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Tagged: Australian television

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'Neighbours' theme song by Dame Edna Everage
Dame Edna sings a cover of the very recognisable theme song from Neighbours, the long-running Australian television soap opera (1985–current). The song was written by Tony Hatch with lyrics by Jackie...
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Alan Coleman Oral History excerpt
Alan Coleman, creator and director of The Young Doctors, talks about the the challenges in producing the series and the cast and crew he worked with.
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Silent Night by Paul Robeson
American singer Paul Robeson sings 'Silent Night' to a group of Australian schoolchildren in this special broadcast on the ABC in 1960. He then delivers a short speech to the children about peace on...
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Child stars Kylie and Jason in Skyways
Before their famed roles in Neighbours, Kylie and Jason appeared on screen together years earlier as sister and brother in the Crawford Productions television series, Skyways (1979–81).  In this clip...
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The Bee Gees' first national TV performance
The Bee Gees’ first national TV appearance on Nine’s variety show Desmond and the Channel 9 Pins, on 12 August 1960. They perform 'Time is Passing By', a song written by Barry Gibb, who was 13 at the...
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Val Lehman, Amanda Muggleton and Allan Caswell at the NFSA
Prisoner first aired on Network Ten on 27 February 1979. Exactly 40 years later, on 27 February 2019, the NFSA hosted a screening of the 'great fire of Wentworth' (episode 326) followed by a special...
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The Secret Life of Us: 'A Friend Indeed'
Cate Shortland directed 10 episodes of the Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us from 2001–2003. This excerpt of Series 1 Episode 19 A Friend Indeed features Claudia Karvan (Dr Alex...
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Opening of Go!! episode 117, November 1966
This clip shows the restored opening of Go!! episode 117, transmitted on 28 November 1966, featuring Johnny Young. Of the 222 episodes telecast between August 1964 and September 1967, only...
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Olivia Newton-John on 'Boomeride'
Olivia Newton-John singing ‘When I Grow Up’ on the live music television show Boomeride (1965). In contrast to the lip-synced pop music shows of the time, all songs in Boomeride were performed live...
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Christmas Pantomime: The Story of Dick Whittington
This is an excerpt from Adelaide TV station NWS9's 1966 production of The Story of Dick Whittington. The clip features David Flatman as Dick Whittington, Pam Western as Alice, Carole Stace as Jenny...
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