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On This Day — 20 March

20 March 1971: Normie Rowe and Sue Powlesland 20 March 1976: Norman Gunston (Garry McDonald, The Norman Gunston Show) 20 March 1976: John Paul Young 20 March 1982: Bert Newton (New Faces, The Don Lane Show) 20 March 1982: Penny Cook (A Country Practice) 20 March 1993: Ray Martin (Midday), Daryl Somers (Hey Hey It’s …

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Obituary: Diana Fisher

Diana Fisher, royal commentator and TV panellist, has died at the age of 91. She had been admitted to hospital in Sydney earlier in the week following a two-year battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Born in the UK as Diana Davis, her first job was at the BBC, where she stayed for eight years and met …

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TV Week Logie Awards: 50 years ago

The 62nd annual TV Week Logie Awards were meant to happen this Sunday 28 November. While the awards will not be taking place — for a second year in a row — we continue the annual rundown of past Logies presentations to coincide with what would have been this year’s Logies weekend. Starting with the …

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TV Week Logie Awards: 50 years ago

The 62nd annual TV Week Logie Awards were meant to happen this Sunday 28 June. While the awards will not be taking place this year, we continue the annual rundown of past Logies presentations to coincide with what would have been Logies weekend. Starting with the 1970 awards — 50 years ago.  Sound Of Music …

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