Munro attended Sacred Heart Primary School in Mosman, New South Wales and Marist College North Shore in North Sydney.
PETER MEAKIN: He's a very complex guy. I basically controlled my day-to-day life and what I did from the age of 8 or 9. As a nine year-old boy, Gilchrist dreamed of representing Australia in cricket, which he proudly did as a wicketkeeper for more than 10 seasons before announcing his retirement from the game he loves earlier this year.
This is one of the great dilemmas I had with the book, because, you know, I have wrestled with, "What would she really think of it?" It is hard to describe John Williamson and his music without thinking that you have left something out or underrated his contribution and achievements. Hey, I wanna have a talk to him one day. Simple things like, "I've just been on the phone to my boss "and I'm gonna get the sack unless you help me." And as I got a bit older, sometimes I could time it and, you know, see the belt or the cord coming my way and I'd use my arm to sort of, you know, protect my face and also try and wrap the cord or the belt around my arm. I'm not quite sure what it was, 'cause it seems so many years ago.
MARK DAY: He's also, in the last year, gone through a difficult time.
Well, they did. The Cangai siege was in 1993, and it became fairly damaging to both me and to Michael Willesee. MIKE MUNRO – MISSION LAUNCH SPEECH: My main aim in life was to buy my mother a unit. Mike Munro is an actor, known for What a Year (2006), This Is Your Life (1995) and A Current Affair (1971). We are keen to hear your story ideas and follow-ups, as well as suggestions. But it looks not good. But we always related, I guess, from the very first day we met, even though I was young.
And I thought it was a big decision and a big risk to bring him aboard '60 Minutes', because of his background, which was so different. "Don't you worry about it. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. But sometimes it's suffocating too … because it's so important to him. MIKE MUNRO: Dad grew up believing there were no rules, or rules for some but not for him. I had absolutely nothing in the world or no-one in the world to go to.
I think that's the mystery of faith. There must have been the right attraction. I don't remember consciously thinking, "I"m gonna prove her wrong," but it must have had an effect.
Dad's womanising was such that when I was 3 he even took me along to the bedroom of one woman. I just saw the ad this morning. It’s an almost impossible task... Would you like to join John’s Fair Dinkum Club and receive the True Blue Newsletter by email? MIKE MUNRO: Commercial television is relentless, you know. All rights reserved. MIKE MUNRO: It is dangerous stuff.
I can't even remember the number of homes that we lived in and were thrown out of over the years. Many of John Williamson's fans will be aware of the causes he has supported over his long career. Whereas all that's ... all that detail is ... Michael's such a detail person that that can tend to drive you up the wall. LEA MUNRO: Yeah, family's very important to Michael. PETER MEAKIN: I thought I could have been more open with him. And subsequently I've made it a point of saying to people at Seven, "Your job is going to go to someone else." But it runs a poor second, and always has, to the family. In November 2010, it was announced that the show would return on 28 February 2011 and be hosted by Eddie McGuire, however it was not as successful and after just four episodes the show did not return. And there are very few of us in Australia today who aren't related to an alcoholic, or at the very least, don't know one. He thought it was too tabloid-y, hated diet stories. PETER MEAKIN: He can be a handful, particularly for people lower down the totem pole. But certainly in the last year or so he was a handful. ‘The Great Divide’ – Watch John’s new song. It has its moments. The Gilchrist tribute starts with a hilarious sting that places the unsuspecting guest of honour in a car journey he will never forget. It wasn't an easy decision for me and it wasn't an easy decision for the management. Of course it was off. How do you sum up an artist who has captured a country in song and had such a successful career in one of the most cutthroat industries around? John is congratulated by John Laws on ‘This Is Your Life’ as Mike Munro looks on. Um... And not for me a lack of trying to find out what was happening. 'Cause he doesn't want them to be treated as he was treated when he was young. Who is Mike Munro?
I'm not hanging out for it. THIS IS YOUR LIFE, one of the most loved programs on television, returns to honour one of Australia’s favourite sporting sons this Thursday, November 13 at 8.30pm on Nine. GERALD STONE: Mike has this rough, gruff exterior and yet he's got these mischievous little boy eyes that sort of twinkle, and he's got a smile that melts hearts. And there were also question marks about his interviewing skills. You can't ask for more than that. And I sort of found myself having to whisper to her, because showing affection, for both of us, was so alien.
And at the age of 4, she took me and we disappeared. Michael Kenneth Munro, AM (born 12 April 1953), is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
My tips for the surprisee is either Ray Martin or Mike Munro.
I didn't know how you did it then. I can’t help thinking about that “Oz Brothers” skit from The Late Show. And we lived across a little courtyard in two rooms.