24 June 1973: HSV7, Melbourne, screens the special The Barry Crocker Comedy Hour, produced by Chris Bearde and co-starring Colleen Hewett, Abigail, Paula Duncan, Belinda Giblin, Michael Caton, George Spartels, Denise Drysdale and US actress-singer Gail Boggs. The special was broadcast on ATN7, Sydney, five days later.
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24 June 1985/1991/1996: The Nine Network begins coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.
24 June 1998: ABC premieres four-part wildlife documentary series Wild Ones.
24 June 2002: SBS premieres documentary series John Safran’s Music Jamboree. ABC premieres New Dimensions with George Negus as a re-launch of the former separately-themed Dimensions programs that appeared in the same timeslot each weeknight. The Nine Network and Fox Sports 2 begin coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.
24 June 2009: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Two of the Rugby League State Of Origin — NSW versus Queensland — from ANZ Stadium, Sydney.
Perhaps she could have handled it differently on camera, but it was hardly her fault. It was a developing story and I imagine all sorts of confusing directions being shouted at her through the earpiece as producers themselves scrambling to get things in order.
I remember Peter Overton telling viewers to switch to 9Gem for the news while 9 aired Origin live. Wonder what was the ratings that night with two big news stories to cover
26 June 1967: The global television production Our World is broadcast live on ABC with a repeat that evening. The program, a massive technical undertaking, broadcast in 24 countries with contributions from 14, included three segments from Australia.
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26 June 1978: ABC presents live coverage of the final of the FIFA World Cup from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
26 June 1990: The Seven Network presents coverage of the AFL State Of Origin — Western Australia versus Victoria.
26 June 1995: The Nine Network begins coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.
26 June 2000: The Nine Network and Fox Sports begin coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.
26 June 2002: The Nine Network presents coverage of Game Three of the Rugby League State Of Origin — NSW versus Queensland — from Stadium Australia, Sydney.
26 June 2006: The Nine Network and Fox Sports 2 begin coverage of the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament from London.
26 June 2007: ABC premieres six-part documentary series Carbon Cops, visiting six Australian families’ homes to measure their emissions and educate them on how to reduce their carbon footprint.
The impact of Burke’s Backyard was huge. My family ran a hardware store during the 90’s, people would come in on a Saturday asking for products that Don had featured the night before.
One of the big hardware chains sponsored the show for a time, the idea was that their stores would stock whatever products that Don had spruiked on a Friday night. Apparently issues arose when the show’s producers wouldn’t inform the chain in advance of what products Don would feature in upcoming episodes, so they could get said items into their stores. Wasn’t too long until the sponsorship was pulled…
27 June 1959: The Shell Presents series presents the play They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful, produced live to air from the studios of ATN7. The play was written by radio serial scriptwriter Ross Napier, whose script won £400 in a Shell Presents competition for an Australian-written play to feature in its series. Starring in the production are Stewart Ginn, June Salter, Gordon Glenwright, Fifi Banvard, Diana Davidson and Kevin Brennan.
27 June 1972: Number 96 debuts in Canberra.
27 June 1982: ABC debuts the mini-series 1915, the story of friends Walter Gilchrist (Scott McGregor) and Billy MacKenzie (Scott Burgess) from the remote Australian town of Bindogundra. Their lives take a dramatic turn with the outbreak of World War I. 1915 follows not only the men going to battle but also what happens to their families and the girlfriends (played by Sigrid Thornton and Jackie Woodburne) they leave back in Australia. 1915 was produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ABC.
27 June 1987: The final edition of Melbourne’s TV Scene.
Lifestyle/Travel shows was popular at the end of the 20th century and the turn of the 21st century with Getaway,The Great Outdoors,Postcards,Better Homes and Gardens,Backyard/Domestic Blitz etc to name a few
28 June 1967: The debut of the 26-part drama series You Can’t See Round Corners, starring Ken Shorter and Rowena Wallace. The series was an adaptation of the novel written by Jon Cleary.
28 June 1971: The final edition of Bob and Dolly Dyer’s Pick A Box — the quiz show that began on radio in 1948 and converted to television in 1957. One of the first ‘national’ shows on Australian television.
28 June 1972: ABC premieres World War II drama Over There, starring John Meillon, Judy Morris and John Hargreaves.
28 June 1979: ABC premieres drama series Patrol Boat, starring Andrew McFarlane, Robert Coleby and Danny Adcock.
28 June 1982: The debut of Nine’s National Today Show which had replaced the one-hour news bulletin National Nine News Today that had launched earlier in the year in the 7am timeslot. The National Today Show is the program now known as Today.
28 June 1993: Former Seven Network lifestyle show Live It Up, hosted by Trisha Goddard, is relaunched as a weekday afternoon program on Ten.
28 June 2008: SBS premieres six-part reality series The Nest, featuring families where children have stayed living at home well into adulthood. Commentary and analysis is provided by demographer Bernard Salt, financial expert Scott Pape and social psychologist Dina McMillan.
29 June 2003: The Seven Network screens the special Australia’s Celebrity Driving Test, featuring host Peter Colquhoun and contestants Georgie Shew (Always Greener), model Chloe Maxwell, Tom Williams (Room For Improvement), Cornelia Frances (Home And Away), basketballer Shane Heal and comedian Peter Moon.
29 June 2009: The Nine Network premieres This Afternoon, a late afternoon news and magazine program with Andrew Daddo and Katrina Blowers. The program lasted two weeks.
