Oct 20 2014
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first appearance of Homicide on Australian television. The series, produced by Crawford Productions, wasn’t the first drama produced by Australian television but was the first to demonstrate that Australian audiences would watch locally-produced drama in overwhelming numbers. Its success sparked a booming industry of Australian television drama production. But …
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Dec 27 2012
Patricia Kennedy, Australian actress of radio, stage, film and television, died earlier this month at the age of 96. Born in the Victorian town of Queenscliff, Kennedy trained as a school teacher but discovered an interest in acting after winning an amateur contest in the late 1930s. Among Kennedy’s early radio appearances were the variety program …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2012/12/obituary-patricia-kennedy.html
Nov 22 2010
It started life at the turn of the 20th century as a piano factory, and then a soup factory. Then, in 1956, the building at Bendigo Street, Richmond, became part of the dawn of the new industry of television and went from producing 57 varieties of soup to a variety of a completely different kind. …
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Feb 27 2010
The address of 22 Bendigo Street, Richmond, has been one of Australian TV’s most famous and iconic addresses. The century-old building has for more than 50 years been home to GTV9 – a channel that began test broadcasts, covering the Melbourne Olympic Games, in 1956 before launching proper operation early in 1957. The building was …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2010/02/gtv9-sells-off-hollywood-on-the-yarra.html
Jan 05 2010
Of the names remembered in our last post of 2009 there was one name that has only now come to our attention – actor Brian James, who passed away late last year at the age of 91. A former schoolteacher, James served in the Navy for six years before making his professional acting debut in …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2010/01/brian-james.html
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