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Airdate: The Stamp of Australia
The History Channel has a two part special The Stamp of Australia, four years in the making, to salute 200 years of the Australian postal service.
Hosted by Scott McGregor (Australian Icon Towns) it will look at the story of the men, the women, and the indomitable spirit that conquered our tyranny of distance – and gave us communication with the world.
The documentary will hark back to the day the first letters arrived in the colony of New South Wales by ship from England in 1790.
It spans everything from the opening of …
Foxtel rocks into 2009
Foxtel has joined the procession of new programme announcements, with a raft of Australian-produced and international shows, some of which launch as early as December.
The channels owned & operated by Foxtel include FOX8, FOX Classics, Arena, Comedy, Crime & Investigation, History, Biography and the W Channel.
The titles include 15 local productions, starting with An Aussie Goes Calypso in December and reality competition The Phone in January. Both will air on FOX8.
To be presented by Justin Melvey, The Phone sees two hidden mobile phones ringing somewhere in a city. When a stranger …