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50 Years 50 Stars

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50 Years 50 Stars is a television special that marked 50 years of television in Australia. [1]

65 relations: Andrew Denton, Australia, Australian TV Guide, Barry Humphries, Bec Hewitt, Bert Newton, Brian Henderson (television presenter), Bud Tingwell, Claudia Karvan, Daryl Somers, Delta Goodrem, Denise Drysdale, Don Burke, Don Lane, Eddie McGuire, Eric Bana, Erik Thomson, Garry McDonald, George Negus, Georgie Parker, Giaan Rooney, Glenn Robbins, Jack Thompson (actor), Jacki Weaver, James Brayshaw, Jana Wendt, John Clarke (satirist), John Farnham, John Wood (Australian actor), Jules Lund, Kath & Kim, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Kimberley Davies, Kylie Minogue, Lisa McCune, List of Australian television series, Livinia Nixon, Lorraine Bayly, Magda Szubanski, Mark Mitchell (actor), Michael Caton, Mike Munro, Mike Walsh (TV host), Mike Willesee, Molly Meldrum, Nicole Kidman, Nine Network, Noeline Brown, Olivia Newton-John, Ossie Ostrich, ..., Paul Hogan, Ray Martin (television presenter), Rebecca Gibney, Reg Grundy, Richie Benaud, Rob Sitch, Rove McManus, Roy and HG, Scott Cam, Sigrid Thornton, Steve Vizard, Stuart Wagstaff, Toni Lamond, Tracy Grimshaw, 50 Years 50 Shows. Expand index (15 more) »

Andrew Denton

Andrew Christopher Denton (born 4 May 1960) is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie-nominated television presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program Enough Rope and the ABC game show Randling.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian TV Guide

The Australian TV Guide was the first online television schedule guide published in Australia, and one of the first online electronic program guides in the world.

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Barry Humphries

John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author.

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Bec Hewitt

Rebecca June Hewitt (Cartwright; born 23 July 1983) is an Australian actress and singer.

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Bert Newton

Bert Newton, AM, MBE (born, Albert Watson Newton 23 July 1938), is an Australian media personality.

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Brian Henderson (television presenter)

Brian Weir Henderson AM (born 15 September 1931) is a retired Gold Logie winning Australian radio and television personality and pioneer known for his long association with the Nine Network in Australia as a television news anchor and variety show presenter, as host of the Australian version of the US music program Bandstand.

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Bud Tingwell

Alan Dawson in Emergency Ward 10 Inspector Reg Lawson in Homicide Lawrence Hammill in The Castle John Conroy in The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular Inspector Craddock in Murder, She Said Murder at the Gallop Murder Most Foul Murder Ahoy! |- --> Charles William Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 – 15 May 2009), known professionally as Bud Tingwell or Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor.

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Claudia Karvan

Claudia Karvan (born 19 May 1972) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles in the television series The Secret Life of Us, Newton's Law and Love My Way.

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Daryl Somers

Daryl Paul Somers, OAM (born 6 August 1951 in Geelong, Victoria) is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award-winner.

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Delta Goodrem

Delta Lea Goodrem (born 9 November 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Denise Drysdale

Denise Anne Christina Drysdale (born 5 December 1948) is an Australian twice-awarded Gold Logie winning television personality and presenter, variety entertainer, singer, dancer and comedienne.

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Don Burke

Donald William Burke (born 16 July 1947) is an Australian television presenter, television producer, author and horticulturist.

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Don Lane

Don Lane (born Morton Donald Isaacson, 13 November 1933 – 22 October 2009) was an American-born talk show host and singer, best known for his television career in Australia, especially for hosting The Don Lane Show which aired on the Nine Network from 1975 to 1983.

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Eddie McGuire

Edward Joseph McGuire AM (born 29 October 1964) is an Australian radio and television presenter, commentator, journalist, media businessman and sporting president known for his long association with Australian rules football (AFL) and the Nine Network, with company McGuire Media.

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Eric Bana

Eric Banadinović (born 9 August 1968), known professionally as Eric Bana, is an Australian actor and comedian.

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Erik Thomson

Erik Thomson (born 27 April 1967) is a Scottish-New Zealand actor known for playing Hades in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena Warrior Princess and Young Hercules, Dr.

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Garry McDonald

Garry George McDonald AO (born 30 October 1948) is an Australian actor, satirist and comedian.

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George Negus

George Edward Negus AM (born 13 March 1942) is an Australian author, journalist and television presenter specialising in international affairs.

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Georgie Parker

Georgie Parker (born 16 December 1964) is a two-time Gold Logie award-winning Australian television soap actress and has also appeared in film and theatre.

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Giaan Rooney

Giaan Leigh Rooney, OAM (born 15 November 1982) is an Australian former competitive swimmer and television personality.

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Glenn Robbins

Glenn Maxwell Robbins (born 30 December 1957) is an Australian comedian, writer, actor and radio personality, best known for The Comedy Company, talk show The Panel, portraying Kel Knight in Kath & Kim and adventurer Russell Coight in All Aussie Adventures.

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Jack Thompson (actor)

Jack Thompson, AM (born 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema.

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Jacki Weaver

Jacqueline Ruth Weaver (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film, and television actress.

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James Brayshaw

James Antony Brayshaw (born 11 May 1967) is a former state cricketer and now Australian radio presenter.

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Jana Wendt

Jana Wendt (born 9 May 1956) is an Australian, Gold Logie award-winning television journalist, reporter and writer.

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John Clarke (satirist)

John Morrison Clarke (29 July 1948 – 9 April 2017) was a New Zealand-born comedian, writer, and satirist.

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John Farnham

John Peter Farnham AO (born 1 July 1949) is an Australian rock/soft rock singer.

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John Wood (Australian actor)

John Wood (born 14 July 1946 in Melbourne) is a Gold Logie Award-winning Australian actor and writer, best known for his roles as Stipendiary Magistrate Michael Rafferty in the legal drama Rafferty's Rules and as Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon in the long running police drama Blue Heelers, both for the Seven Network.

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Jules Lund

Jules Lund (born 24 April 1979) is an Australian television and radio presenter from Melbourne and founder of TR|BE.

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Kath & Kim

Kath & Kim is a character-driven multi-award-winning Australian television satirical situation comedy.

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Kerri-Anne Kennerley

Kerri-Anne Kennerley (née Wright; born 22 September 1953) is an Australian television personality, actress and singer.

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Kimberley Davies

Kimberley Davies (born 20 February 1973 in Ballarat, Victoria) is an Australian actress most famous for playing Annalise Hartman on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1993 to 1996.

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Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian-British singer and actress.

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Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune (born 19 February 1971) is a four-time Gold Logie Award-winning Australian actress, known for her role as Senior Constable Maggie Doyle in Blue Heelers, and as Lt.

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List of Australian television series

The following is a list of Australian television series.

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Livinia Nixon

Livinia Helen Nixon (born 19 March 1975) is an Australian television presenter and actress.

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Lorraine Bayly

Lorraine Daphne Bayly AM (born 16 January 1937) is an Australian actress of film, television and theatre, best known for her role in The Sullivans.

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Magda Szubanski

Magdalene Mary "Magda" Szubanski (born 12 April 1961) is an Australian television and film actress, comedian and writer.

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Mark Mitchell (actor)

Mark Mitchell (born 29 September 1954) is an Australian actor, comedian and contemporary artist.

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Michael Caton

Michael Caton (born 21 July 1943 in Monto, Queensland) is an Australian television, film and stage actor, comedian and television host, best known for playing Uncle Harry in the Australian television series The Sullivans, playing Darryl Kerrigan in 1997's low budget hit film The Castle and playing Ted Taylor in the popular Packed to the Rafters.

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Mike Munro

Michael "Mike" Kenneth Munro, (born 12 April 1953), is an Australian journalist and television presenter.

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Mike Walsh (TV host)

Michael Hayden Walsh (born 5 March 1938 in Corowa, New South Wales), is a retired Australian radio and television presenter and media personality and theatre owner.

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Mike Willesee

Michael "Mike" Willesee (born 29 June 1942 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian television journalist, interviewer and presenter.

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Molly Meldrum

Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM (born 29 January 1943) is an Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur.

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Nicole Kidman

Nicole Mary Kidman, (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian actress and producer.

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Nine Network

The Nine Network (commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network, that is a division of Nine Entertainment Co. with headquarters in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney, Australia.

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Noeline Brown

Noeline Brown (born 3 October 1938) is an Australian actress and comedian.

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Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John, (born 26 September 1948) is an English-Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and activist.

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Ossie Ostrich

Ossie Ostrich (full name: Oswald Q Ostrich) is an Australian television character, firstly on the Tarax Show, and then on the long-running program Hey Hey It's Saturday which started as a Saturday morning cartoon show for children in 1971.

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Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan, (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian comedian, actor and television presenter.

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Ray Martin (television presenter)

Ray Martin AM (born, Raymond George Grace, 20 December 1944) is an Australian television journalist and entertainment personality having won the Gold Logie five times along with Graham Kennedy, (although Kennedy won the "Star of the Year Award, the forerunner of the Gold Logie in 1959), he is the most awarded star of television.

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Rebecca Gibney

Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964) is a New Zealand actress known for her roles on Australian television in The Flying Doctors, Halifax f.p., Packed to the Rafters, Winter and Wanted.

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Reg Grundy

Reginald Roy "Reg" Grundy (4 August 1923 – 6 May 2016) was an Australian entrepreneur and media mogul, one of the pioneers and most successful of his generation, best known for his numerous television productions.

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Richie Benaud

Richard Benaud, OBE (6 October 1930 – 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer who, after his retirement from international cricket in 1964, became a highly regarded commentator on the game.

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Rob Sitch

Robert Ian Sitch (born 17 March 1962) is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter, actor and comedian.

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Rove McManus

John Henry Michael McManus (born 21 January 1974), better known by the stage name Rove McManus, is an Australian triple Gold Logie award-winning television presenter, producer, comedian and media personality.

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Roy and HG

Roy & HG are an Australian comedy duo, comprising Greig Pickhaver in the role of "H.G. Nelson" and John Doyle as "'Rampaging' Roy Slaven".

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Scott Cam

Scott Caminetti (born 24 November 1962) is a Gold Logie award-winning Australian television personality, appearing on several lifestyle programmes on the Nine Network.

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Sigrid Thornton

Sigrid Thornton (born 12 February 1959) is an Australian actress.

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Steve Vizard

Stephen William Vizard (born 6 March 1956) is an Australian television and radio presenter, lawyer, comedian, producer, author and screenwriter.

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Stuart Wagstaff

Stuart Wagstaff (13 February 192510 March 2015) was an English-born Australian entertainer who was active in all genres of the industry including television, theatre, music and stage management.

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Toni Lamond

Toni Lamond AM (born 29 March 1932) is an Australian cabaret singer, stage and television actor, dancer and comedian.

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Tracy Grimshaw

Tracy Grimshaw (born 3 June 1960) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.

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50 Years 50 Shows

50 Years 50 Shows is a television special that marked 50 years of television in Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Years_50_Stars

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