The official companion podcast for The Newsreader. Journalists Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar delve into every episode of season 2 with the show's writers, directors, and stars. Go back to the newsrooms of the '80s and find out the real-life events that inspired the show. With analysis of the key moments, never before heard stories from the writer's room, and interviews with the stars, it's the podcast to listen to after watching the show.
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The official companion podcast for The Newsreader. Journalists Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar delve into every episode of season 2 with the show's writers, directors, and stars. Go back to the newsrooms of the '80s and find out the real-life events that inspired the show. With analysis of the key moments, never before heard stories from the writer's room, and interviews with the stars, it's the podcast to listen to after watching the show.
01 I Decision '87 with Michael Lucas and Emma Freeman
The Newsreader Podcast
42 minutes
2 years ago
01 I Decision '87 with Michael Lucas and Emma Freeman
In the first episode of Season Two of ABC TV’s The Newsreader, Helen and Dale feel the pressure of a live election broadcast from the 1987 federal election tally room.
It’s Hawke vs. Howard as we meet the new CEO of News at Six, Charlie Tate. Geoff Walters has a new gig on a rival network, while Geoff and Evelyn’s daughter Kay is back from London and acting strangely.
Join real-life journalists Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar as they meet the director of The Newsreader, Emma Freeman. Writer and creator, Michael Lucas is also stopping by to talk about the inspiration for the fabulous '80s show.
Credits:
Hosted by: Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar
Executive Producer: Alex Lollback
Producer: Michele Weekes
Sound Engineer: Angela Grant
Manager, ABC Podcasts: Monique Bowley
Original Music Composer: Cornel Wilczek
Special thanks to: Antony Green
Production credits:
A Werner Films Production for the ABC. Major production investment from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and financed with support from VicScreen. Worldwide distribution is managed by Entertainment One (eOne). Created by Michael Lucas. Written by Michael Lucas, Kim Ho, Adrian Russell Wills and Niki Aken. Directed by Emma Freeman. Produced by Lucas and Joanna Werner. Executive Producers Werner, Stuart Menzies and Emma Freeman. ABC Executive Producers Brett Sleigh and Sally Riley.
The Newsreader Podcast
The official companion podcast for The Newsreader. Journalists Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar delve into every episode of season 2 with the show's writers, directors, and stars. Go back to the newsrooms of the '80s and find out the real-life events that inspired the show. With analysis of the key moments, never before heard stories from the writer's room, and interviews with the stars, it's the podcast to listen to after watching the show.
