The newsreader. The complete series
2025
DVDs
In 1986, ambitious reporter Dale and difficult newsreader Helen are thrown together in the cutthroat world of commercial TV news. Covering an extraordinary chain of news events from the Challenger Disaster, to Halley's Comet, to the AIDS crisis, Dale and Helen's personal and professional lives begin to intertwine. This is a story of a grand, unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change. Includes all 18 episodes from the acclaimed Australian drama, The Newsreader.
Main title:
Author:
Lucas, Michael (Television producer), creatorTorv, Anna, 1979-, actorReid, Sam, 1987-, actorMcInnes, William, 1963-, actor
Imprint:
Australia : Distributed by ViaVision Entertainment, ©2025©2021-2025
Collation:
6 DVD-videos (954 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm
Notes:
Catalogued from container.ViaVision Entertainment : VVE5071.The series was originally broadcast in Australia on the ABC from 2021 to 2025."When the breaking news is behind the camera" -- Cover.English.
Credits:
Created by Michael Lucas.
Performers:
Cast: Anna Torv, Sam Reid, Robert Taylor, William McInnes.
Audience:
Censorship classification : M.
System details:
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 ; NTSC ; Region 4 ; 16:9.
Contents:
Series one: Three, Two, One... ; Once in a Lifetime ; The White Marquis Matinee Jacket ; A Step Closer to the Madness ; No More Lies ; Meltdown --Series two: Decision '87 ; People Like You and Me ; Greed and Fear ; The Hungry Truth ; A Model Daughter ; Fireworks --Series three: Night of Nights ; A New Era ; Behind the Front Line ; One Team, All Brothers ; On the Brink ; The Fall.
Dewey class:
791.4572
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
Television broadcasting of news -- Australia -- DramaBroadcast journalism -- DramaTelevision journalists -- Professional relationships -- DramaInterpersonal relations -- DramaNineteen eighties -- DramaTelevision series -- AustraliaTelevision programs, AustralianJournalism television programsHistorical television programsTelevision seriesFiction television programs
BRN:
490462