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Tagged: Australian television
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Sixty years after he burst onto our screens, we pay tribute to the undisputed King of Australian TV.
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The NFSA is celebrating TV game shows – from the popular and long-running family favourites to the cult classics.
Game shows and quiz shows have been an integral part of Australian television since...
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Young Talent Time is celebrating 50 years since its debut on 24 April 1971.
The variety show, which ran for more than 800 episodes, was an important part of many Australian childhoods with its...
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Submerge yourself in 80s goodness with glimpses of fashion, music, technology, film, television, radio, sport and advertising from the decade.
The 1980s was all about excess: greed was good, hair...
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Jeanne Little's catch cry 'Ooooh aaah! Dahling!' is bound to bring back happy memories for viewers of Australian daytime television from the 1970s to the 2000s.
Falling into television 'accidentally...
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See the funniest, most splendiferous and bizarre moments on a show that had five million Aussies a week turning on their TV sets in the 1970s and 80s.
Host Mike Walsh AM OBE entertains viewers with a...
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From 7 October 1974, Australians began to see colour test patterns being broadcast on their televisions. Five months later, colour television launched in Australia, with every network embracing the...
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Graham Kennedy was the 'The King' of Australian television, with a career that spanned four decades.
He emerged as a star during the early days of live variety television. His time on In Melbourne...
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In the first of a four-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker looks at the vital – and often unrecognised – role that women played in bringing the first Australian TV programs to air.
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In the second of a four-part series, Dr Jeannine Baker shares stories of some of the women who excelled in technical production areas during the early years of Australian television.