Feb 26 2023
The question around the ongoing viability of three commercial networks has been raised, on and off, for many years. It was a question asked right back to when the federal government first permitted a third commercial network in the early 1960s — and in 1973 the industry itself was almost willing to sacrifice some of …
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Dec 31 2022
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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Dec 30 2022
Former Young Talent Time star Bobby Driessen has died at age 56. No cause for his death has been reported other than he died suddenly in his sleep. Born in the Netherlands, Driessen and his family moved to Australia, initially living in Adelaide and then Darwin. The family survived Cyclone Tracy in 1974 but moved …
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Dec 24 2022
Tucked away on a Saturday afternoon on Christmas Eve, 1972, Melbourne’s ATV0 screened the 20-minute film Caravan Holiday. The short film, produced by Lewis/Young Productions and Ansett Television Films, served as a promotional spot for the Caravan Trade and Industries Association and starred the eight junior cast members of Young Talent Time — Vikki Broughton, …
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Jun 17 2022
Division 4 star Gerard Kennedy won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the 14th annual TV Week Logie Awards. The awards were held at Melbourne’s Southern Cross Hotel on 18 February 1972 and hosted by Bert Newton. The Nine Network telecast was shown live to Sydney and Melbourne and for …
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Apr 24 2021
It was camp, it was cheesy and it wasn’t overly original. But from its first episode, airing on 24 April 1971, Young Talent Time managed to strike a chord with kids and families across Australia. Its success was a welcome pay off for Melbourne’s ATV0, which up until then was struggling to find something to …
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Jan 01 2020
Happy New Year (1972) from the cast of Young Talent Time. Pictured clockwise from bottom left: Julie Ryles, Greg Mills, Debbie Byrne, Phillip Gould, Anne Hawker, Johnny Young, Johnny Hawker, Rod Kirkham, Vikki Broughton, Jamie Redfern and Jane Scali. Source: TV Week, 1 January 1972
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Feb 05 2019
Since its inception in 1964, Melbourne’s ATV0 had struggled to get a significant hold of audiences when it came to news. Different formats, timeslots, newsreaders and titles were all tried and often without much success. A revamp to a one-hour bulletin in 1978 was another in its string of casualties. But there were high hopes …
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Sep 24 2018
It is 25 years since the Monte Carlo announcement of Sydney as the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games. Sydney won the vote of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members against competing bids by Beijing, Berlin, Istanbul and Manchester. Speeches by the Prime Minister Paul Keating and his wife Annita, New South Wales Premier John …
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Apr 19 2018
Ron Blaskett, one of the first performers on Melbourne television, has died at the age of 96. Blaskett was already established as a ventriloquist in the Melbourne theatre circuit when he appeared on of GTV9‘s first test transmissions in 1956 and official opening in January 1957. He had imported the doll that would become “Gerry …
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