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Government backs new ABC facility in Melbourne

Government backs new ABC facility in Melbourne

David Knox May 2, 2013 10

The federal govt will loan $90m to the ABC to assist in moving all of its Melbourne production from Elsternwick to Southbank.

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Vale: Chrissy Amphlett

Vale: Chrissy Amphlett

David Knox April 22, 2013 10

Forthright singer Chrissy Amphlett, who fronted the Divinyls, has died, aged 53.

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ABBA: Bang a Boomerang: sneak peek

ABBA: Bang a Boomerang: sneak peek

David Knox January 18, 2013 11

Video: Countdown was pivotal in ABBA's success, but it was Reg Grundy who lured them to Australia for Nine.

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rage goes retro

rage goes retro

David Knox January 4, 2013 5

Once again the music clip show digs deep from the ABC vaults.

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SBS viewers reject import, plea for Letters & Numbers return.

SBS viewers reject import, plea for Letters & Numbers return.

David Knox September 5, 2012 17

SBS axed a low-rent show in June and replaced it with the UK version. But it's a switch-off for audiences.

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Psst! You want 70s nostalgia? Can we have these next please?

Psst! You want 70s nostalgia? Can we have these next please?

David Knox August 20, 2012 20

If the audience can't get enough of the 1970s, there's a whole lot more that could be mined yet.

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Puberty Blues

Puberty Blues

David Knox August 6, 2012 9

Puberty Blues expands as a cross-generational drama without losing any of its insight into teen life in the 1970s.

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Airdate: Countdown

Airdate: Countdown

David Knox July 23, 2012 8

Aggrieved fans of axed game show Letters and Numbers will get their first look at the UK series Countdown on SBS next week.

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Lily Serna is Numeracy Week ambassador as Letters & Numbers disappears

Lily Serna is Numeracy Week ambassador as Letters & Numbers disappears

David Knox June 28, 2012 9

Letters & Numbers ends in the same month Lily Serna is named an ambassador for National Literacy and Numeracy Week.

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Axed: Letters and Numbers

Axed: Letters and Numbers

David Knox June 23, 2012 47

Low-cost game show gets the chop by SBS -to be replaced by a foreign import.

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Great Music Cities of the World

Great Music Cities of the World

David Knox June 18, 2012 2

The Seekers, Skyhooks, Kylie, Molly, Mushroom -Melbourne's great music history is celebrated in this excellent documentary on MAX.

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