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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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On This Day — 27 August

27 August 1977: Brian Bury (National Nine News, Melbourne) 27 August 1977: Mark Holden (The Young Doctors) 27 August 1980: Paula Duncan (Cop Shop) 27 August 1994: Laura Vazquez and Daniel Amalm (Home And Away) 27 August 2005: Dancing With The Stars 27 August 1995: The Eastern Creek 12-Hour Race is broadcast live on SBS …

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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 — 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 — 16 August

16 August 1975: Denise Drysdale (The Ernie Sigley Show) 16 August 1980: Peter Adams and Joanna Lockwood (Cop Shop) 16 August 1980: Lionel Williams (It’s A Woman’s World) 16 August 1997: Nicola Charles (Neighbours) 16 August 2008: Mark Priestley and Jolene Anderson (All Saints) 16 August 1959: Brisbane becomes the first Australian city outside of …

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On This Day — 15 August

15 August 1962: Michael Charlton (Four Corners) 15 August 1964: Johnny O’Keefe 15 August 1981: Paula Duncan (Cop Shop) 15 August 1992: Jana Wendt (A Current Affair) 15 August 1998: Ben Unwin and Sara Mumcu (Home And Away) 15 August 2009: Kyle Sandilands (Australian Idol) 15 August 1971: The Seven Network sitcom The Group makes …

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On This Day — 6 August

6 August 1959: Bert Newton (In Melbourne Tonight) 6 August 1983: Paula Duncan and John Orcsik (Cop Shop) 6 August 1994: Ann Burbook (Blue Heelers) 6 August 2005: Blair McDonough and Marisa Warrington (Neighbours) 6 August 1964: ATV0’s first Thursday includes the premiere of another current affairs program, The Pacemakers, hosted by station newsreader Barry …

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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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