News
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Pick of the 2021 Upfronts
The Newsreader, RFDS, See What You Made Me Do & The End coming this year.
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When Michael from Love on the Spectrum met Dawn Wells
Gilligan’s Island star made time for an Aussie fan who considered her his ‘dream woman.’
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“People seemed to recognise what the characters were going through”
Michael Sheen & David Tennant talk about the second season of Staged.
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NYE fireworks breaks ABC record
NYE breaks a record for ABC (but Aunty still under-reports its own numbers).
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Neighbours tops UK search results
Aussie soap was the most-searched show in the UK according to Yahoo.
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Kerri-Anne nursing broken collarbone after stage fall
KAK has been released from hospital following a fall from a trapeze during a stage performance of Pippin.
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2020 wasn’t all bad (no really…)
It’s easy to overlook there were also a few rare moments on telly this year.
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Billy Connolly: “Remember, I’m happy where I am”
Sir Billy Connolly final TV special has screened in the UK, as he makes peace with what lays ahead.
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Streaming
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Airdate: History of Swear Words
Warning: Language, language!
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Copyright case against Outer Banks
A US teacher claims Netflix series took their plot from his book on a hunt for buried treasure.
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Returning: Cobra Kai
Netflix will premiere the third season a week earlier than originally planned.
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Airdate: Death to 2020
Netflix will unleash a surprise new mockumentary from Charlie Brooker, with a topline cast.
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Airdate: Dial M for Middlesborough
2019 UK mystery telemovie with Sian Gibson, Johnny Vegas & Jason Donovan comes to BritBox.
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Doco viewing up in 2020
iwonder reports doco viewing lifts 135% during the pandemic, and in Melbourne at 162%.
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Programming
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Airdate: Stutter School
4 Australian stutterers are on a once-in-a-lifetime make-or-break journey to find their voice.
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Airdate: The Architecture The Railways Built
Tim Dunn explores the construction of station buildings across the UK and Europe.
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SBS On Demand: Vienna Blood
Jessica De Gouw features in Euro period drama on a young Sigmund Freud.
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ABC TV Plus channel: guide
ABC rebrands a multichannel from January 1, with repeats of comedy, doco + arts.
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New Year’s Eve: guide
Zan Rowe & Charlie Pickering host ABC’s night of music & fireworks as we shut the door on 2020.
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Airdate: Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat
Nigella Lawson reveals where she finds inspiration for her recipes.
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Pay TV
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Airdate: Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness
Ravi Patel travels the world in search of answers to some of life’s most pressing questions.
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Coronavirus
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Vale: Dawn Wells
Much-loved US actress, best known as Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island has died.
