

On This Day — 25 August

25 August 1973: Leonard Teale (Seven Little Australians) 25 August 1979: Peter Adams, Terence Donovan, Lynda Stoner (Cop Shop) 25 August 1990: Nicolle Dickson (Home And Away) 25 August 2001: Suzie Wilks (Changing Rooms) 25 August 2007: Home And Away, Sea Patrol, McLeod’s Daughters 25 August 1970: Seven screens the short film No Roses For …

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On This Day — 21 July

21 July 1973: Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell (Homicide) 21 July 1973: Tanya Halesworth and Susan Peacock (No Man’s Land) 21 July 1979: Terry Norris, Louise Philip, Greg Ross (Cop Shop) 21 July 1979: Don Lane and Bert Newton (The Don Lane Show) 21 July 1984: Rowena Wallace (Sons And Daughters) 21 July 1990: Simone Buchanan (Hey Dad), …

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On This Day — 16 June

16 June 1973: Pamela Stephenson (Ryan) 16 June 1979: Eric Oldfield, Kerri Eichhorn and Judy Lynne (The Young Doctors) 16 June 1990: Josephine Mitchell and Craig McLachlan (Home And Away) 16 June 2001: Kimberley Cooper and Tammin Sursok (Home And Away) 16 June 1976: Includes Certain Women, Casino 10, The Celebrity Game, The Don Lane …

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No Man’s Land

The Seventies not only saw the increase in female representation in dramas — with ABC‘s Certain Women creating Australia’s first all-female lead cast — but it also saw female viewers better served in daytime viewing. The Mike Walsh Show, which debuted in February 1973, took the traditional tonight show format and transplanted it into a …

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On This Day — 11 June

11 June 1988: Christopher Truswell (Hey Dad!) 11 June 1994: Melissa George (Home And Away)   Monday 11 June 1973: Tanya Halesworth fronts the new daytime current affairs program No Man’s Land, from GTV9, Melbourne, targetted towards female viewers. TCN9 later launches a short-lived Sydney-based program of the same name, though the Melbourne-based original eventually …

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ABC’s Certain Women

Fifty years ago, ABC‘s Certain Women marked a shift in putting the primary focus in Australian television drama on women. Up until then, Australian television drama was largely male-dominated. Indeed, it was not until 1972 that the TV Week Logie Awards sought to add a category for Best Actress. Although serials like Motel, Bellbird and …

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Classic TV Guides: Skippy

Skippy The Bush Kangaroo, possibly Australian television’s first major television export, made its Australian debut in Sydney and Melbourne on 5 February 1968. Ninety-one episodes over three series were made between 1966 and 1969. Following the adventures of the Waratah National Park ranger’s youngest son, Sonny Hammond (Garry Pankhurst), and his ultra-intuitive marsupial companion, Skippy …

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Classic TV Guides: Homicide Squad

  In May 1981, the Seven Network and Crawford Productions had announced plans to produce a new Sydney-based crime drama, The Squad, with a telemovie pilot soon to go into production. It was heralded as the first Sydney-based series from the Melbourne-based Crawford empire, which had several successful cop dramas under its belt by this …

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Obituary: Ron Graham

Ron Graham, actor on stage, film and television, has died peacefully at the age of 93. Born in England, Graham started performing when he joined the circus at the age of 16. After completing National Service, he enrolled in a drama course and then came to Australia. For the next 20 years he worked mainly …

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40 years of Prisoner

It is 40 years ago this week that Prisoner first graced our screens, and a thankful 0-10 Network was relieved to have a ratings hit. In an era where it was almost mandatory for a commercial network to have two hit soaps on the go, the struggling network had teen drama The Restless Years and …

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