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In the 1960s, Australia was involved in the Vietnam War which, by the early 1970s, had placed a heavy burden on the Australian economy. According to Bruce Gyngell, then head of the Seven Network,...
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Bruce Gyngell, then head of the Seven Network, discusses the uptake of colour television in Australia and around the world.
This clip is an excerpt from Brendan Horgan's interview with Bruce Gyngell...
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Denise Drysdale appears in episode 117 of Go!! in 1966 singing 'Rescue Me'.
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Denise Drysdale appears in episode 117 of Go!! in 1966 singing 'Dancing in the Street.'
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An excerpt of Jimmy Hannan interviewing Cloris Leachman on The Mike Walsh Show, Episode 198, 13 November, 1980.
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In the final episode the show’s longest serving actors, Gwen Plum and Tim Page, gave a touching farewell to the closure of the Albert Memorial Hospital and the end of the series.
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Stations used the colour broadcast tests to tantalise viewers with some of the programming they would be able to watch once colour television commenced, as can be seen in this clip from Channel 7.
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To give broadcasters and viewers time to adjust to the new medium, the Australian Broadcasting Control Board (ABCB) advised that stations could transmit colour test patterns from 7 October 1974....
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The ABCB ordered a blackout of all colour broadcasting after 6 pm between 24 and 28 February 1975 so there was a big impact when 'C-day’ finally arrived. This clip from 7 Perth: The First 50 Years (...
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At midnight on 1 March 1975, Aunty Jack, together with Thin Arthur and Kid Eager, confronted the ‘colour monster’ on ABC in a unique way. Rather than welcoming the chance to be in colour, Aunty Jack...
