1994: January 22-28
Cover: Tina Thomsen, Andrew Hill (Home And Away) Whitney swings into Neighbours A planned guest appearance in Neighbours by cricketer Greg Matthews put producers in a spin when an incident outside a...
View Article1994: January 29-February 4
Angel’s little devil In Home And Away, Shane’s (Dieter Brummer) realisation that former street kid Angel (Melissa George) had a baby at the age of 14 has led the couple on a journey to find the...
View Article1994: March 26-April 1
Blue Heelers’ red hot cops! Blue Heelers stars Lisa McCune and Martin Sacks (pictured) might clash on screen as their alter egos Maggie Doyle and PJ Hasham, but in real life they are much better mates....
View ArticleOn TV: 2 October 1980, Sydney.
One of the most visited and commented on sections of this site is the Classic TV Guides. There are now something like 400 listings archived there, dating back to the early days of TV and covering some...
View ArticleOn TV: 10 October 1990, Melbourne
The second in our occasional series looking at what was on TV on this day in years past. Today we’re going back to Wednesday 10 October 1990 in Melbourne, as listed in Sunday Sun TV Extra (with Annie...
View Article1994: December 10-16
Cover: Heather Locklear (Melrose Place) Drama behind bars Deborra-Lee Furness has won the lead role in ABC‘s upcoming drama series Correlli. The character of Louisa Correlli is a young mother who is a...
View Article1995: January 28-February 3
All fired up! Working in steamy Queensland, wearing heavy fire-fighting gear all day and filming among real flames, you can hardly blame Georgie Parker for describing the five-month making of her new...
View Article1995: April 8-14
We’re all doomed romantically! The Blue Heelers men — Grant Bowler, Martin Sacks, William McInnes and Damian Walshe-Howling (pictured) — all agree that their characters have a lot to learn when it...
View ArticleChris Bath to exit Seven
After 20 years with the Seven Network, Sydney newsreader Chris Bath has decided to walk away. Bath, who reads the Friday and Saturday night Seven News and hosts current affairs program Sunday Night,...
View Article1995: October 21-27
Kimberley in full cry Kimberley Davies (pictured) told TV Week she can’t think why she is leaving Neighbours after three years. “I just am,” she said. “There’s no particular reason. It’s time to...
View ArticleSt Kilda Film Festival to pay tribute to Graham Kennedy
The St Kilda Film Festival in association with the National Film And Sound Archive is presenting a tribute to Graham Kennedy. Kennedy, who hailed from nearby Balaclava, of course went on to become of...
View Article20 years since the last Eleven AM
Twenty years ago, 28 May 1999, saw the final edition of Seven‘s morning news and current affairs program Eleven AM. The program, which began in October 1975, debuted about a year after the demise of...
View ArticleBack to the Millennium
New Year’s Eve television in Australia is usually a fairly low-rent mix of re-runs or B-grade filler not fit for broadcast during the high-pressure ratings season. But the global excitement over the...
View ArticleSeven farewells Melissa Doyle
After 25 years at the Seven Network, presenter and reporter Melissa Doyle announced her departure from the network on Friday. “I have some personal news to share…after twenty-five years I am leaving...
View ArticleObituary: Basia Rendall (Bonkowski)
Basia Rendall (née Bonkowski), television producer and former presenter, had died following a battle with lymphoma. Born in Adelaide, she first became ill with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the age of 17. The...
View ArticleOn This Day — 16 April
16 April 1959: Ken Turner, Thorold Merrett, Frank Tuck (Collingwood Football Club) 16 April 1977:
View ArticleOn This Day — 28 May
28 May 1969: Graham Kennedy (In Melbourne Tonight) 28 May 1994: Kimberley Davies (Neighbours) 28
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7 July 1971: Kamahl 7 July 1973: Johnny Lockwood and Candy Raymond (Number 96) 7 July 1979: Bruce Barry,
View ArticleOn This Day — 13 October
13 October 1965: Barry Creyton, Maggie Dence, Hazel Phillips, Gordon Chater (The Mavis Bramston Show)
View ArticleObituary: Clive Robertson
Clive Robertson, former radio and television broadcaster best known as presenter of Newsworld, has died
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