In 2013, Television.AU and TV Tonight collaborated to chronicle the longest-running shows still on-air in Australia. Now, ten years to the day, 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 * indicates shows inducted into the TV Week …
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Oct 20 2020
Obituary: Paul Murphy
Paul Murphy, former journalist and presenter at ABC and SBS, has died at the age of 77 from cancer. Originally from Canberra, Murphy joined ABC in Sydney in 1965 as a trainee in current affairs radio. He worked on the ABC radio current affairs program AM and on ABC television’s This Day Tonight. He also …
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Nov 30 2018
60 Minutes turns 40
(This is a revision of the post “Ticking away for 30 years“, published for 60 Minutes’ 30th anniversary in 2009) Beginning on 11 February 1979, 60 Minutes marked a new era for current affairs on Australian commercial television. Before then, current affairs on commercial television was limited to early evening programs, such as Willesee At Seven and the original A Current …
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Sep 19 2014
Obituary: Barry McQueen
Former TV journalist and newsreader Barry McQueen has died at the age of 82. Born in Sydney, McQueen began studying medicine at Sydney University but later opted for a career in radio announcing. He later became a newsreader and presenter for ABC and GTV9 and worked overseas at the BBC. He was appointed as newsreader for …
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May 14 2014
Australia Network set to be axed
ABC‘s Asia-Pacific television channel, Australia Network, is set to be scrapped after the handing down of the first federal budget of Tony Abbott’s government. The move to scrap the satellite service, which currently broadcasts to 44 countries and to an estimated audience of millions across the Asia-Pacific region, is of no real surprise as government ministers …
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Sep 29 2013
1993: October 2-8
Cover: Shannen Doherty (Beverly Hills 90210) ‘I’m no heartbreak kid’ The taboo subject to teacher-student romance was tackled in the recent Australian film The Heartbreak Kid, starring Claudia Karvan and Alex Dimitriades. Nine‘s Snowy is about to break the same taboo when Michael (Bernard Curry) sleeps with schoolteacher Lilian (Rebecca Gibney). But Curry, who is …
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Apr 26 2013
Special: Australian TV History Timeline Pt 1
SPECIAL: Today after 45 years Days Of Our Lives departs Australian television as the longest running continuous drama on our screens. To mark the occasion Television.AU joins with TV Tonight in this special joint post, to recognise enduring television programs that have survived the volatile world of television (excluding News / Sport). DK: David Knox, tvtonight.com.au …
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