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On This Day — 1 March

1 March 1980: Sinan Leong and Adrian Bernotti (Arcade) 1 March 1980: Graham Kennedy 1 March 1985: Rowena Wallace 1 March 1997: Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers) 1 March 2003: Delta Goodrem and Jay Bunyan (Neighbours) 1 March 2008: Callan Mulvey, Indiana Evans, Mark Furze (Home And Away) 1 March 1968: New TV Station — GTS4, …

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On This Day — 30 January

30 January 1958: Graham Kennedy (and Panda Lisner posing as the “mystery bride”) (In Melbourne Tonight) 30 January 1963: Bobby Limb (The Mobil-Limb Show) 30 January 1971: Belinda Taubman (Sound Of Music) 30 January 1993: Kym Wilson (A Country Practice) 30 January 2010: Rebecca Breeds and Lincoln Lewis (Home And Away) 30 January 1984: Network …

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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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On This Day — 21 January

21 January 1970: Ross D Wyllie (Uptight) 21 January 1978: Marcia Hines (Marcia Hines Music) 21 January 1989: Rachel Friend (Neighbours) 21 January 2006: Myles Pollard and Bridie Carter (McLeod’s Daughters) 21 January 1973: ABC launches its new weekly interview series With Gerald Stone, fronted by the former This Day Tonight reporter. The first program covers …

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On This Day — 23 July

23 July 1966: Brian Henderson (Bandstand) and wife Mardi 23 July 1977: Garry McDonald (The Garry McDonald Show) 23 July 1988: Kylie Minogue (Neighbours) 23 July 2005: Alexandra Davies and Christopher Gabardi (All Saints) 23 July 1938: Bert Newton is born in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. He began his career in radio in the …

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On This Day — 13 July

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 …

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On This Day — 28 June

28 June 1980: Tina Bursill and Gerard Kennedy (Skyways) 28 June 2003: Jay Bunyan and Delta Goodrem (Neighbours) 28 June 2008: Indiana Evans, Mark Furze, Christie Hayes (Home And Away) 28 June 1967: The debut of the 26-part drama series You Can’t See Round Corners, starring Ken Shorter and Rowena Wallace. The series was an …

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2022: The Big Reset

It seems that 2022 will be best remembered for holding a giant re-set of some of our biggest TV names and shows, as some of our highest-profile presenters have decided to call it a day — either temporarily or perhaps longer term. It is hard to recall a year where so many key personalities have …

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Today celebrates 40 years

The Nine Network‘s Today is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a look back at the news, events, special guests, road trips and bloopers that have featured over that time. The week-long celebration culminates in a special edition on Friday 1 July, which will feature some of the show’s past presenters and will appear in front …

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