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Lee Lin Chin, Jenny Brockie, Anton Enus and Kumi Taguchi.

How SBS evolved from ‘clogs and cooking’ into our most innovative broadcaster

As SBS turns 50, its biggest names reflect on its journey – and its rapidly growing audience.

  • Michael Lallo

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Chef Analeise Gregory returns for season two of Tasmanian cooking show A Girl’s Guide To Hunting, Fishing and Wild Cooking.

‘I am genuinely on my own’: The TV chef living the wild life in Tasmania

Analiese Gregory is as adventurous as ever as she returns for the second season of A Girl’s Guide to Hunting, Fishing and Wild Cooking.

  • Bridget McManus
Peter Meakin: “Our budgets were so big you could try 10 things, and if two of them worked, you were a superstar”.

Is this the end of free-to-air TV? A veteran weighs in

Peter Meakin has been producing news and current affairs programs on commercial TV for 60 years. He knows what works.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Toby Leonard Moore as Jeremiah in season two of Bay of Fires.

‘The most fun you can have as an actor’: ABC thriller warms up after chilly reception

For season two of Bay of Fires, actor Toby Leonard Moore had to remember how to slow down to life in the Apple Isle.

  • Bridget McManus
The Project hosts Sarah Harris and Waleed Aly are leaving Network Ten with their program’s axing.

With The Project and Neighbours going, is Australian TV all Sydney all the time?

Made in Melbourne used to be the default for much Australian television content, but the drift to Sydney is gathering pace. Or is it?

  • Karl Quinn
Waleed Aly challenged his viewers to pay attention to immigration policy.

This is the column I never wanted to have to write

As an industry stares into the abyss, there are bigger things at stake than the fate of this or that television show. What’s concerning is the unfettered domination of foreign tech companies.

  • Waleed Aly
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Spicks and Specks’ original crew (from left) Alan Brough, Adam Hills and Myf Warhurst.

The stories you haven’t heard from the ABC’s iconic quiz show

For Spicks and Specks’ 20th anniversary, stars Adam Hills, Myf Warhurst and Alan Brough reflect on its history and their unique “three-part harmony”.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Jim Sturgess broods in the romantic drama Mix Tape.

How this British star’s teenage efforts to impress girls finally came in handy

One Day star Jim Sturgess spent his late teens making mixtapes as a romantic gesture – now it all comes full circle in his new Irish-Australian drama Mix Tape.

  • Benji Wilson
Journalists Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock are the hosts of Ten’s new investigative news program, Ten News+.

Fewer car crashes, meatier news: Ten unveils bold Project replacement

The network says its ambitious new program will contain “no opinion and no filler, just the facts”.

  • Michael Lallo
Charlie Vickers as Kieran in The Survivors.

Powerful acting keeps Netflix’s Australian coastal crime drama from sinking

Despite the now ubiquitous small-town-big-secrets premise, The Survivors has enough going on to keep you watching.

  • Kylie Northover

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