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Michael Caton
Michael Caton (born 21 July 1943) 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'', Darryl Kerrigan in 1997's low-budget hit film '' The Castle'', and Ted Taylor in the television series ''Packed to the Rafters''. He is married to Helen Esakoff. Caton has been inducted into the Australian Film Walk of Fame in honour of his work in Australia's cinema and television industries. His son Septimus narrates ''My Kitchen Rules'' and ''Robot Wars''. Media career Television In 1976 Caton starred as Uncle Harry Sullivan in the long running Channel 9 war family drama ''The Sullivans''. Caton starred in the Australian drama series ''Five Mile Creek'' from 1983 until 1985. He then appeared in the risqué 1990s soap opera '' Chances'' (in 1991 and 1992). Since 1999, Caton has hosted two lifestyle programs – '' Hot Property'' and ''Hot Auctions'' – on the Seven Netw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monto, Queensland
Monto is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Monto had a population of 1,156 people. Geography Monto is located on the Burnett Highway north-west of Brisbane and south of Rockhampton. The Gladstone–Monto Road intersects with the Burnett Highway in the town. The main street in the town is Newton Street. History Gureng Gureng (also known as Gooreng Gooreng, Goreng Goreng, Goeng, Gurang, Goorang Goorang, Korenggoreng) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gureng Gureng people. The Gooreng Gooreng language region includes the towns of Bundaberg, Gin Gin and Miriam Vale extending south towards Childers, inland to Monto and Mt Perry. The town takes its name from its railway station, which in turn is an Aboriginal word meaning ''ridgy plain''. Europeans settled in the area in the late 1840s, maintaining large pastoral holdings at the northern end of the Burnett Valley. Gold unearthed along Three Moon Creek — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Turner
Richard Turner (19 August 1932 – 16 June 2008), a.k.a. "Tosser", was a rugby league manager. Turner was born in 1932 and played in the Brisbane Rugby League The Brisbane Rugby League is a rugby league football competition in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first held in 1922 and for every year until 1997. The competition was reinstated in 2001, known as the FOGS premiership under the Queen ... competition for Norths Devils, Brisbane Norths and Redcliffe Dolphins, Redcliffe. He also coached Redcliffe in 1968 and 1969. Turner was the Queensland state rugby league team's manager from 1982 until 1996, when he stepped down to take a role in the "Former Origin Greats" (FOGS) organisation. He was also the Australian team manager on the 1986 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain. He was also chairman of the South Queensland Crushers club during its entire existence from 1995 to 1997. In 2008, during his battle with illness he wrote a letter for the Queensland rugby league t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Doctors
''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing (set in the real life town of Minyip in north-western rural Victoria). The success of the mini-series led to its return the following year as an ongoing series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season, and actor Robert Grubb arrived as new doctor Geoff Standish. McFarlane later returned to the series, resuming his role. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained and about medical items. The Australian society was mirrored in handling more or less controversial soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 In Television
For 1985 in television, see: *1985 in Albanian television *1985 in American television *1985 in Australian television * 1985 in Austrian television * 1985 in Belgian television *1985 in Brazilian television *1985 in British television *1985 in Canadian television * 1985 in Croatian television * 1985 in Czech television * 1985 in Danish television * 1985 in Dutch television * 1985 in Estonian television *1985 in French television * 1985 in German television * 1985 in Irish television *1985 in Israeli television * 1985 in Japanese television * 1985 in New Zealand television *1985 in Norwegian television * 1985 in Portuguese television *1985 in Philippine television *1985 in Scottish television This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1985. Events January *4 January – The last 405-line transmissions take place in Scotland. The switch-off sees the ending of television signals being radiated from the Kirk o' Shotts transmit ... * 1985 in Singapore television * 1985 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weekly's War
''The Weekly's War'' is a 1983 TV movie about Dorothy Drain, a writer on ''The Australian Women's Weekly''. She works under Les Haylen, Esme Fenston and Frank Packer Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer (3 December 19061 May 1974), was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine Network. He was a patriarch of the Packer family. Early life Frank Packer was born in K ....Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p249 References External links''The Weekly's War''at Peter Malone's website * 1980s Australian television miniseries 1983 Australian television series debuts 1983 Australian television series endings {{Australia-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Country Practice
''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were produced. The show was produced at the ATN-7's production facility at Epping, New South Wales, Pitt Town and Oakville, suburbs on the outskirts of northwest Sydney, Australia, where used for most of the exterior filming, with the historic heritage-listed Clare House, built in 1838, serving as the location of the Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital. Many other fictional locations, including Dr. Terence Elliot's (Shane Porteous) medical practice, Frank and Shirley Gilroy's house Brian Wenzel and Lorrae Desmond, the Wandin Valley Church and Burrigan High School where filmed in the Hawkesbury. Several of the regular cast members became popular celebrities as a result of their roles in the series. It also featured a number of native Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Television
1993 in television may refer to: *1993 in Albanian television *1993 in American television * 1993 in Australian television * 1993 in Austrian television * 1993 in Belgian television * 1993 in Brazilian television * 1993 in British television *1993 in Canadian television * 1993 in Croatian television * 1993 in Danish television * 1993 in Dutch television *1993 in French television *1993 in Irish television * 1993 in Israeli television * 1993 in Japanese television * 1993 in New Zealand television *1993 in Norwegian television *1993 in Philippine television *1993 in Portuguese television *1993 in Scottish television *1993 in South African television File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The White House (Moscow), Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Cze ... * 1993 in Swedish television {{SIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 In Television
For 1977 in television, see: * 1977 in American television *1977 in Australian television *1977 in Austrian television * 1977 in Belgian television *1977 in Brazilian television * 1977 in British television *1977 in Canadian television * 1977 in Croatian television * 1977 in Danish television * 1977 in Dutch television * 1977 in Estonian television * 1977 in French television * 1977 in Irish television * 1977 in Japanese television *1977 in New Zealand television This is a list of New Zealand television-related events in 1977. Events *'' The Governor'', a six-part historical TV miniseries on Sir George Grey, screened in September and October. *A television series about sheepdog trials ''A Dog's Show'' s ... * 1977 in Scottish television * 1977 in Singapore television * 1977 in South African television {{Media set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Men (TV Series)
''King's Men'' is a 1976 Australian TV series about police. It began as a TV movie that so impressed Channel Nine they commissioned a series. It was created by Ron McLean and ran for 13 episodes. Cast * Gordon Glenwright as Detective Inspector Harry King * Don Barkham as Snr Detective Hal Whelan * Don Spencer as Snr Detective Tim Harper * Tom Oliver as Detective Inspector Frank Weston * Tina Bursill as Jaybee Giddings * Lex Marinos as Victor Korellis * Michael Caton as Joey Oslow * Bill Hunter as Bloke in Pub * Chelsea Brown as Morna * Noeline Brown as Mirabel * Kevin Miles * Brian Blain References {{reflist External links''King's Men''at National Film and Sound Archive''King's Men''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...''King's Men''at AustLit Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan (TV Series)
''Ryan'' is an Australian adventure television series screened by the Seven Network from 27 May 1973. The series was produced by Crawford Productions and had a run of 39 one-hour episodes.Moran, Albert. ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', Allen & Unwin, 1993. p 398 Synopsis The title character was a dashing private investigator played by Rod Mullinar. (A few years prior Mullinar had briefly taken the lead role in the similar Crawfords series ''Hunter'' (1967) in its closing episodes after the original lead actor Tony Ward left the show.) Ryan's assistant Julie King was played by New Zealand-born actor Pamela Stephenson, soon to leave for England and a successful television career. Other regular characters were Tony Angelini ( Luigi Villani), a taxi driver and Ryan's regular informant, while Detective Cullen (Colin McEwan) was Ryan's main liaison with the police force.Storey, Don. ''TV Eye - Classic Australian Television''TV Eye - Classic Australian Television/ref> Prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homicide (Australian TV Series)
''Homicide'' was an Australian television police procedural drama series made by production firm Crawford Productions for the Seven Network. It was the television successor to Crawfords' radio series ''D24''. The "Consummate ''Homicide'' cast" includes the four characters that are the best known: Det. Snr. Sgt. David "Mac" MacKay (Leonard Teale), Det. Sgt. Peter Barnes ( George Mallaby), Inspector Colin Fox (Alwyn Kurts) and Sen. Det. Jim Patterson (Norman Yemm). Synopsis The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based directly on real cases, although the characters (including the detectives) were fictional. 510 episodes were produced and aired from 20 October 1964 to January 1977 (12 years and 6 months), making it the longest-running Australian weekly primetime drama in history. With 510 episodes produced (the last episode is numbered 509, due to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 In Television
The year 1974 involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of television-related events of that year. Events *January 6 – CIII-DT, CKGN-TV begins broadcasting in Brantford, Ontario. *January 31 – CBS airs a multi-Emmy-winning adaptation of Ernest J. Gaines' novel ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'', which follows the 110-year life of a former slave from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement. Cicely Tyson portrays the title role. *February 1 – KITC (now KIVI-TV) begins broadcasting in Boise, Idaho, Boise, Idaho. *February 2 – The Filipino government television station DWGT-TV, GTV 4 (now known as the People's Television Network) begins operations, under the Presidential Communications Office, National Media Production Center. *February 8 – After 20 years, ''The Secret Storm'' airs its 5195th and final episode on CBS Daytime. The show is replaced ten days later by ''Tattletales'', a game show hosted by Bert Convy. *March 11 – The childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
