1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 5 (Australia) This ABC TV teenage music programme was hosted by singer Johnny Chester (pictured below right…
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1 9 5 7 – 1 9 5 8 (Australia) Music requested by Melbourne (Australia) teenagers was presented by young Melbourne vocalists Gaynor Bunning, Heather…
Singer/guitarist Sean Kelly’s first band was Spred, which he formed in Melbourne (Australia) in 1977 with his school chum James Freud (born Colin McGlinchey). The band…
The first television channel to win the race to air in Australia was Sydney’s Channel Nine. A smiling announcer, Bruce Gyngell (pictured below), announced, “Ladies…
1 9 5 9 – 1 9 6 0 (Australia) 52 x 10 minute episodes This children’s drama serial from GTV-9 (Australia) followed the exploits…
1 9 7 8 (Australia) 7 x 60 minute episodes Despite the title, this Australian disco show aired on Monday nights (Thursday nights in Brisbane). The…
Dudley Butterfield (Chard Hayward) High-camp caterer and lifelong movie buff Dudley was involved in a long-running gay relationship with Don Finlayson before he realised he…
This unusual Australian psychological drama stars Kerry Walker as Felicity Bannister, a lumpish, neurotic Sydney girl living with her middle-class suburban parents – a respectable…
1 9 6 8 The original Sherbet lineup emerged from the ashes of two Sydney bands, The Downtown Roll Band and Clapham Junction. Englishman Clive…
1 9 6 1 – 1 9 6 8 (Australia) 60 minute episodes Broadcast live-to-air from BTQ-7’s Brisbane studios, this Australian variety show brought vaudeville into…
Based on the 1958 John O’Grady novel of the same name, They’re A Weird Mob told the story of newly-arrived Italian immigrant Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari) and…
Successful Australian businesswoman Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is kidnapped by a cult of modern-day vampires and self-proclaimed supermen known as ‘The Hyma Brotherhood’. They have…
1 9 6 7 – 1 9 7 8 (Australia) Commonly abbreviated to TDT, This Day Tonight was Australia’s first nightly current affairs television show. Based on…
1 9 7 5 – 1 9 8 0 (Australia) 30 minute episodes 1 9 9 5 – 2 0 0 5 (Australia) 30 minute episodes…
1 9 8 3 (USA/Australia) 5 x 75/90 minute episodes The visual equivalent of munching through a 50kg box of soft centres, The Thorn Birds was an unholy…
The Thought Criminals formed in Sydney (Australia) in late 1977. Bass player Roger Grierson set up Doublethink, a band management venture and record label for…
Drummer Pete Figures and guitarist Marty Van Wynk had been playing together in various groups around Sydney (Australia) for some time when they met John…
Melbourne (Australia) band The Thunderbirds signed to Festival Records in 1959, releasing two EP’s and two singles. Laurie Bell left the group shortly afterwards to…
1 9 7 1 (Australia) 15 x 30 minute episodes This comedy series from the Australian Broadcasting Commission recalled The Army Game or McHale’s Navy with the…
1 9 7 8 (Australia) 6 x 25 minute episodes 1 9 8 1 (Australia) 6 x 25 minute episodes This ABC (Australia) comedy starred Max…