Television in Australia The first television channel to win the race to air in Australia was Sydney's Channel Nine. A smiling announcer, Bruce…
ABC To Run Classic Countdown In Original Timeslot The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will play classic Countdown episodes in the show’s original timeslot from 17 September. Classic Countdown…
Galton and Simpson: Comedy Royalty The partnership of British comedy scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson lasted over 50 years. They met in 1948 whilst…
Almost Better Than The Real Thing From 1968 to 1982, studio-based musicians in the employ of Pickwick Records in Britain mimicked everyone from The Sex Pistols to Roxy…
Abigail Hates Aussie Men Originally published in TV Week (Australia). 27 May 1972 Abigail, sexy star of Number 96, has branded Australian men as coarse,…
Colour TV - The Dawn of Glam Television It's no coincidence that Britain embraced Glam at precisely the moment that colour TV sets became affordable. Out went any…
Retro Australia - Random Remembrances Royal Easter Show at the Showground Manzil Room nightclub School excursions to places like Warragamba Dam, Lucas Heights nuclear reactor…
