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Sunday, 29 May 2011

TelevisionAU Update 29-May-2011

http://www.televisionau.com

FLASHBACK #58:
Although swimming champion Ian Thorpe (pictured) was still winning medals and breaking records in 2002, he took a brief diversion into television as the host of the Seven Network's Undercover Angels, a short-lived series that saw Thorpe's 'angels' - actress Simone Kessell, Katie Underwood (from the pop group Bardot manufactured by Seven's Popstars in 2000) and radio co-host Jackie O - performing good deeds for people in need. The feel-good series was a good ratings performer for Seven but was never extended beyond the first series. Picture: The Sunday Mail TV Scene, 12 May 2002

CLASSIC TV GUIDES:
Melbourne:
24 November 1975 (Premiere: Eyewitness Newshour)
30 October 1986 (Premiere: The Movie Show)
18 January 1988 (Premiere: Seven Nightly News, Hinch At Seven, Home And Away, A Current Affair)

sas10_260765 Victoria:
30 April 1963 (Official Opening ABEV1, Bendigo)

New South Wales:
25 February 1980

Adelaide:
26 July 1965 (Official Opening SAS10)
22 April 1983 (TV Week Logie Awards)

Western Australia:
22 April 1983 (TV Week Logie Awards)
20 May 1988 (Official Opening NEW10)

Darwin:
1 January 1988 (Australia Live)

GREAT OZ TV FLOPS
Ben Elton: Live From Planet Earth (Nine, 2011)

TELEVISIONAU - THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
http://www.televisionau.com
http://blog.televisionau.com
http://www.twitter.com/TelevisionAU
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/televisionau
http://au.youtube.com/user/TelevisionAU

Friday, 7 January 2011

TelevisionAU Update 7-Jan-2011

http://www.televisionau.com

judynunn_0001 FLASHBACK #57:
In 1981 former The Box actress Judy Nunn made a guest appearance in another Crawford Productions drama, Skyways. Her guest role is as Bessie Langhurst, a World War II pilot who makes a mysterious re-appearance after going missing on a solo war flight in 1944, and looking exactly as she was when she disappeared - with the 37-year mystery of the missing ghost flight leading to a dramatic climax. Judy Nunn would later go on to appear in drama series Sons And Daughters, followed by the long-running role of Ailsa in Seven's Home And Away. She is now an accomplished writer with several titles of adult and children's fiction to her credit. Picture: TV Week, 3 January 1981.

CLASSIC TV GUIDES
Melbourne:
1957 (Opening Night GTV9)
1976 (TV Week Logie Awards)
1976 (Opening Ceremony, Olympic Games)
1993 (Announcement of host city for 2000 Olympic Games. The Footy Show begins)

Victoria:
1965 (Official Opening STV8)
1980 (Melbourne Cup Day)

New South Wales:
1962 (Official Opening CBN8)
1962 (Official Opening WIN4)

Canberra:
1993 (Prime 6 O’Clock News launches)
2000

GREAT OZ TV FLOPS
The Bounce (Seven, 2010)
Warnie (Nine, 2010)

Thursday, 17 June 2010

TelevisionAU Update 17-Jun-10

peterhitchenerroswood http://www.televisionau.com

NEW FLASHBACK #55:
For over thirty years Peter Hitchener has been a trusted face of news at GTV9, Melbourne. Starting his career in Brisbane in the 1960s, Hitchener then moved to Sydney's TCN9. But then when he went further south to Melbourne in 1974, Hitchener was hosting a game show, Gambit, based on the card game Blackjack. Here he is, with Gambit hostess Ros Wood, making a guest appearance on GTV9's Cartoon Corner, with host Daryl Somers. Picture: TV Week, 16 March 1974

CLASSIC TV GUIDES
btq7_bignews Melbourne:
1959 (First Sydney-Melbourne telecast)
1962 (Station affiliations change for GTV9 and HSV7)
1973 (The Mike Walsh Show begins)
1974 (Class Of ‘74 begins)
1974 (First colour test patterns)
1974 (Countdown begins)
1975 (Number 96’s ‘bomb-blast’ episode)
1983

Sydney:
1959

New South Wales:
1962

Brisbane:
1972 (Number 96 debuts. BTQ7’s The Big News extends to one hour)

Perth:
1986 (SBS expands to Perth)

Saturday, 10 April 2010

TelevisionAU Update 10-Apr-10

atownlikealice http://www.televisionau.com

NEW FLASHBACK #53
Production of the mini-series A Town Like Alice, based on Nevil Shute's novel of the same name, was first planned in 1979 for the Seven Network on the back of the success of their earlier historical epic, Against The Wind. A Town Like Alice was a hit when it aired in mid-1981 and the following year the mini-series took a total of five TV Week Logie awards, including best mini-series and best actor and actress awards for the leading stars, Bryan Brown and Helen Morse (pictured).
Picture: TV Week, 25 July 1981

NEW HEADLINES FROM THEN #8
TV Week, 1 March 1980: Graham Kennedy (pictured) to return to TV? International stars for the TV Week Logie Awards. Prisoner star gets US TV offer. Ten’s Bill Collins fights spinal disorder.

NEW OZ TV FLOP
The White Room (Seven, 2010)

CLASSIC TV GUIDES
Melbourne:
1977 (Hotel Story)
1980 (The Franky Doyle Story)
1982 (TV Week Logie Awards)
1985 (ABC National, News Overnight, The Cowra Breakout)
1988 (Opening Ceremony, The Games Of The XXIV Olympiad)

Brisbane:
1967 (Brisbane council elections, NSW Referendum, Victorian State Election)
1969

Adelaide:
1987 (Last day of broadcast for ADS7/SAS10, and first day of broadcast for ADS10/SAS7)

Tasmania:
1978

Monday, 23 November 2009

TelevisionAU Update 23-Nov-09

stuartwagstaffjunesalter http://www.televisionau.com

FLASHBACK #52
Looking a lot different to his former persona of the dapper tonight show host is Stuart Wagstaff, pictured here with June Salter as guest stars in The Godfathers - a popular family comedy-drama for the Nine Network in the early 1970s. Wagstaff had come from hosting the recently-cancelled In Melbourne Tonight and Salter was known to viewers as one of the ensemble cast in the comedy The Mavis Bramston Show. Picture: TV Week, 30 October 1971

CLASSIC TV GUIDES
Melbourne:
1956 (Opening nights ABV2 and HSV7)
1957 (Premiere In Melbourne Tonight)
1974 (Nine Network-News Limited’s Darwin telethon)
1977 (National Survival Test)
1981 (Royal Wedding Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer)

Victoria:
1961 (Opening night GMV6 and BCV8)
1964 (Opening night ATV0)

Sydney:
1981 (TV Week Logie Awards)

Adelaide:
1987 (Final episode Countdown)

TELEVISIONAU - THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
http://www.televisionau.com/
http://blog.televisionau.com
http://www.twitter.com/TelevisionAU
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/televisionau
http://au.youtube.com/user/TelevisionAU

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

TelevisionAU Update 26-Aug-09

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FLASHBACK #51:
No sooner had the Nine Network issued its glossy new PR photo of the 60 Minutes reporting team for 1993 that it was quickly out of date with the announcement that Jennifer Byrne (pictured) was leaving the program to take on a new job as morning presenter at ABC radio station 2BL (now 702 ABC). Jeff McMullen, Richard Carleton and new arrival Charles Woolley make up the rest of the team. Picture: TV Week, 23 January 1993

CLASSIC TV GUIDES
Melbourne:
1971 (Premiere This Week Has Seven Days)

Victoria:
1964 (Olympic Games Opening Ceremony)
1970 (Premiere The Long Arm)
1980

Sydney:
1970 (Premiere Temptation)
1996

Adelaide:
1964 (Good Friday Appeal)
1965 (TV Spells Magic)
1992

Tasmania:
1964 (Miss Australia)

Friday, 10 April 2009

TelevisionAU Update 10-Apr-09

http://www.televisionau.com

FLASHBACK PICTURE #50:
The Nine Network's long-running quiz show Sale Of The Century was dropped a bombshell early in 1991 when hosts Tony Barber and Alyce Platt both decided to leave the program. Barber had hosted the program since its inception in 1980, and Platt had been with the show since 1986. Producers took a gamble when it chose to replace Barber with Glenn Ridge, a TV host whose only prior on-air experience was in regional television. Joining Ridge on the new-look Sale Of The Century was Jo Bailey who had recently joined the show as a model but had no idea she was being considered for the co-host role. And the new-look Sale was given a warm welcome by Seven Network rival Derryn Hinch: "We'll kick its teeth in." Picture: TV Week, 13 April 1991

CLASSIC TV GUIDES:
Melbourne:
1960 (The Hi-Fi Club)
1977 (Final episode Homicide)
1988 (Melbourne Cup Day)
1993 (TV Week Logie Awards)
1994 (ATV10’s 30th anniversary)
1996 (Australian TV turns 40)

Sydney:
1983 (New Faces’ 20th Anniversary)

Brisbane:
1987
1992 (Sex)

Western Australia:
1966
1985

Tasmania:
1984

Saturday, 28 February 2009

TelevisionAU Update 28-Feb-09

http://www.televisionau.com

FLASHBACK PICTURE #49:
ABC's long-running medical drama GP was never one to shy away from controversial medical and social topics. In 1994 the series tackled the topic of homosexuality when new doctor Martin Dempsey (Damian Rice) is depicted in a relationship with Patrick Walsh, played by Lochie Daddo. Not since the days of Number 96, The Box and Prisoner had the topic of homosexuality been so openly portrayed in TV drama: "I was worried how the public might react," Rice told TV Week. "But I think it's time stories like that were told. I was told when I joined GP that the series would deal with confronting issues, so this is one of them, I guess." Picture: TV Week, 12 March 1994 (Go to http://www.televisionau.com for full picture)

CLASSIC TV GUIDES:
Melbourne:
1990 (TV Week Logie Awards)

Victoria:
1962 (TV Week Logie Awards)
1965 (TV Spells Magic)
1968 (Motel, Marriage Confidential)
1969 (Division Four)

Sydney:
1965
1993 (Paradise Beach, NSWRL State Of Origin)

Brisbane:
1979

South Australia:
1976 (Christmas Day)

Tasmania:
1988

TELEVISIONAU - THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
http://www.televisionau.com/
http://blog.televisionau.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/televisionau
http://au.youtube.com/user/TelevisionAU

Sunday, 1 February 2009

TelevisionAU Update 1-Feb-09

http://www.televisionau.com

FLASHBACK PICTURE #48:
These days Shane Bourne is known for his role in the police drama City Homicide and as host of Thank God You're Here, but over a decade ago the comedian and former Hey Hey It's Saturday contributor was host of the Nine Network's 1996 remake of the 1970s game show Blankety Blanks. It was the second time the Nine Network had attempted to remake the show that Graham Kennedy made famous in Australia in 1977-78. The first was in 1985 hosted by Daryl Somers. Pictured: Shane Bourne and two of the show's panelists, Rhonda Burchmore and Marty Fields. Picture: TV Week, 30 Nov 1996
(Go to http://www.televisionau.com for full picture)

CLASSIC TV GUIDES
Melbourne: 1978, 1981, 1983
Sydney: 1969, 1974, 1985, 1986
Canberra: 1982
Brisbane: 1978
Western Australia: 1972

TELEVISIONAU - THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
http://www.televisionau.com/
http://blog.televisionau.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/televisionau
http://au.youtube.com/user/TelevisionAU

Sunday, 7 December 2008

TelevisionAU Update

Due to some personal matters to attend to leading up to Christmas, an upcoming break over Christmas-New Year, and a bit of an IT issue to resolve before then as well (though not as bad as the one pictured!), the blog here will be updated less frequently for the next little while but will hope to be back to normal around mid-January 2009.

Andrew

Sunday, 28 September 2008

TelevisionAU Update 28-Sep-08

matthewnewton http://www.televisionau.com

FLASHBACK #47: TV's most famous family, the Newtons, could never be accused of being camera-shy - but it was not often that they all appeared in the same series. In 1988, 11-year-old Matthew Newton (pictured) had the role of Freddo in the children's comedy Sugar And Spice - and making a guest appearance in one episode is the rest of the clan - Bert, Patti and Lauren. The role of Freddo was the young Newton's second dramatic role after an earlier appearance in the Nine Network's The Flying Doctors. (Go to http://www.televisionau.com for full picture)

Sugar And Spice was a $3 million adventure-comedy set in the 1920s, produced for the Seven Network, and also featured Radha Mitchell, Susan Ellis and Frank Wilson. Picture: TV Week, 10 September 1988

NEW CLASSIC TV GUIDES:
Melbourne 1964 1982
Adelaide 1983
South Australia 1982 1984 1988

TELEVISIONAU - THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
http://www.televisionau.com/
http://blog.televisionau.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/televisionau
http://au.youtube.com/user/TelevisionAU

Thursday, 11 September 2008

20 To 01 sparks search surge!

On Tuesday night, the Nine Network aired an episode of its retrospective series 20 To 01, with the topic being "20 Greatest TV Moments" - counting down the 20 (apparently) landmark moments in Australian TV.

Now I wasn't going to actually mention the program on this blog, as at least two other blogs already had it covered (eg. What's On The Tube, TV Tonight)

However, upon checking the site statistics for TelevisionAU this evening, it appears that one particular segment of that 20 To 01 episode has struck a particular chord with viewers, and I bet you can't guess which one....

#18: Full frontal nudity on Number 96

Because not only has TelevisionAU recorded a massive spike in web hits in the last 24 hours, but look at what's among the most popular keyword searches in that same period:

number 96 number 96 nude scenes number 96 tv series number 96 nudity number 96 tv show rebecca gilling nude number 96 cast number 96 full frontal number 96 nude pics tv show number 96 australian tv show number 96 number 96 australia rebecca gilling number 96

and further down the list a few more:

96 the show aus tv 96 tv series cast 96 tv show abigail today number 96 actress full frontal nudity on number 96 tv series movie number 96 nudity no96 the box tv nude photos number 96 characters

and there is more below that on the list, but you get the drift.

Sunday, 13 July 2008

TelevisionAU Update 13-Jul-08

flashback46 http://www.televisionau.com

FLASHBACK #46: Lots of smiles at the studios of Adelaide's SAS10 on the occasion of the station's first anniversary in 1966. Pictured, left to right, are local presenters Roger Cardwell, Gail Spiro, Penny Ramsey, Bobo The Clown, Michelle Kenny and Paul Griffiths. SAS10 launched on 26 July 1965, and within its first year had launched a number of local productions including Bobo The Clown, Romper Room, Today and the evening news. Later productions included Fat Cat And Friends, Earlybirds, Crackerjack, Trax, Touch Of Elegance, Junior Jury and annual Christmas telethon. In 1987, SAS made TV history when it changed frequency and affiliation to Seven. In 2005, SAS7 produced a special, Made In Adelaide, to commemorate 40 years of television from SAS. Picture: TV-Radio Guide, 31 July 1966. (Go to http://www.televisionau.com for enlarged picture)

NEW CLASSIC TV GUIDES:
Melbourne 1970, 1990
South Australia 1976, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986
Western Australia 1987

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http://www.televisionau.com/

Saturday, 31 May 2008

TelevisionAU Update 31-May-08

http://www.televisionau.com

FLASHBACK #45: Monday 18 July 1966 marked the debut of an Australian children's TV icon when ABC launched the Australian version of Play School. Based on an English program of the same name, which ABC had been screening prior to launching its own version, Play School became a firm favourite with pre-schoolers - and a lot of their parents! Gathered in 1991 to celebrate the show's 25th anniversary were former presenters including (back row) Janet Kingsbury, Donald McDonald, Benita Collings, John Waters, (front row) Trisha Goddard and Noni Hazelhurst. In its 40+ years, Play School has boasted a range of some of Australia's best known actors including Patsy King, Anne Haddy, John Hamblin, Lorraine Bayly, Deborah Mailman and Jay Laga'aia. Picture: TV Week, 13 July 1991

NEW CLASSIC TV GUIDES:
Melbourne 1959, 1991
Melbourne & Regional Victoria 1964, 1970
Sydney 1976
Brisbane 1970, 1985
Adelaide 1961, 1963
Tasmania 1993

TELEVISIONAU - THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
http://www.televisionau.com/

Sunday, 11 May 2008

We'll be right back...

Due to other commitments to my day job, there will be little - if any - updates made to this site until at least next weekend. Depending on internet access, this may also delay any comments being approved until that time.

Normal transmission will resume next weekend.

Thursday, 28 February 2008

Our first birthday!

It's a year ago today that this blog made its first appearance!

Saturday, 19 January 2008

TelevisionAU Website Update 19-Jan-08

http://www.televisionau.com

FLASHBACK #44:

English-born comedian Ugly Dave Gray was a regular on GTV9's In Melbourne Tonight in the 1960s, and was a host of the program in 1970. He later turned to acting, appearing as nightclub owner Bunny Howard in The Young Doctors in 1976, before taking a position on the celebrity panel of top-rating game show Blankety Blanks in 1977. Gray then hosted his own game show Celebrity Tattletales in 1980, and returned to TV again in 1984 to host the Seven Network's Play Your Cards Right, pictured left with co-host Kerrie Friend. (Picture: TV Week, 29 September 1984)

NEW ARTICLE: HOME AND AWAY

Seven's evening soap, set in the fictional beachside town of Summer Bay, has become an international success story, and now celebrates its 20th anniversary.

TELEVISIONAU - THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
http://www.televisionau.com/

Sunday, 14 October 2007

Station breakdown

The website http://televisionau.siv.net.au/ is currently off-line for reasons out of my control. Normal transmission will be resumed as soon as possible

UPDATE 15.10.07: Normal transmission has been resumed

Tuesday, 2 October 2007

TelevisionAU Website Update 2-Oct-07

http://televisionau.siv.net.au/

FLASHBACK #43: TV's Movie Men
Some of the people that introduced our favourite movies on television became just as famous as the movies they spoke about.

HEADLINES FROM THEN #7:
TV Week, 19 September 1987

CLASSIC TV GUIDES:
Melbourne (1967, 1984)
Melbourne and regional Victoria (1967)
Sydney (1961, 1975, 1981, 1984)
Canberra (1962)
Brisbane (1977, 1980)
Darwin (1998)
Hobart (1960)

TELEVISIONAU - THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
http://televisionau.siv.net.au/

Sunday, 5 August 2007

TelevisionAU Website Update 5-Aug-07

http://televisionau.siv.net.au

FLASHBACK #42:
A reunion of familiar Melbourne television identities from the 1960s on the set of Tonight With Bert Newton in 1984. Pictured with Bert Newton (centre) are Ken Delo and Jonathan Daly - a popular American night club act that came to Australia in the early 1960s and were subsequently offered their own late night TV program, The Delo And Daly Show, for the Seven Network in competition with GTV9's In Melbourne Tonight, featuring Newton. (Pictures: TV Week, 2 June 1984)

CLASSIC TV GUIDES:
Melbourne (1973, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1988)
Victoria (1969, 1976)
Sydney (1981)
Brisbane (1974, 1989)
Western Australia (1975, 1980)

TELEVISIONAU - THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
http://televisionau.siv.net.au