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13 unusual facts about ABC television


Ambre Hammond

Lalo Schifrin, a renowned Hollywood film score writer has composed a double concerto for Ambre Hammond and trumpeter James Morrison which was premiered on 19 July 2007 at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony; the concert was later broadcast on ABC Television.

Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather was sold to over 30 countries worldwide, and the format was sold to countries including Australia (ABC TV), New Zealand, Spain and South Africa.

Colac, Victoria

In addition to commercial television services, Colac receives Government ABC Television (ABC1, ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24) and SBS (SBS One and SBS Two) television services.

Doug Bigelow

Almost from the inception of Australian television (November 1956), along with Percy Beames, Thorold Merrett, Doug Heywood, and Tony Ongarello, Bigelow featured in various football shows on ABC Television.

Fred Graver

In 1995, Graver became an executive producer of convergence programming at Disney and ABC Cable.

Hugh Stuckey

After two failed series in the UK for ABC Television, English comedy star Tony Hancock was flown to Australia to do a television series Terra Australis for the Seven Network.

Ingleburn, New South Wales

Ingleburn is the home of television playout centre MediaHub with the WIN Television and ABC Television.

Maribel Liliana Delgado

In September, 2003 and 2004, Delgado participated in ABC Television reality dating show The Bachelor.

Martha Williamson

She made the transition to one-hour drama as producer of Jack's Place for ABC Television and Co-Executive Producer of the CBS series Under One Roof, which starred James Earl Jones.

Mike Hodges

After that, he quickly progressed to producer/director status, with series such as Sunday Break for ABC Television, World in Action for Granada Television and the arts programmes Tempo and New Tempo for Thames Television.

Montrose, Victoria

He hosted a gardening program for ABC Television entitled 'Sow What', which was mostly shot on location at his one-hectare home garden in Montrose, from 1967 to 1988.

Pamela Freeman

She returned to Australia in 1984 and worked as a scriptwriter for the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, moving from there to ABC TV’s Children’s and Education Department in 1987.

Roger Smalley

Commissions include the BBC, ABC Television, West German Radio, Perth International Arts Festival, London Sinfonietta, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian String Quartet, Grainger Quartet, Fires of London, Flederman, Nova Ensemble, Seymour Group and Australia Ensemble.


Alun Owen

Titled No Trams to Lime Street (1959), the Liverpool-set piece was presented in ABC Television's Armchair Theatre anthology strand, for which Owen continued to write plays into the 1960s.

Barry Singh

The story of his journey from a banana plantation in the Murwillumbah Hinterland to the Queensland Conservatorium and to the establishment of the premier orchestra for the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers has been featured on Australian Story on ABC television.

Bob Rosburg

Robert Reginald "Rossie" Rosburg (October 21, 1926 – May 14, 2009) was an American professional golfer who later became a sports color analyst for ABC television.

Broken Lives

Renewed public interest in the cases led to several appearances in the electronic media, including on ABC Television's high-profile programme, Australian Story.

Erich Priebke

In April 1994, ABC News reporter Sam Donaldson traveled to Bariloche with Phillips and camera crews to confront Priebke with their research in behalf of the ABC Television news magazine Primetime Live.

Make That Spare

The program always followed weekly network broadcasts of 10-round boxing matches on ABC, hosted by the legendary Don Dunphy.

Malcolm Farr

Malcolm regularly appears on the political current affairs programs Meet the Press on Network Ten, and ABC TV's Insiders.

Mitchell Galin

He is best known for his work on Stephen King's The Stand for ABC and Frank Herbert's Dune for Syfy.

Operatunity

ABC TV and Opera Australia combined to produce Operatunity Oz, which offered Australians the comparable “operatunity”.

Peter Temple

In 2012, the Australian ABC Television and the German ZDF produced the first two as feature-length films with Guy Pearce in the title role under the series title Jack Irish.

Red Jezebel

Within this time, the band received a "Kiss My WAMi" award for "Most Promising Band" in 1998, completed two national tours (with Jebediah and Bodyjar), made live appearances on Triple J and ABC's Recovery TV program, and performed at The Big Day Out.

Rory O'Donoghue

Rory O'Donoghue (born 1948) is an Australian actor and musician, best known for playing the character "Thin Arthur" in the 1970s ABC Television sketch comedy series The Aunty Jack Show.

The 10:30 Slot

The 10.30 Slot was a music and variety show that aired on ABC TV on Friday nights between 1999 and 2000, hosted by Dylan Lewis and Angus Sampson.

The Adventures of Lano and Woodley

The Adventures of Lano and Woodley is an Australian comedy television show starring the comedic duo of Lano and Woodley (Colin Lane and Frank Woodley), consisting of two series which aired on ABC TV from 1997 to 1999.

Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres

The track "North by North" featured in the ABC Television series The Hollowmen as the theme from the opening and closing titles.

Zoë Badwi

In 2011, saw the ABC Television's new music show Stay Tuned with Joel Phillips talks to across dance pop singing sensation Zoe Badwi will air on ABC3.