Philip Stuart Brady
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. Apart from a brief period in the 1970s when he worked for a Victorian travel agent, Brady has been employed in the media all his adult life. In 2018, he celebrated 60 years in the industry.

Television

Born on 16 June 1939, to Wilfred Brady, a psychiatrist and composer, Brady became involved in television in the very early days, just two years after its start in Australia. He left school at the age of 18 and started working at Channel Nine in 1958 firstly as a booth announcer (voice-overs). Brady appeared with

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on ''

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'' in commercials and comedy sketches as well as compering the show on occasions. He occasionally appeared on ''The

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'' as ''Prince Philip''. He stayed at Channel 9 until 1971 when he was one of many to lose their job when Nine cancelled its variety shows. In the 1960s and 1970s Brady hosted many television shows including ''

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'' and ''Everybody's Talking'' for the

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and ''Moneymakers'', ''Junior Moneymakers'', ''Casino Ten'', ''Get the Message'' and ''Password'' for the 0–10 Network. Brady made guest appearances on television in the 1990s with a regular nostalgia segment on '' Good Morning Australia'' with

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as well as guest appearances on Seven‘s ''

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'' and

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‘s ''

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''.

Radio

Brady hosted shows on radio

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at various times during the 1960s and 1980s and also did shifts on radio

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in the 1970s. He worked as producer for

’s morning show on radio 3UZ in the early 1980s. In 1986, Brady moved to the Gold Coast and for nearly five years hosted a daytime radio show on Easy Listening 97 Tweed Heads. Brady came back to Melbourne in 1990 and began a long-lasting partnership with

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on talkback radio 3AW. Initially they presented the Sunday night nostalgia program ''Remember When'' and some months later the duo took over the weeknight show ''Nightline'' as well.

Newspaper column

In the 1980s Brady wrote a weekly column in the show business newspaper ''TV Scene''.

Awards

In 2003, Brady, with on-air partner, Bruce Mansfield, won the Australian Commercial Radio Award for ''Best Networked Program (Nightline)''. In 2018 Brady was awarded the Medal of the

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for services to the broadcasting industry.

Community work

Philip is a member of the Patrons Council of the

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and an Australia Day Ambassador.Australia Day (Victoria) , Retrieved 15 March 2013

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