40 years of colour TV
It was 40 years today that Australian TV (finally…!) began to colour our world. The wait for colour was a long one for Australia. The United States and Canada made the transition to colour from the...
View ArticleOn TV: 19 October 1979, Melbourne
The next in our occasional series looking at what was on TV on this day in years past. Today we’re going back to Friday, 19 October 1979 in Melbourne, as listed in TV Week (with Mike Walsh on the cover...
View ArticleObituary: Judy McBurney
Judy McBurney, best known for roles in The Young Doctors and Prisoner, has died at the age of 70 after a four-year battle with cancer. With an early career in modelling, she moved into acting with...
View ArticleObituary: Terry McDermott
Actor Terry McDermott, one of the founding cast members of the long-running series Homicide, has died at the age of 91. He featured in early TV dramas including The Adventures of Long John Silver,...
View ArticleThe Long Arm had a short life
By 1970, after its first five years, Australia’s third commercial network, 0-10, had produced variety and comedy shows, news and current affairs, sports coverage, children’s and pop music programs....
View ArticleObituary: Reg Gorman
Reg Gorman, the actor best known as Jack Fletcher, the barman in The Sullivans, has died a few days after his 89th birthday. The actor had been battling cancer. His granddaughter, actress Olivia...
View ArticleOn This Day — 21 April
21 April 1971: Ken James (Barrier Reef, The Group) 21 April 1973: Jamie Redfern (Young
View ArticleObituary: Kevin Miles
Actor Kevin Miles, best known as Godfrey Carson in the series Carson’s Law, has
View ArticleOn This Day — 20 December
20 December 1969: Ken James (Barrier Reef) 20 December 1975: Mike Dorsey and Wendy Blacklock
View ArticleTV 50 years in colour
YouTube: ABCLibrarySales It was 50 years today that Australian TV (finally…!) began to colour our
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