Newlywed at last Actress Annie Jones is finally going to be a TV bride as her Newlyweds character Allie Carter marries Peter Roberts (Christopher Gabardi). Starring in Neighbours for three years, Jones was engaged on screen twice but in both instances the wedding never happened. In the mini-series Jackaroo, her character was engaged to Jack …
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Jan 26 2013
Ita Buttrose — Australian of the Year
Journalist, media identity and ambassador for various social and health issues, Ita Buttrose was last night (Friday) named Australian Of The Year for 2013. Her media career was predominantly in magazines and newspapers — most notably as the founding editor of women’s magazine Cleo in the 1970s and later editor of The Australian Women’s Weekly …
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Nov 06 2012
Looking sharp for the Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s longest running annual sporting event — this year is the 152nd running of the ‘race that stops the nation’. But the Melbourne Cup isn’t just about the horses… some would say more importantly it’s about the fashions on the field. The occasion of the Melbourne Cup usually gives the TV …
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Apr 27 2012
Ballarat television turns 50
It was at 7.00pm on Friday, 27 April 1962 that Ballarat’s first television station – BTV6 – made its first official broadcast. The channel was the fourth regional station to launch in Victoria and marked the completion of the first stage of the roll-out of commercial television in regional Victoria. (The second stage, started in …
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Apr 25 2012
Cable signalled a new era in television
It was fifty years ago this month that saw the completion of the installation of the coaxial cable between Sydney and Melbourne, via Canberra. The cable was a major milestone in Australia’s developing communications infrastructure. It was five years in the making and cost £5 million to complete. Its prime purpose was to boost the …
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Feb 04 2012
ABC1 presents The Real Graham Kennedy
When TV looks back on the man that was Graham Kennedy, it rarely drifts from the public side of the talented performer: The hilarious moments from In Melbourne Tonight, his comic rapport with Bert Newton, the portrayal of the mega-camp ‘Cyril’ in Blankety Blanks, and the 1980s success of Graham Kennedy’s News Show, just to …
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Dec 09 2011
GLV: Australia’s first regional channel
It is 50 years today since Australia’s first regional television station was officially opened. GLV10, covering Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley in eastern Victoria, was opened on Saturday, 9 December 1961. The launch was the culmination of seven years of planning, starting when a group of influential Gippsland individuals formed Gippsland Telecasters. The group also …
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Nov 25 2011
TV’s golden girls signing off
It was a morning of farewells as two of TV’s golden girls signed off from their respective shows today. Over at Ten’s The Circle, Denise Drysdale (pictured) announced her retirement – marking the end of a showbusiness career that has spanned more than fifty years. Starting as a performer in early children’s shows including The …
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Jul 23 2011
Obituary: Ray Taylor
Ray Taylor, host of Australia’s first breakfast TV program, has died in Sydney at the age of 83. Born in Yorkshire, Taylor came to Australia in the early 1950s with his new Australian wife, Lesley. With a media background that only entailed a few minor roles with Canadian broadcaster CBC, Taylor enrolled in an announcer’s …
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Jul 17 2011
Obituary: Googie Withers
Actress Googie Withers has died in Sydney at the age of 94. Born in India to a British father and Dutch mother, she was christened Georgette Lizette but as a child didn’t like the name so she adopted the nickname Googie which became her name for life. She went on to become a star of …
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