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On This Day — 6 March

6 March 1958: The Astor Show 6 March 1968: Nancy Cato (Adventure Island) 6 March 1982: Paula Duncan and Nicholas Eadie (Cop Shop) 6 March 1982: Paula Duncan (Cop Shop) 6 March 1988: Judy Nunn, Nicolle Dickson, Vanessa Downing, Alex Papps, Sharyn Hodgson (Home And Away) 6 March 1993: Christopher Gabardi and Annie Jones (Newlyweds) …

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On This Day — 3 March

3 March 1965: Johnny O’Keefe (Sing, Sing, Sing) 3 March 1973: Tony Barber (Temptation / The Great Temptation) and Gail Fisher (Mannix) 3 March 1973: Maurie Fields (Bellbird) 3 March 1979: Joanna Lockwood and Peter Adams (Cop Shop) 3 March 1984: Mike Willesee (Willesee) and Bert Newton (Tonight With Bert Newton) 3 March 1990: Alyce …

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On This Day — 24 February

24 February 1971: Elspeth Ballantyne and Dennis Miller (Bellbird) 24 February 1973: Tony Barber (Temptation / The Great Temptation) 24 February 1979: John Orcsik and Paula Duncan (Cop Shop) 24 February 1979: Peter Lochran, Chris Orchard, Diana McLean (The Young Doctors) 24 February 1990: Simone Buchanan (Hey Dad!) 24 February 1996: Kimberley Davies (Neighbours) 24 …

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The Box at 50

By 1973, Melbourne-based Crawford Productions was at its peak, with long-running police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police and a new series, Ryan, all in production. But television drama was going through a generational change in the 1970s — police and crime shows were falling towards the outer while Number 96, launched in 1972, …

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On This Day — 14 January

14 January 1970: Garry Pankhurst (Skippy The Bush Kangaroo) 14 January 1978: Paula Duncan and George Mallaby (Cop Shop) 14 January 1978: George Mallaby and Rowena Wallace (Cop Shop) 14 January 1995: Jo Beth Taylor (Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show) 14 January 2006: Isabel Lucas and Jason Smith (Home And Away) 14 January 1973: The …

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On This Day — 13 January

13 January 1971: Bob and Dolly Dyer (BP Pick-A-Box) 13 January 1979: Paula Duncan (Cop Shop) 13 January 1990: Craig McLachlan (Home And Away) 13 January 1996: Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers) and Tottie Goldsmith (Fire) 13 January 2001: Beau Brady, Rebecca Cartwright, Ryan Kwanten, Ada Nicodemou, Kylie Watson, Kimberley Davies, Ben Steel (Home And Away) …

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On This Day — 5 January

5 January 1974: ABC Sportsman Of The Year 5 January 1980: Lynda Stoner (Cop Shop) 5 January 1980: ABC Sportsman Of The Year 5 January 1991: Nicolle Dickson (Home And Away) 5 January 2002: Madeleine West, Blair McDonough, Dan Paris, Kym Valentine (Neighbours) 5 January 2008: Kym Valentine and Brett Tucker (Neighbours) 5 January 1986: …

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Obituary: Les Dayman

Les Dayman, actor best known for his stage and television work, including leading roles in Homicide and E Street, has died at the age of 85. His first TV roles were in plays Weather At Pinetop and Dark Corridor, both produced by ABC in Adelaide. This was followed in 1966 by his first major TV role …

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The Wicked City: ill-fated 1880s drama

In 1971, the Seven Network had bold plans for a new “provocative and bawdy” series set in Melbourne in the 1880s. The network had a proposal titled Man Of Property, starring Robin Ramsay, formerly of Bellbird, in the lead role of a strait-laced English doctor living in Melbourne at the end of the gold rush …

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On This Day — 12 September

12 September 1959: Shirlene Clancy, Geoff Hiscock, John D’Arcy (The Teenage Hour) 12 September 1981: Bill Stalker (Cop Shop) 12 September 1992: Sophie Lee (Sex) 12 September 1998: Swimmer Susie O’Neill and Ray Martin (Midday) 12 September 2009: Esther Anderson and Luke Jacobz (Home And Away) 12 September 1971: Nine in Sydney and Melbourne presents …

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