Dec 30 2011
The doctor’s lusty bedside manner! Viewers of The Flying Doctors may be shocked by a lusty bedroom scene coming up in a future episode between Dr Guy Reid (David Reyne) and Penny Wellings (Sophie Lee). The “fling” is the result of Penny’s boyfriend Steve (Paul Kelman) getting a local schoolteacher pregnant. Penny turns to Guy …
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Apr 23 2011
‘I miss him very much’ A Country Practice star Georgie Parker (pictured) speaks to TV Week about the death of a close friend from AIDS and is angry at the myths, misunderstandings and misinformation surrounding the disease. “We were very, very close and his work was magnificent,” she told TV Week of the friend, who …
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Jan 16 2011
Alyce in Wunderland While most television presenters have been taking a summer break, Sale Of The Century hostess Alyce Platt (pictured) has been pursuing a music career. She has completed two tours with her band Alyce In Wunderland and has taken up song writing. And although Platt and host Tony Barber will be back soon …
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Sep 30 2010
‘It’s a dream come true!’ Home And Away star Craig McLachlan (pictured) was hoping that his reduced profile on the series would make it easier to fit time in for his music career – but now it looks like the TV Week Gold Logie winner is going to be busier than ever. The Seven Network …
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Sep 20 2010
Melbourne radio host and former TV presenter Derryn Hinch (pictured) has told listeners of his 3AW drive-time program that he has been diagnosed with liver cancer and is to undergo “major surgery very soon”. Hinch, 66, said he will be told later this week when the surgery is to go ahead and that he expects …
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Apr 15 2010
Kate bows out on a high A fear of heights and a brewing thunderstorm ensured that Kate Raison’s final scenes in A Country Practice would be her most terrifying. The wedding between Raison’s character, Cathy Hayden, and new love John Freeman (William McInnes) was filmed on a clifftop with a wild storm headed its way. …
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Apr 10 2009
https://www.televisionau.com FLASHBACK PICTURE #50: The Nine Network‘s long-running quiz show Sale Of The Century was dropped a bombshell early in 1991 when hosts Tony Barber and Alyce Platt both decided to leave the program. Barber had hosted the program since its inception in 1980, and Platt had been with the show since 1986. Producers took …
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Feb 22 2009
Cover: Peter Lochran, Diana McLean, Chris Orchard (The Young Doctors) Stars of ’79 TV Times has approached TV producers to nominate the actors and actresses who they believe will make a big impact in 1979. Don Battye, producer of The Restless Years, sees a big future for new recruits Jamie Gleeson and Lenore Smith: “The …
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Jun 28 2008
Every city is parochial to some extent, but for some reason, Melburnians are just that little more precious about their city – especially if there are seen to be influences from Sydney. This attitude to all things local was never more evident than the year 1987 – when the media shake-up not only saw all …
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