Tag: Number 96

Class Of ’74 turns 50

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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On This Day — 26 January

26 January 1974: Number 96 26 January 1975: Pete Smith (The Ernie Sigley Show) 26 January 1980: Zoe Bertram (The Restless Years), Michael Caton (The Sullivans), Daryl Somers, Ossie Ostrich, Jacki MacDonald (Hey Hey It’s Saturday), Don Lane and Bert Newton (The Don Lane Show). 26 January 1991: Nicole Kidman 26 January 2002: McLeod’s Daughters, …

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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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