Sep 14 2023
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 …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2023/09/the-wicked-city-ill-fated-1880s-drama.html
Sep 13 2023
13 September 1975: Ken James (The Box) 13 September 1986: Alyce Platt (Sale Of The Century) 13 September 1997: Brett Climo and Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers) 13 September 2003: Jenni Baird and Martin Lynes (All Saints) 13 September 2008: Jack Campbell and Virginia Gay (All Saints) 13 September 1966: GTV9 celebrates ten years of Australian …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2023/09/on-this-day-13-september.html
Aug 24 2023
24 August 1974: Paul Cronin (Matlock Police) 24 August 1974: Paul Karo (The Box) 24 August 1991: Melissa Tkautz and Bruce Samazan (E Street) 24 August 1996: Melissa George (Home And Away) 24 August 2002: Peter Phelps (Stingers) 24 August 2002; Myles Pollard and Bridie Carter (McLeod’s Daughters) 24 August 1982: ABC debuts a ten-part …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2023/08/on-this-day-24-august.html
Aug 09 2023
9 August 1975: Jill Forster and John Stanton (The Box) 9 August 2003: Claudia Karvan and Vince Colosimo (The Secret Life Of Us) 9 August 2008: Jodi Gordon and Paul O’Brien (Home And Away) 9 August 1968: Regional Queensland station MVQ6, Mackay, is officially opened — Seven Mackay turns 45 [2013] 9 August 1996: Peter …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2023/08/on-this-day-9-august.html
Jul 13 2023
13 July 1968: Tony Bonner (Skippy The Bush Kangaroo) 13 July 1974: Paul Karo (The Box) 13 July 1985: Ray Martin (Midday With Ray Martin) 13 July 1991: Christopher Truswell (Hey Dad) and Rebecca Gibney (All Together Now) 13 July 1996: Catherine McClements (Water Rats) 13 July 2002: Daisy Puckeridge, Erik Thomson, Georgie Parker (All …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2023/07/on-this-day-13-july.html
Jul 05 2023
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 …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2023/07/on-this-day-5-july.html
Jun 29 2023
29 June 1974: Joe Hasham (Number 96) and Paul Karo (The Box) 29 June 1991: Gina Riley, Marg Downey, Jane Turner, Steve Blackburn, Magda Szubanski (Fast Forward) 29 June 1996: Tasma Walton and Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers) 29 June 2002: Ditch Davey and Caroline Craig (Blue Heelers) 29 June 1987: Nine begins a re-run of …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2023/06/on-this-day-29-june.html
Jun 14 2023
14 June 1975: Peter Regan and Cheryl Rixon (The Box) 14 June 1980: Megan Williams, Andy Anderson, Susan Hannaford, Graham Harvey, Lisa Crittenden, Jamie Higgins (The Sullivans) 14 June 1997: Isla Fisher (Home And Away) 14 June 2003: Kate Ritchie and Joel McIlroy (Home And Away) 14 June 1989 — Canberra: Includes the Rugby …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2023/06/on-this-day-14-june.html
Dec 23 2022
Tony Barry, veteran film and television actor across Australia and New Zealand, has died peacefully after a long illness. He was 81. Born in Queensland, he grew up in Sydney. Despite early ambitions of following his father into becoming an aircraft engineer, Barry tried various jobs after leaving school. He eventually scored some minor bit …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2022/12/obituary-tony-barry.html
Nov 28 2022
After Crawford Productions suffered the indignity of having its three police dramas — Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police — axed within a year of each other in 1975, Cop Shop in 1977 represented a successful return to the genre. Unlike the earlier dramas, Cop Shop also incorporated the increasingly popular soap opera element. Storylines relating to …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2022/11/classic-tv-guides-cop-shop.html
Recent Comments