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What I’ve Been Watching: Geraldine Doogue

Compass presenter is a fan of British crimes -and cross-stitching while she watches.

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Compass presenter Geraldine Doogue is a fan of British crimes but tells TV Tonight her tastes are “embarrassingly un-ambitious!”

“These days I increasingly use the television to relax utterly, to veg-out, and I do my cross-stitch while watching,” she says.

What shows are on your must-see TV list lately?
GD: Whatever good documentaries survive: just finished watching the 5-part BBC series Blair And Brown: the Story of New Labour, which was excellent. SBS invariably schedules them on Sun and Tues evenings; the Noni Hazlehurst Every Family Has A Secret; Julia with Sarah Lancashire—watch absolutely everything she does. Always watch the Agatha Christie programmes, despite being repeats (told you it was embarrassing) and maybe Vera and Lewis, even though I often know the plots, having seen them several times!

How has lockdown affected your viewing?
GD: Lockdown hasn’t really affected my viewing: about the same. Though I am accessing more travel and art webinars during lockdown and in the aftermath, which reduces some television.

Which guilty pleasure show are you reluctant to admit watching?
GD: Guilty pleasure….as above. Those old hoary British crime shows.

When you settle down for a night on the couch what are your ‘must-haves?’
GD: Oh I love a glass of chardonnay and maybe a good, strong coffee: coffee doesn’t keep me awake so I indulge.

What show would you secretly love to appear on?
GD: No, not yearning especially to be on any of them.

What is it about Compass that keeps you invested and what can we look forward to in coming episodes?
GD: I’m not a Compass host any more, of course: but do about five big interview specials, like Sacred Space—have just done a really good one on Marc Fennell– -and will be presenting the Compass contribution to the 90 the anniversary celebrations.

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  1. Still the best in the business Saint Geraldine.

    There are now two shows that I have watched on her recommendations and both have been fascinating.

    The first was on the rise of the Nazi Party prior to them taking over Government, which was on SBS On Demand, but now no longer available. Fascinating in the parallels between that party and the later rise of Trumpism. The Nazi Party actually had the slogan “Make Germany Great Again”. What goes around comes around!

    Now I am watching Blair and Brown on You Tube. While I am a sucker for these historical political reflection shows, again I found that first episode about the various Labor defeats prior to Blair’s first win, fascinating. It was almost like the post mortem for a possible Labor Party defeat in our upcoming election.

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