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1994: September 17-23

Cover: Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers) Tristan tugged in a new direction Tristan Bancks, who has just left Home And Away, and former co-star Dieter Brummer have become business partners in a new television production company. Bancks, who played Peter “Tug” O’Neale, has recently been in the United Kingdom to discuss ideas for a new show …

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1994: September 10-16

Cover: Heather Locklear (Melrose Place) ‘It’s time to jump off the cliff again!’ A guest role in this week’s episode of GP has given actor Garry McDonald a chance to stretch his boundaries. “I felt a while ago that I was always working with the same people, that I needed certain people for a safety net,” …

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Obituary: Ian Cook

Ian Cook, executive with Sky News Australia, has died at the age of 68. He had been battling illness for some years. Sky News CEO Angelos Frangopoulos paid tribute to the man they called ‘Cookie’ as a great man of Australian television news and mentor to many young journalists: “Ian was a great mentor to the many journalists …

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Mike Munro among Queen’s Birthday Honours

Newsreader Mike Munro (pictured), TV vet Dr Harry Cooper, sporting commentators Ray Warren and Phil Gould, members of The Seekers and TV presenter Richard Wilkins are among those to be awarded in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2014. OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA Professor Paul Grabowsky — “For distinguished service to …

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Obituary: Ian Ross

Former Seven and Nine network newsreader Ian Ross has died at age 73 in a Gold Coast hospital after a short battle with cancer. His career began in the late 1950s in regional radio, at 2MW Murwillumbah, before moving to Sydney to 2SM in the early 1960s. He made the move to television in 1965 …

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The 56th TV Week Logie Awards

Scott Cam, host of The Block, has won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality On Australian TV at the 56th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held Sunday night at Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Centre. Cam, who last year hosted both The Block: Sky High and The Block: All Stars,  also collected the Logie for Most Popular …

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TV Week Logie Awards: 25 years ago

Hey Hey It’s Saturday host Daryl Somers (pictured with Logies guest Raquel Welch) was awarded the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian TV at the 31st annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Hyatt On Collins on Friday, 17 March 1989. The awards presentation was the first Logies to be broadcast on the …

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INXS wins first ratings battle

The new ratings year got off to a huge start last night with four networks rolling out their big guns. Seven‘s night started with My Kitchen Rules followed by Sunday Night and then the much-publicised mini-series INXS: Never Tear Us Apart (pictured). Network Ten had the series revival of So You Think You Can Dance …

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Mike Munro joins Network Ten

Network Ten has announced the appointment of Mike Munro to present its weekend Ten Eyewitness News bulletins. He presents his first bulletin on Sunday 9 February. For the Logie award-winning journalist it’s a return to an old stomping ground: “Joining Ten is like coming home. After having started as a copy boy in newspapers, where …

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