Airdate: The Real Graham Kennedy
Updated: Friends, colleagues, fellow performers, housekeeper and driver all talk about the real Graham Kennedy they knew.
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Here’s one for fans of TV nostalgia…
ABC1 will air The Real Graham Kennedy, a documentary produced by Bob Phillips, who has run the TV World memorabilia museum on the Mornington Peninsula with wife Judy Banks.
TV history will reveal that there were two Graham Kennedys – the funny, somewhat irreverent and controversial one who inhabited our living rooms for so many years – and the other, an intensely private, shy but affable man who talks for the first time in this brand new documentary tribute. He speaks about his childhood, the early days in radio and TV, and his thoughts on life, marriage and death.
His friends, colleagues, fellow performers, housekeeper and driver all talk about the real Graham Kennedy they knew. This documentary utilises rare footage not previously seen on Australian television with wonderful memories from Denise Drysdale, Rosemary Margan, Philip Brady, Stephen Curry, Mike McColl-Jones and many more.
This is not just another re-hashed TV special but a new, rare insight into the boy from Balaclava who became the undisputed ‘King of Australian Television’.
It airs 7:30pm Saturday August 7th on ABC1.
UPDATE: Sorry guys, ABC advises this date no longer applies. Will keep you posted if it is rescheduled.
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6 Responses
T-Mac – *hand up* 😀
I was in Sanity only last week and saw this on DVD and also bought it wondering why it had never aired anywhere previously. Very good watch.
God i miss stars such as GK.Blankety Blanks (on Foxtel) makes me pine for what used to be.Talent…..& charisma.
Chookers to Ruth & Garry on Mother & Son.
@ t-mac – yes i assumed straight away it was a Nine show and was surprised to see it’s on 2.
Sounds great! There can never be enough tribute shows for Gra Gra.
Hands up everyone who saw this on the main page, and instantly thought Nine would be airing this?
I picked this up on DVD last year. Delightful insight. It definitely isn’t another Ch 9 clip show. Interviews with cast and friends. Most of the archival footage is actually home movies, which I was impressed with.
Definite watch if you’re a Gra-Gra fan.