11 March 1972: Camilla Rountree and David Phillips (Bellbird) 11 March 1972: Leonard Teale, George Mallaby, Mike Preston, Alwyn Kurts (Homicide) 11 March 1978: Tony Alvarez and Judy McBurney (The Young Doctors) 11 March 1978: Graham Kennedy (Blankety Blanks) 11 March 1989: Jason Donovan (Neighbours) 11 March 1995: Georgie Parker (Fire) and Lisa McCune (Blue …
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Feb 22 2024
Obituary: John Barton
John Barton, former journalist and TV presenter, has died peacefully at age 73. He started as a cadet reporter at The Brisbane Telegraph in the late 1960s. In the 1970s he moved to television, to ABC‘s This Day Tonight, working in Perth and then back in Brisbane. When TDT was axed in 1978, Barton and a …
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Apr 27 2023
Australia’s Longest Running TV Shows: Pt 1
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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Nov 29 2015
1995: November 18-24
‘I’m looking forward to leaving!’ After three years as Home And Away‘s Angel, Melissa George (pictured) is preparing to say goodbye to the series that has made her famous. It is an exit that has brought mixed emotions for the young star. “I am looking forward to leaving next June. But it’s going to be …
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Mar 07 2015
ABC2 turns 10
ABC‘s secondary channel ABC2 turns 10 years old today. The new channel came two years after ABC had been forced to axe its previous digital channels ABC Kids and Fly TV due to budget cuts. ABC2 launched in a rather low key manner on the morning of Monday, 7 March 2005. Anyone watching to see the …
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Feb 19 2015
1995: February 11-17
Cover: Teri Hatcher (Lois & Clark The New Adventures Of Superman) Bobby’s back from the dead! Former Home And Away star Nicolle Dickson is set to return to the series even though her character, Bobby, was killed off two years ago. Producers are planning to bring Bobby back in a series of dream and flashback …
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Apr 26 2013
Special: Australian TV History Timeline Pt 2
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 AB: Andrew Bayley, televisionau.com Special: …
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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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Dec 08 2012
1992: December 6-12
‘I don’t care if I don’t come back!’ Former Home And Away star Les Hill (pictured) has lashed out at the industry that had made him a popular teen star, claiming hurt and disillusionment. Before joining the series as a 16-year-old, he thought he knew what to expect. “I knew about all the photo shoots, …
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