Fifty years ago was a professional turning point for TV producer Reg Grundy. Grundy, a former radio announcer, had built his TV production empire largely on game and panel shows — many being local adaptations of formats developed overseas. It was a successful strategy but the genre was losing favour with the networks which could …
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Mar 18 2024
On This Day — 18 March
18 March 1964: Bill Collins (Sunnyside Up) 18 March 1978: Florence Henderson (The Brady Bunch) and Graham Kennedy (Blankety Blanks) 18 March 1978: Paul Cronin, Richard Morgan, Susan Hannaford (The Sullivans) 18 March 2000: Anne Charleston, Kym Valentine, Dan Paris, Melissa Bell (Neighbours) 18 March 2006: Jason Smith and Isabel Lucas (Home And Away) 18 …
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Mar 17 2024
On This Day — 17 March
17 March 1973: Abigail (Number 96) 17 March 1979: Julie Anthony (Julie Anthony On The Gold Coast) 17 March 1990: Rachel Friend and Craig McLachlan (Neighbours) 17 March 2001: Rebecca Cartwright and Beau Brady (Home And Away) 17 March 2007: Rachael Carpani and Jonny Pasvolsky (McLeod’s Daughters) 17 March 1962: New TV Station — CBN8, …
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Mar 16 2024
On This Day — 16 March
16 March 1974: Graham Kennedy (The Graham Kennedy Show) 16 March 1974: Ron Shand and Pat McDonald (Number 96) 16 March 1985: Wendy Strehlow and Grant Dodwell (A Country Practice) 16 March 1991: Daryl Somers and Ossie Ostrich (Hey Hey It’s Saturday) 16 March 1996: Jo Beth Taylor and Daryl Somers (Hey Hey It’s Saturday) …
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Mar 13 2024
On This Day — 13 March
13 March 1971: Bert Newton and Patti McGrath 13 March 1993: Lisa Lackey and John Adam (Home And Away) 13 March 2004: Bridie Carter and Myles Pollard (McLeod’s Daughters) 13 March 2010: My Kitchen Rules 13 March 1972: Forever branded as ‘the night Australian television lost its virginity’ as Number 96 makes its debut — …
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Mar 08 2024
On This Day — 8 March
8 March 1975: Paul Karo (The Box) 8 March 1980: Stuart Wagstaff (Stuart Wagstaff’s World Playhouse) 8 March 1980: Lorraine Bayly (The Sullivans) 8 March 1997: Tempany Deckert and Kristy Wright (Home And Away) 8 March 2003: Aaron Jeffery and Lisa Chappell (McLeod’s Daughters) 8 March 2008: Conrad Coleby and Jodi Gordon (Home And Away) …
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Feb 11 2024
The Box at 50
By 1973, Melbourne-based Crawford Productions was at its peak, with long-running police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police and a new series, Ryan, all in production. But television drama was going through a generational change in the 1970s — police and crime shows were falling towards the outer while Number 96, launched in 1972, …
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Feb 09 2024
On This Day — 9 February
9 February 1966: Bob Dyer (BP Pick-A-Box) 9 February 1974: Briony Behets and George Mallaby (The Box) 9 February 1974: Jeff Kevin (Number 96) 9 February 1980: Paul Cronin, Susan Hannaford, Michael Caton, Ilona Rodgers (The Sullivans) 9 February 1985: Jana Wendt, Ian Leslie, Jeff McMullen, George Negus (60 Minutes) 9 February 1991: Gayle Blakeney …
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Jan 20 2024
On This Day — 20 January
20 January 1973: James Elliott (Number 96) 20 January 1979: Mike Walsh (The Mike Walsh Show) 20 January 1990: Matt Day (A Country Practice) 20 January 1996: Emma Harrison and Richard Grieve (Neighbours) 20 January 2001: Holly Valance, Madeleine West, Krista Vendy (Neighbours) 20 January 2007: Aaron Jeffery and Simmone Jade Mackinnon (McLeod’s Daughters) 20 …
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