Tag: Number 96

On This Day — 16 September

16 September 1972: Johnny Lockwood and Abigail (Number 96) 16 September 1972: Mary Jane Boyd (The Matt Flinders Show) 16 September 1978: Judy Lynne, Bartholomew John, Lynda Stoner (The Young Doctors) 16 September 2006: Home And Away, McLeod’s Daughters, Neighbours, Australian Idol 16 September 1956: TCN9 Sydney becomes the first TV station to begin regular …

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On This Day — 15 September

15 September 1973: Gerard Kennedy (Division 4) 15 September 1973: Norman Yemm (Number 96) 15 September 1979: Mike Walsh (The Mike Walsh Show) 15 September 1984: Ray Martin and Jana Wendt (60 Minutes) 15 September 1990: Georgie Parker (A Country Practice) and Craig McLachlan (Home And Away) 15 September 2001: Tammin Sursok, Zac Drayson, Rebecca …

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The Wicked City: ill-fated 1880s drama

In 1971, the Seven Network had bold plans for a new “provocative and bawdy” series set in Melbourne in the 1880s. The network had a proposal titled Man Of Property, starring Robin Ramsay, formerly of Bellbird, in the lead role of a strait-laced English doctor living in Melbourne at the end of the gold rush …

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On This Day — 14 September

14 September 1961: Bobby Limb (The Mobil-Limb Show) 14 September 1963: Bobby Limb (Bobby Limb’s Sound Of Music) 14 September 1991: Penny Cook (GP) 14 September 1996: Isla Fisher and Martin Henderson (Home And Away) 14 September 2002: Christie Hayes and Kate Garven (Home And Away) 14 September 1971: The Seven Network celebrates 15 years …

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On This Day — 11 September

11 September 1971: Terence Donovan (Division 4) and Sue Donovan (Matlock Police) 11 September 1971: Ted Hamilton (Division 4) 11 September 1976: Graeme Blundell (Alvin Purple) 11 September 1976: Jon English (Number 96) 11 September 1993: Dieter Brummer and Melissa George (Home And Away) 11 September 1999: Sigrid Thornton (Seachange) 11 September 2004: Wil Traval …

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On This Day — 8 September

8 September 1973: Sheila Kennelly and Gordon McDougall (Number 96) 8 September 1973: Mike Walsh (The Mike Walsh Show) 8 September 1984: Jacki MacDonald, Ossie Ostrich, Daryl Somers (Hey Hey It’s Saturday) 8 September 1990: Mat Stevenson and Emily Symons (Home And Away) 8 September 2001: Erik Thomson and Georgie Parker (All Saints) 8 September …

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On This Day — 5 September

5 September 1970: Bob Dyer and Dolly Dyer (Pick A Box) 5 September 1981: Megan Williams (The Sullivans) 5 September 1992: Elle Macpherson 5 September 1998: Tasma Walton and William McInnes (Blue Heelers) 5 September 2009: Rebecca Gibney (Packed To The Rafters) 5 September 1959: Adelaide’s first TV station, NWS9, is officially opened. — TV …

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On This Day — 25 August

25 August 1973: Leonard Teale (Seven Little Australians) 25 August 1979: Peter Adams, Terence Donovan, Lynda Stoner (Cop Shop) 25 August 1990: Nicolle Dickson (Home And Away) 25 August 2001: Suzie Wilks (Changing Rooms) 25 August 2007: Home And Away, Sea Patrol, McLeod’s Daughters 25 August 1970: Seven screens the short film No Roses For …

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On This Day — 14 August

14 August 1971: Gerard Kennedy (Division 4) 14 August 1971: Geoff Stone, Leo Port, Diana Fisher, Nick Lamont (The Inventors) 14 August 1976: Mike Dorsey and Wendy Blacklock (Number 96) 14 August 1976: Johnny Pace and Harriet (The Celebrity Game) 14 August 2004: James Mathison, Osher Günsberg and Australian Idol contestants 14 August 2010: Ray …

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On This Day — 12 August

12 August 1972: Joe Hasham (Number 96) 12 August 1972: Noel O’Connor (SAS10, Adelaide) 12 August 1972: TV stuntman Karl Avis 12 August 1978: Geoff Stone and Diana Fisher (The Inventors) 12 August 1978: Mike Minehan (This Day Tonight) 12 August 2000: Swimmer Ian Thorpe with Justin Melvey and Kylie Watson (Home And Away) 12 …

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