Tag: Temptation

On This Day — 3 March

3 March 1965: Johnny O’Keefe (Sing, Sing, Sing) 3 March 1973: Tony Barber (Temptation / The Great Temptation) and Gail Fisher (Mannix) 3 March 1973: Maurie Fields (Bellbird) 3 March 1979: Joanna Lockwood and Peter Adams (Cop Shop) 3 March 1984: Mike Willesee (Willesee) and Bert Newton (Tonight With Bert Newton) 3 March 1990: Alyce …

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On This Day — 2 March

2 March 1974: Barbara Rogers (Temptation, The Great Temptation) 2 March 1985: Mike Walsh (The Mike Walsh Show) and Ray Martin (Midday) 2 March 1991: Jennifer Keyte and Steve Vizard (Tonight Live With Steve Vizard) 2 March 1996: Melissa George (Home And Away) 2 March 2002: Dan Paris, Kym Valentine, Noah Sutherland (Neighbours) 2 March …

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On This Day — 24 February

24 February 1971: Elspeth Ballantyne and Dennis Miller (Bellbird) 24 February 1973: Tony Barber (Temptation / The Great Temptation) 24 February 1979: John Orcsik and Paula Duncan (Cop Shop) 24 February 1979: Peter Lochran, Chris Orchard, Diana McLean (The Young Doctors) 24 February 1990: Simone Buchanan (Hey Dad!) 24 February 1996: Kimberley Davies (Neighbours) 24 …

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On This Day — 29 January

29 January 1964: Johnny O’Keefe (Sing, Sing, Sing) 29 January 1972: Johnny Young (Young Talent Time) 29 January 1977: Bert Newton (The Don Lane Show, New Faces) 29 January 1983: Val Lehman and Maggie Kirkpatrick (Prisoner) 29 January 1994: Melissa George and Jimmy Lucinia (Home And Away) 29 January 2000: Kristy Wright (Above The Law) …

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On This Day — 23 January

23 January 1965: Patricia “Little Pattie” Amphlett (Bandstand) 23 January 1988: Lorrae Desmond, Brian Wenzel, Jo Mitchell (A Country Practice) 23 January 1993: Gia Carides (Police Rescue) 23 January 1999: Dan Paris, Daniel MacPherson, Jesse Spencer (Neighbours) 23 January 2010: Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Jessica Tovey, Wil Traval (Underbelly: The Golden Mile) 23 January 1998: Homegrown Shorts, …

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JC At 8.30: Seven’s two-week wonder

In 1973 the most popular show in Australia was the 0-10 Network‘s Number 96. Screening five nights a week at 8.30pm, it acted as a disruptor against established viewing trends that favoured the older Seven and Nine networks. Heading into 1974, Seven’s plan to tackle the popular soap was a tonight show, JC At 8.30. …

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TV Week Logie Awards: 50 years ago

Quiz show host Tony Barber was awarded the Gold Logie at the 15th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at the Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne, on 16 February 1973 and televised on the Nine Network. Bert Newton again hosted the presentation, with overseas guests Glenn Ford (Cade’s County), Loretta Swit (MASH), Gail Fisher (Mannix) and …

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On This Day — 5 July

5 July 1975: Skyhooks 5 July 2003: Sibylla Budd and Dan Spielman (The Secret Life Of Us) 5 July 1964: The 1957 film Heaven Knows Mr Allison is broadcast on GTV9, Melbourne. Starring Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum, the film went on to become the decade’s highest rating movie screening — attracting a rating of 59 …

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Classic TV Guides: Hard Copy

While other current affairs shows may have skirted around describing themselves as ‘tabloid’, Hard Copy went into it unashamedly with its mix of sensationalist stories, loud music and over-the-top headlines. The Australian version of Hard Copy, debuting on Network Ten on 19 September 1991, was a franchise of the American show of the same name. …

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ABC’s Sixty-One, Here We Come!

Sixty years ago, as we were coming to an end to 1960, ABC was planning an ambitious variety special to welcome 1961. Sixty-One, Here We Come! was a 65-minute program produced at the studios of ABV2, Melbourne, and in a rare technical feat was relayed via microwave links for direct broadcast in Sydney. American-born actress …

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