Jan 08 2019
Jimmy Hannan, one of Australia’s leading stars of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, has died at the age of 84 after a short battle with cancer. Sydney-born Hannan made his TV debut in 1956 as a contestant on Name That Tune, Australia’s first TV game show. The prize money he won on the show paid …
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Jul 31 2014
Part IV of this week’s tribute to 50 years of Network Ten. Part I — ATV0… from Go!! to Ten Part II — ATV0: The Channel 0 Viewers’ Club Part III — ATV10… A new decade, a new channel Part V — Ten: 2000 to now The Nineties started with Australia in the “recession we had to have” …
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May 22 2011
Cover: Cher The Great Ramsay Street Shake-Up! A massive revamp of the Neighbours cast line-up is about to see eight characters written out with a swag of “young and spunky” newcomers to give the ailing soap a breath of fresh air. Producers keen to boost the show’s popularity have also enlisted a team of consultants …
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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 31 2011
Welcome to my nightmare! A Country Practice marks its 800th episode with a horrifying leap into the future. In the episodes to screen next week, Lucy Tyler (Georgie Parker, pictured) experiences a nightmare triggered by the arrival of a film crew in Wandin Valley for production of a post-holocaust movie. In the dream, Wandin Valley …
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