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Logie Awards Of 1991
The 33rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 15 March 1991 at the World Congress Centre in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. The ceremony was hosted by Daryl Somers and guests included Angie Dickinson, Michael Ontkean and Peggy Lipton. Nominees and winners Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. National awards Gold Logie Acting/Presenting Most Popular Programs/Videos Most Outstanding Programs State awards New South Wales ;Most Popular Personality :Winner: Ray Martin (Nine Network) ;Most Popular Program :Winner: ''Home and Away'' (Seven Network) Queensland ;Most Popular Personality :Winner: Rob Brough (Seven Network) ;Most Popular Program :Winner: ''Family Feud'' (Seven Network) South Australia ;Most Popular Personality :Winner: Anne Wills (Network Ten) ;Most Popular Program :Winner: '' Wheel of Fortune'' (Seven Network) Tasmania ;Most Popular Personality :Winner: Robyn Martin ( TVT6) ;Most Popular Program :Winner: ''Tasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Wendt
Jana Bohumila Wendt ( ; born 9 May 1956) is an Australian Gold Logie award-winning television journalist, reporter and writer. Early life Wendt was born in Melbourne to Czech parents who emigrated to Australia in 1949, as political refugees on account of her father's work as a journalist for a Czech dissident newspaper. Wendt attended Presentation College, Windsor before graduating at the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts (French, Honours) in 1979. Career Starting as a researcher for the ABC, Wendt's television career began as a journalist for ATV-10 evening news, before sharing presenting duties with David Johnston. In 1982, Wendt then went on to be one of the first reporters on the Australian Nine Network's version of ''60 Minutes'', as well as filing stories for the American CBS ''60 Minutes''. ''60 Minutes'' producer Gerald Stone described her as "more like a Hollywood film star than anyone else in Australian TV". Wendt hosted '' A Current Affair'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolle Dickson
Nicolle Dickson (born 29 January 1969) is an Australian former actress, who was best known for playing the original character of teenage tearaway Bobby Simpson in soap opera ''Home and Away'' from 1988 to 1993. She left the acting profession and is now an accountant and bookkeeper. Biography Early years Nicolle Dickson was born on 29 January 1969 in Sydney, New South Wales and grew up in the suburb of Bass Hill with her family. As a child, she was a member of the children's theatre company 'Keane Kids'. Having achieved her Higher School Certificate at the end of 1986, Dickson enrolled at Sydney College of the Arts in Balmain (later to become part of the University of Sydney) to study a BA degree in Visual Arts, majoring in photography. ''Home and Away'' In June 1987, whilst at university, Dickson auditioned for the role of Bobby Simpson for upcoming soap opera, ''Home and Away'' and appeared in the pilot episode broadcast on 17 January 1988. She won the " Logie Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgie Parker
Georgina Parker (born 16 December 1964) is an Australian television soap actress and has also appeared in film and theatre. She is a double Gold Logie winner, best known for her acting roles in Australian soap operas; as Lucy Gardiner (later Tyler) in ''A Country Practice''; as Theresa 'Terri' Sullivan in '' All Saints''; and as Roo Stewart in ''Home and Away'', as well as being a presenter on the children's program '' Play School''. Early life Parker was born in 1964. She grew up in the Sydney North Shore suburb of St Ives and attended St Ives North Public School in primary and attended Abbotsleigh School for Girls, in Sydney. Parker is the daughter of iconic Australian furniture designer Tony Parker of Parker Furniture. Career Parker was first seen in a small cameo part in the Yahoo Serious movie '' Young Einstein'', before becoming a fixture on Australian television through her role as nurse Lucy Gardiner in ''A Country Practice'' from 1989 to 1992. She also appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Country Practice
''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera/serial which was broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 22 November 1993, and subsequently on Network Ten from 13 April 1994 to 5 November 1994. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,088 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, were 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 were filmed in the Hawkesbury. Several of the regular cast members became popular celebrities as a result of their roles in the series. It also fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Porteous
John Shane Porteous (born 17 August 1942) (known as Shane Porteous) is an Australian actor, screenwriter, animation layout artist and animation voice artist. As a screenwriter, he is sometimes credited as John Hanlon. He remains best known for his role as in the TV serial ''A Country Practice'', as Dr. Terence Elliot and original character and his ongoing role in TV series ''Pizza'' from 2000 until 2007. He has done numerous animation layouts and provided voice roles for feature film and shorts. Biography Early life and education Shane Porteous was born John Shane Porteous in Coleraine, Victoria on 17 August 1942, to pilot Stanley Porteous and his wife Pat. He was raised in Queensland and attended the University of Queensland, graduating with a B.A. He was a member of the UQ Dramatic Society and performed with actors such as Jack Thompson and Michael Caton at the Avalon Theatre in 1965. Porteous moved to Sydney in 1967. Acting and screenwriting Porteous is best known th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Martin (Australian Actor)
Anthony Martin (born 1 January 1953) is an Australian actor. Career Martin is best known by Australian audiences for his portrayal of Detective Bill McCoy in the ABC's television series '' Wildside'', and to older audiences as Rev Bob Brown in the TV series '' E Street''. He played Bill Southgate in ''Heartbreak High''. He has also gained much acclaim as his portrayal of notorious underworld figure Arthur "Neddy" Smith in the Australian miniseries '' Blue Murder''. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 1000 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for his role in '' The Interview. Personal life He married Rachael Blake on 21 December 2003. They later appeared alongside one another in HBO Asia's presentation of ''Serangoon Road''. His son, Justin, is also an actor, with appearances in ''Somersault A somersault (also ''flip'', ''heli'', and in gymnastics ''salto'') is an acrobatics, acrobatic exercise in which a person's body Rotation#Sports, rotates 360° ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E Street (TV Series)
''E Street'' is an Australian television soap opera created by Forrest Redlich and produced by his production company, Westside Television Productions, for Network Ten. It was broadcast twice weekly, from Wednesday, 24 January 1989 to Thursday, 20 May 1993. The series won several Logie awards. ''E Street'' is short for Eden Street, which is based in a tough fictional inner-city district called ''Westside.'' The action of the soap opera revolves around the local community. The soap opera, '' Richmond Hill'', which was produced by the Grundy Organization, was cancelled by Network Ten to make way for ''E Street''. ''E Street'' initially rated poorly in Australia, but early audience research indicated that it had attracted both a significant proportion of the 14–35 audience demographic and a large male viewership. After a radical overhaul of the show, revised storylines and updated characters targeting the niche demographics, the ratings steadily climbed. ''E Street'' ran for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Huggett (actor)
Richard Huggett (born 3 December 1965) is an Australian film, television and theatre actor. After graduating from NIDA in 1988, Huggett guested in an episode of ''Home and Away'', before he was cast as villain Sonny Bennett in '' E Street''. Huggett's character killed four of the show's regulars, before taking his own life, bringing in strong ratings for the soap. Huggett went on to win the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent in 1991 for his portrayal of Sonny. Huggett next played Glen Donnelly in another soap ''Neighbours'' from 1990 until 1992. He only stayed for a year, as he wanted more to pursue more demanding roles. In 1994, Huggett joined short-lived soap '' Paradise Beach'' as Sam Dexter and police drama ''Blue Heelers'' as supporting character Sean Neale. He has also made guest appearances in various television shows, including '' Col'n Carpenter'', '' All Saints'' and '' Out of the Blue''. He appeared in the Australian film '' Aiyai: Wrathful Soul'' in 2020 and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's Paramount Networks UK & Australia, UK & Australia division and is one of the five national free-to-air networks in the country. As of 2024, Network 10 is the fourth-rated television network and primary channel in Australia, behind the Seven Network, Nine Network and ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV and ahead of SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. History Origins From the introduction of TV in 1956 until 1965, there were three television networks in Australia, the Nine Network, National Television Network (now the Nine Network), the Seven Network, Australian Television Network (now the Seven Network), and the public Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC National Television Service (now ABC TV (Australian TV network), ABC TV). In the early 1960s, the Government of Australia, Australian Government be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home And Away
''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called ''Refuge'', but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of ''Home and Away'' once production began. The show premiered in what Bateman classified as a ninety-minute telefeatureOram, James "Home and Away: Behind the Scenes" p. 45 Angus and Robertson, 1989 (subsequently in re-runs and on VHS titled as ''Home and Away: The Movie''), as opposed to a pilot. Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a duration of twenty-two minutes. ''Home and Away'' has become the second longest-running drama series in Australian t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig McLachlan
Craig Dougall McLachlan (born 1 September 1965) is an Australian actor, musician, singer and composer. He has been involved in film, television, the music industry and music theatre for over 30 years. He is best known for appearing in the soap operas ''Neighbours'' and ''Home and Away'' and the BBC One spy drama '' Bugs''. He has portrayed the title character in '' The Doctor Blake Mysteries'', for which he was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor; he has previously won the award in this category three times. Career Television McLachlan moved to Sydney when he was around 16 to pursue an acting career. He secured a guest role on '' The Young Doctors'', as well as several television commercials. However, he soon moved back home and spent two years working as a labourer and a gym instructor. After returning to Sydney, he secured a guest role as a student in two episodes of '' Sons and Daughters''. He was cast as Henry Ramsay, brother of Kylie Minogue's character Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
