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On This Day — 4 September

4 September 1971: Eric Oldfield (The Godfathers) 4 September 1976: Johnny Farnham (Opportunity Knocks) 4 September 1988: John Derum (The Oz Game), Kate Raison (A Country Practice), Richard Wilkins (MTV Music Television), Dane Carson (Richmond Hill) 4 September 1993: Rebecca Gibney (Snowy) 4 September 1999: Sara Mumcu and Ben Unwin (Home And Away) 4 September …

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1979: November 3-9

Sammys golden night out The fourth annual Australian TV and Film Awards, the Sammys, have been presented at Sydney’s Seymour Centre.  Winning the Gold Sammy awards, for excellence in performance during the year, were daytime TV host Mike Walsh and singer and TV presenter Marcia Hines.  For Walsh it is his second Gold Sammy and …

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1979: September 8-14

Emergency edition: Due to an industrial dispute at TV Times’ printers, this issue of the magazine has required a change in its usual format.  All regular features have been maintained as well as our complete program coverage.  We apologise for any inconvenience to your usual reading habits. High-flying mates Friendships are rare among actors, who …

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Peter Wherrett

Former ABC television presenter Peter Wherrett (pictured) has died at the age of 72. Born in 1936 and raised in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville, Wherrett later revealed in the biography Desirelines, written with his brother Richard, that he had a troubled childhood with an alcoholic father. A motoring enthusiast from a young age, Wherrett …

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