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• One more time, Bruce McAvaney dancing.

  05-11-2018 18:47 via feedproxy.google.com
   
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  The result of what happens when @channel7 ask all talent to take part in a 40sec choreographed dance routine to open the Melbourne Cup Carnival telecast. The result 👉🏻 pure happiness. Memories I’ll never forget. #Bruceownsthefloor
  A post shared byRachael Finch (@rachael_finch) on Nov 3, 2018 at 12:18am PDTHow good is this?
  Bruce McAvaney leads the Seven team dancing in a promo for their final Melbourne Cup broadcast under the c
  
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• “Just because a project is filmed on location in Australia, with some Australian cast & crew, does not make it an Australian story”

  16-04-2024 08:29 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Streaming platforms have been accused of “muddying the waters” around what is what is genuine Australian content and what is actually International content filmed in Australia.
  Screen Producers Australia today fronted a National Cultural Policy Inquiry Hearing to advocate for a 20%  revenue investment obligation by the steaming services on new Australian content.
  Their call comes ahead of the Government promise for regulation to commence from 1 July this year -but one which
  
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• Airdate: Shardlake

  16-04-2024 07:39 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  4 part Tudor murder-mystery series Shardlake will premiere in May on Disney+ / Star.
  Based on the novels by C.J. Sansom the show’s cast includes Arthur Hughes (Then Barbara Met Alan) as Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer with an acute sense of justice and one of the few honest men in a world beset with scheming and plots. Shardlake works for Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean) the dangerous and all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII. Anthony Boyle (Masters of the Air) plays the cocky Jack Barak, who l
  
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• SBS on Demand: Faithless

  16-04-2024 05:56 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Yesterday SBS on Demand dropped a new Irish black comedy series, Faithless.
  This is a 6 part 2024 series starring Baz Ashmawy.
  After Sam and Tracy attend a tense meeting at their daughter’s school, Tracy is tragically killed by an ice-cream-van.
  Egyptian-Irish Sam must raise his three daughters with some support from his Egyptian father and Irish mother-in-law, and his narcissistic half-brother. The girls struggle to cope with their loss: Layla turns to Islam, Nancy finds comfort with her
  
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• Airdate: Dead Boy Detectives

  16-04-2024 05:09 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Supernatural  / horror series Dead Boy Detectives, based on a comic by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, will premiere on Netflix next week.
  The 8 part US series stars George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson and Yuyu Kitamuraplus Jenn Lyon, Briana Cuoco, Lukas Gage, David Iacono and Ruth Connell.
  Do you have a pesky ghost haunting you? Has a demon stolen your core memories? You may want to ring the Dead Boy Detectives.
  Meet Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri),
  
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• Farmer Wants a Wife tops Monday entertainment

  16-04-2024 04:07 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Farmer Wants a Wife got off to a strong start on Sunday for Seven and on Monday night again won its slot with 893,000 in National TV Audience.
  That eclipsed 7:30 (878,000), Australian Story (786,000), Lego Masters (785,000) and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here (623,000).
  Later Media Watch drew 646,000 then Four Corners (595,000), Paramedics (455,000), 9-1-1 (369,000) and FBI: Most Wanted (216,000 / 135,000).
  Seven News was #1 with a huge 1.5m in viewers then Home & Away (862,000) and
  
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• Monday 15 April 2024

  16-04-2024 03:34 via tvtonight.com.au
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• John Hinde Award: winners

  16-04-2024 03:15 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Writers from ABC ME series Space Nova, feature film Monolith and an unproduced game, You Can Survive a Rip Current, have been named winners in the John Hinde Award for Science Fiction.
  Susie Hamilton, AWG’s Director of Professional Development said, “We are thrilled to celebrate these talented writers for their outstanding science-fiction projects that demonstrate humour, suspense, warmth, authenticity and above all, originality. It’s also fantastic to see a games writer honour
  
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• Insight: April 16

  16-04-2024 02:40 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  This week on Insight, Kumi Taguchi takes a deep dive into relationships of convenience. Can they really work?
  Lutgarda Porciuncula Espiritu, or Lee, was experiencing a difficult time when she saw a newspaper ad from an Australia man seeking a Filipina penpal. She replied on a whim and it changed the course of her life.
  “Our decision to get married was a mutually beneficial one for my husband and I, and with time our love grew,” she tells Insight.
  “I came across him by chance on
  
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• Psst. Wanna join ABC and SBS Boards?

  16-04-2024 01:50 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Applications are open for Non-executive Director vacancies on both ABC and SBS Boards.
  These are part-time positions for up to 5 years. The boards have different selection criteria and applicants interested in both positions must submit separate applications for each.
  Successful candidates must understand the role of the ABC and / or SBS, its Charter, and place in the Australian community, plus substantial knowledge of at least one of these fields is essential: media industry, business or financ
  
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• Ian McElhinney drawn to High Country’s script, tension and “this bloody landscape”

  15-04-2024 20:58 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  When you’ve been performing as long as Ian McElhinney you would rightly expect to be offered roles and not be asked to screen test.
  That was just what happened for the veteran Irish actor when producers for Binge drama High Country reached out to his agent.
  McElhinney attributes his work in Derry Girls and Stephen Merchant’s The Outlaws as being instrumental to the offer.
  “There was something about seeing those two shows, in particular… having made this decision already
  
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• Which game show pays out more prize money?

  15-04-2024 20:55 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Deal or No Deal gave away more money in prizes than Tipping Point or The Chase last week.
  TV Tonight chose a week at random to see which afternoon game show was likely to give away the most money.
  Last week all three gave away single prizes of $40,000 or more, but it was 10’s Grant Denyer-hosted game show which gave away the most overall.
  Monday:The Chase  $0Tipping Point $40,000Deal or No Deal $5,000
  Tuesday:The Chase $0Tipping Point $3500Deal or No Deal $47,277
  Wednesday;The Ch
  
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• The Project: “No one emerged unscathed”

  15-04-2024 20:52 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  In reporting on the verdict in yesterday’s defamation trial, The Project acknowledged it too had been criticised in Justice Michael Lee’s findings.
  While it detailed the scathing conclusion of Bruce Lehrmann and the inconsistencies of Brittany Higgins, The Project aimed for transparency and told viewers it was not faultless.
  “Justice Lee (was) also critical of The Project for failing to investigate certain inconsistencies in Higgins’ story, failing to question the motivat
  
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• WGA Awards 2024: winners

  15-04-2024 20:49 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  The Writers Guild of America has handed out its annual awards, with TV wins for Succession, Beef, The Bear and The Last of Us.
  TV winners in bold:
  DRAMA SERIES
  “The Crown,” Written by Peter Morgan; Netflix
  “The Curse,” Written by Carmen Christopher, Nathan Fielder, Alex Huggins, Carrie Kemper, Benny Safdie; Showtime
  “The Diplomat,” Written by Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Mia Chung, Anna Hagen, Amanda Johnson-Zetterstrom, Peter Noah; Netflix
  “The Last of Us,&r
  
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• Airdate: The Marlow Murder Club

  15-04-2024 20:45 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Seven will screen 2024 UK drama The Marlow Murder Club featuring Samantha Bond, Jo Martin and Cara Horgan in late April.
  The 3 part series from the producers of Death in Paradise debuted in the UK last month.
  Retired archaeologist Judith Potts lives alone in a faded mansion in the peaceful town of Marlow, filling her time setting crosswords for the local paper. During one of her regular evening swims in the River Thames, Judith hears a gunshot coming from her neighbour’s garden, and believ
  
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• Foreign Correspondent: April 18

  15-04-2024 20:44 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Foreign Correspondent this week reports on the Japanese women pushing for equality in an ancient sport.
  Across the world female athletes have been revolutionising sport, pushing for recognition and pay to put them on an equal footing with their male equivalent. In Japan the ancient sport of sumo is wrestling with how to accept women competitors on an equal footing, challenging deeply held customs and traditions.
  On Foreign Correspondent this week the ABC’s North Asia correspondent James Oa
  
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• Eurovision 2024: Georgia

  15-04-2024 20:40 via tvtonight.com.au
  
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  Eurovision: Semi Final TwoNutsa Buzaladze: “Firefighter”
  This international songstress from Tbilisi has participated in (and won) many different song contests over her career. Achievements include a top 12 finish at American Idol in 2023, where she performed a duet with Kylie Minogue on her classic track Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. In 2019, Nutsa released her debut album under the name Nutsa22, covering not only Georgian songs but also compositions in English. But it
  
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• Miram Margolyes: Impossibly Australian

  15-04-2024 15:18 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Miriam travels to Byron Bay, and meets influencers, hippies as well as locals caught up in the town’s homelessness crisis. 8pm Tuesday on ABC.High Country
  Farmer Wants a Wife
  Creative Types with Virginia Trioli
  Clarkson’s Farm
  Opal Hunters: Red Dirt Roadtrip
  
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• Vale: Ian Parmenter

  15-04-2024 08:40 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  WA chef, broadcaster, and author Ian Parmenter, best known for ABC’s Consuming Passions has died, aged 79.
  Long-time friends confirmed he passed away over the weekend.
  Parmenter rose to national prominence in the 1990s as the host of Consuming Passions, helming 450 five-minute episodes between 1992 and 2001.
  Born in London, he joined ABC Perth in 1974 in behind-the-scenes roles and eventually becoming a television producer and director.
  Consuming Passions was originally filmed at Parmenter
  
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• Clarkson’s Farm: April 16

  15-04-2024 07:50 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Season Two of Clarkson’s Farm on Nine kicks off with Jeremy shopping for a herd of cows.
  The harvest season is about to hit Jeremy again – weather permitting. But that’s not the biggest challenge he’ll face this farming year; the fallout from Brexit means UK farmers face uncertain futures, with subsidies disappearing and little or no guidance from the government about where to concentrate their efforts. The only thing that is certain is that farmers now need to diversify,
  
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• Mark Llewellyn departs Seven Network

  15-04-2024 07:11 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Seven has confirmed 7News Spotlight executive producer Mark Llewellyn has left the building.
  “Mark Llewellyn no longer works for the Seven Network,” a statement said today.
  It is yet to announce his replacement.
  His departure follows allegations made in court earlier this month by former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach, which Federal Court judge Justice Michael Lee said were not necessary to be determined today.
  Seven denied the claims stating, “Seven also wishes to make cle
  
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• Airdate: Martin Compston’s Norwegian Fling

  15-04-2024 06:47 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Following Martin Compston’s Scottish Fling, the actor, alongside his presenter and best friend Phil MacHugh, embarks on Martin Compston’s Norwegian Fling.
  This show sees the pair get to know the people and the places of Norway on a spectacular trip. Travelling over 3,000 km from Oslo to the Arctic North, they take in dramatic remote scenery and unexpected urban exploits.
  Starring Martin Compston (Line of Duty, Vigil) and Scottish Presenter Phil MacHugh (Martin Compston’s Scotti
  
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• Massive Bluey ratings top Sunday

  15-04-2024 06:20 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Bluey has topped National TV Audience ratings with 2.29m viewers across two broadcasts on Sunday.
  It marks the first time the show has topped OzTAM TV audience ratings, due to its 28 minute length -normally the show is not reported due to a running time of less than 10 minutes.
  Meanwhile in the reality TV battle Farmer Wants a Wife drew 1.12m viewers, eclipsing Lego Masters (874,000) and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here‘s 650,000. UK drama Call the Midwife was fourth in the slot at
  
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• Bruce Lehrmann loses defamation case against Network 10, Lisa Wilkinson

  15-04-2024 05:49 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed a defamation case instigated by Bruce Lehrmann against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson.
  In his lengthy findings, Justice Lee concluded incidents in a parliamentary suite in 2019 between Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins were sufficient for sexual intercourse to have taken place, in a state of intoxication, without consent.
  “Mr Lehrmann raped Miss Higgins,” he concluded in what is a civil, not criminal, trial.
  But Lee’s decision does
  
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• Sunday 14 April 2024

  15-04-2024 03:33 via tvtonight.com.au
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• Miriam Margolyes: Impossible Australian: April 16

  15-04-2024 02:40 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  This week on Impossibly Australian, Miriam Margolyes travels to Byron Bay, a beacon of creativity and freedom, and where individualism and influencers thrive.
  Here she meets Jade Kevin Foster, a social media powerhouse (whatever that means) and learns the dos and don’ts of the influencer lifestyle, a world that remains incomprehensible to Miriam.
  But she finds that the price of freedom is quite steep in Byron, where a housing crisis is breeding homelessness, and where climate change is pow
  
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• Airdate: Insomnia

  15-04-2024 02:00 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Upcoming drama series Insomnia, starring Vicky McClure will premiere in May, same day as the UK on Stan.
  Based on Sarah Pinborough’s thriller novel of the same name and starring Vicky McClure (Trigger Point, Line of Duty), Insomnia follows a successful career woman Emma Averill, who fears she is losing her mind after suffering from sleep deprivation two weeks before turning 40. Her mother, who had a similar experience at the same age, suffered a violent psychotic breakdown on the night of
  
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• Industry guests announced for second Australian Children’s Content Summit

  15-04-2024 01:28 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Industry names have been announced for the second Australian Children’s Content Summit, a three day conference to be held at Coffs Coast in August.
  Emma Watkins (Emma Memma, The Wiggles) has been named as host for the event which brings together producers, creators, writers, directors, buyers, distributors, investors, screen agencies, policy makers, and industry influencers.
  International featured guests confirmed include Jane Gould – Co-Founder Wonderworks Insights, Kate Morton &nda
  
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• Fallout

  14-04-2024 20:58 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  With shows such as The Last of Us, television has really lifted the bar in adaptating video games for the small screen.
  While Halo may not have lived up to its legacy, others such as The Witcher and Castlevania have forged audiences.
  The latest is Prime Video’s Fallout, a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game created by Tim Cain and Todd Howard.
  The big budget world realised by director Jonathan Nolan (Westworld, Person of Interest) is fabulously recreated on screen, combining futurism
  
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• Seven apologises after naming wrong man as Bondi Junction attacker

  14-04-2024 20:55 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Seven Network has apologised after incorrectly naming a university student as the man responsible for deadly knife attacks in Bondi Junction on Saturday.
  On Sunday morning Sunrise and Seven’s YouTube channel named a UTS student as the knife-wielding man who killed six people and wounded 17 at Westfield Bondi Junction.
  But NSW Police later named by Queensland man Joel Cauchi as the man responsible. He was shot dead by a female police officer.
  The student incorrectly named by Seven was also
  
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