TV Week has announced its nominations for the 63rd TV Week Logie Awards, to be presented at The Star in Sydney on 30 July. The awards make their return to Sydney after 37 years and are broadcast on Seven for the first time since 1995. Sam Pang from The Front Bar and Have You Been …
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Sep 04 2022
Classic TV Guides: The Timeless Land
The success of Australian-produced mini-series in the late 1970s saw the genre continue into the 1980s — with period dramas like The Last Outlaw, Outbreak Of Love, Water Under The Bridge, A Town Like Alice, 1915, Women Of The Sun and Sara Dane clocking up big budgets and, in many cases, overseas sales. ABC‘s contribution …
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Nov 02 2021
Melbourne Cup 1981
It was all smiles at Flemington Racecourse in 1981 as Holiday Island star Gaynor Martin is pictured with champion jockey Roy Higgins in the lead up to the 121st running of the Melbourne Cup. Despite all the smiles from the Holiday Island crew — including fellow co-stars Steven Grives and Nick Tate, pictured with Martin …
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Sep 20 2021
Classic TV Guides: Hard Copy
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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Dec 31 2020
ABC’s Sixty-One, Here We Come!
Sixty years ago, as we were coming to an end to 1960, ABC was planning an ambitious variety special to welcome 1961. Sixty-One, Here We Come! was a 65-minute program produced at the studios of ABV2, Melbourne, and in a rare technical feat was relayed via microwave links for direct broadcast in Sydney. American-born actress …
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Nov 09 2020
Classic TV Guides: Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue
It is not often that the three commercial networks put aside their fierce rivalries, but it does occasionally happen when it’s for a good cause. One such event was the airing of the cartoon special Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue on Friday 9 November 1990 across the three commercial networks and regional commercial stations. Produced …
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Nov 03 2020
Melbourne Cup Flashbacks
This year’s running of the Melbourne Cup will be like no other — with no crowds present while Melbourne continues to flatten the curve of coronavirus cases. But the race day will still go ahead and will be covered by Network Ten for the second year since re-gaining the rights to cover the “race that …
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