Tag: The Restless Years

On This Day — 14 March

14 March 1981: Zoe Bertram and Malcolm Thompson (The Restless Years) 14 March 1998: Roslyn Oades, Ben Unwin, Kelly Glaister (Home And Away) 14 March 2009: Tessa James and Lincoln Lewis (Home And Away) 14 March 2020: Ryan Moloney (Neighbours) 14 March 1980: Bert Newton hosts the 22nd annual TV Week Logie Awards from the …

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On This Day — 10 March

10 March 1973: James Laurenson (Boney) 10 March 1979: Julieanne Newbould, Michael Smith, Victoria Nicolls (The Restless Years) 10 March 1990: Mark Mitchell (TV Week Logie Awards) 10 March 2007: Amy Mizzi and Chris Hemsworth (Home And Away) 10 March 1967: New TV station — BTW3, Bunbury, Western Australia — GWN7 turns 50 [2017] 10 …

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On This Day — 25 February

25 February 1970: John Laws (Beauty And The Beast) 25 February 1981: Rosemary Paul (The Restless Years) 25 February 2006: Ada Nicodemou (Home And Away) 25 February 1971: The first episode of the 0-10 Network police drama Matlock Police, based around a fictional town in country Victoria. The series starred Paul Cronin, Vic Gordon, Grigor …

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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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Obituary: Joy Chambers

Joy Chambers, actor, author and wife of the late Reg Grundy, has died at age 76. Named as the inaugural Miss Surf Girl by the Queensland Surf Life Saving Club in 1965, she was doing modelling work when she auditioned for a panellist role for Brisbane-based game show I’ve Got A Secret. She caught the …

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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 — 2 September

2 September 1972: Jeff Phillips (Happening ’72) 2 September 1972: James Laurenson (Boney) 2 September 1978: Paul Cronin, Lorraine Bayly, Toni Vernon, Richard Morgan (The Sullivans) 2 September 1978: Malcolm Thompson, Sue Smithers, Graham Thorburn (The Restless Years) 2 September 2000: Kim Kilbey (Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show) and her father Brian. 2 September 2006: …

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On This Day — 11 August

11 August 1973: Jeff Kevin (Number 96) 11 August 1979: Jamie Gleeson, Peter Mochrie, Lenore Smith (The Restless Years) 11 August 1990: Simone Buchanan (Hey Dad) and Adriana Xenides (Wheel Of Fortune) 11 August 2001: Joy Smithers and Erik Thomson (All Saints) 11 August 2007: Simmone Jade Mackinnon (McLeod’s Daughters), Jane Turner and Gina Riley …

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On This Day — 30 June

30 June 1973: Jamie Redfern 30 June 1979: Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum (Countdown) 30 June 1979: Lenore Smith, Michael Smith, Victoria Nicolls (The Restless Years) 30 June 2001: Beau Brady and Bec Cartwright (Home And Away) 30 June 2007: Kate Ritchie and Chris Sadrinna (Home And Away) 30 June 1985: SBS extends its network to launch …

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Obituary: John Hamblin

John Hamblin, actor and long-time presenter on Play School, has died at the age of 87. Born in England, Hamblin had made some early acting appearances on British television and was a “ten pound pom” when he came to Australia in the 1960s. His first Australian TV appearance was a guest role in the adventure …

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