Two secret showbiz weddings Secrecy was the key word surrounding two recent celebrity weddings. Actor Cameron Daddo has married model Alison Brahe at the Garrison Church in Sydney’s historic Rocks area – while E Street star Marianne Howard married dancer Drew Anthony at the secluded Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Berrima, NSW. Both weddings were …
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May 01 2011
TV Week Logie Awards: 25 years ago
Hey Hey It’s Saturday host Daryl Somers was awarded the Gold Logie for the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the 28th annual TV Week Logie Awards, presented at Sydney’s historic State Theatre on Friday, 18 April 1986. It was the first time the Awards were held in Sydney since 1981. Current affairs host Mike …
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Nov 24 2010
Final episode for Talking Heads
ABC’s weekly interview program Talking Heads with Peter Thompson (pictured) signs off next week for the last time. The half-hour program, based in South Australia, started in March 2005 and since then has featured almost 250 guests from all walks of life. The program has delivered a startling insight into its guests’ backgrounds and personal …
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Aug 07 2010
Ray Martin on Talking Heads
Ray Martin makes a return to the 6.30pm timeslot in a couple of weeks – but it’s not on A Current Affair, the show that he hosted for many years, but rather as a guest on ABC’s Talking Heads. Martin talks candidly to host Peter Thompson about his early childhood life – a life of …
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Apr 12 2010
1990: March 17-23
Gold, silver… and a touch of brass! The 32nd annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Hyatt On Collins, honoured the most popular and outstanding achievements of Australian TV in 1989. Hosted by Mark Mitchell, the presentation was attended by overseas guests John Travolta, Ernest Borgnine, Pauline Collins and John Alderton, with Australian actress …
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Feb 20 2009
Ticking away for 30 years
Beginning on 11 February 1979, 60 Minutes marked a new era for current affairs on Australian commercial television. Before then, current affairs on commercial television was limited to early evening programs, such as Willesee At Seven and the original A Current Affair, or low-profile late night programs that attracted few viewers. And Sunday night at …
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Jul 28 2008
Mike Munro leaves Nine
A week is a long time in television, and Mike Munro has just announced his retirement after 30 years in television – most of those with the Nine Network. Beginning as a copy boy with The Australian and The Daily Mirror newspapers in 1971, Munro joined Sydney’s TEN10 Eyewitness News in 1978 but later went …
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Jul 26 2008
Sunday, Nightline given the chop
The Nine Network has announced the axing of two of its long-running news and current affairs programs – Sunday and Nightline. The axing of Sunday perhaps came as no real surprise. The program has been the subject of rumours for some time, particularly since the departure of host Jana Wendt and the show’s change in …
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Feb 07 2008
Ray Martin quits Nine
After thirty years, three current affairs programs, five TV Week Gold Logies, and any number of special events, carols, election nights and celebrity interviews – Ray Martin has left the Nine Network just days before he was due to return for the new year co-hosting Sunday. Nine chief David Gyngell said he and Martin agreed …
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