Jul 07 2023
7 July 1971: Kamahl 7 July 1973: Johnny Lockwood and Candy Raymond (Number 96) 7 July 1979: Bruce Barry, Deborah Coulls, Bartholomew John (Skyways) 7 July 1990: Sharyn Hodgson and Julian McMahon (Home And Away) 7 July 2007: Jodi Gordon and Paul O’Brien (Home And Away) 7 July 1982: The Mike Walsh Show celebrates its 2000th …
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Jul 06 2023
6 July 1974: John Hargreaves (And The Big Men Fly) 6 July 1974: Bob Francis and Anne Wills (Penthouse Club, Adelaide) 6 July 1996: Melissa George (Home And Away) 6 July 1987: With Perth still only having two commercial channels versus the three east coast commercial networks, some Network Ten programs are showing …
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Feb 05 2023
Skippy The Bush Kangaroo, possibly Australian television’s first major television export, made its Australian debut in Sydney and Melbourne on 5 February 1968. Ninety-one episodes over three series were made between 1966 and 1969. Following the adventures of the Waratah National Park ranger’s youngest son, Sonny Hammond (Garry Pankhurst), and his ultra-intuitive marsupial companion, Skippy …
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Sep 05 2022
Basia Rendall (née Bonkowski), television producer and former presenter, had died following a battle with lymphoma. Born in Adelaide, she first became ill with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the age of 17. The diagnosis led to her re-evaluating her interests and changed her studies from law to studying English, Literature and Drama at Flinders University. She …
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Aug 10 2022
Dame Olivia Newton-John has died from cancer at the age of 73. Born in England in 1948, she came to Australia with her family at the age of six. While still a teenager she became a regular performer on Melbourne television, appearing on shows like The Happy Show, Time For Terry and Go!! and formed …
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Jun 24 2022
The Nine Network‘s Today is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a look back at the news, events, special guests, road trips and bloopers that have featured over that time. The week-long celebration culminates in a special edition on Friday 1 July, which will feature some of the show’s past presenters and will appear in front …
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Nov 05 2021
The Victorian Government has announced details of the State Funeral Service for Bert Newton to be held on Friday 12 November 2021 at 10am at St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne. The funeral will be live streamed via the Victorian Government website at a link to be provided. Network Ten has also announced that it …
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Oct 30 2021
Bert Newton, one of the pioneers and enduring personalities of Australian television, has died at the age of 83. He had been in hospital for several months and went into palliative care recently following complications from recent surgery to have a leg amputated. Born in 1938, Newton started in radio when still a teenager, becoming …
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Sep 20 2021
While other current affairs shows may have skirted around describing themselves as ‘tabloid’, Hard Copy went into it unashamedly with its mix of sensationalist stories, loud music and over-the-top headlines. The Australian version of Hard Copy, debuting on Network Ten on 19 September 1991, was a franchise of the American show of the same name. …
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Mar 20 2019
In the 1980s one of the Nine Network‘s many strengths was its early afternoons. The Mike Walsh Show, which became Midday with Ray Martin, followed by US soaps Days Of Our Lives and The Young And The Restless constantly beat anything thrown at them by rival commercial networks Seven and Ten. When Christopher Skase took …
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