Australian TV
‘I fell in love again’: Guillaume Brahimi on what drew him back to France
The popular TV chef is back in his birthplace, as he hits up the coast for Guillaume’s French Atlantic and then hops on his bike for Plat du Tour.
- by Bridget McManus
Latest
I come to bury the Bachelor, but let’s not give up on true TV love entirely
Friends, readers, reality television watchers, lend me your ears. I come to bury the Bachelor, not to praise him.
- by Louise Rugendyke
The voice that filled Australian lounge rooms
For a few heady decades, John Blackman was The Voice, widely heard on TV and radio but not seen. He was once described as being “as Melbourne as the MCG”.
- by Debi Enker
Miranda Otto on the Ladies in Black – and the lost art of customer service
The Australian actor plays one of the new characters in the ABC TV series, which is the third spin-off from Madeleine St John’s 1993 novel, The Women in Black.
- by Louise Rugendyke
The Test: a case study on the pros and cons of authorised sporting docos
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
- by Louise Rugendyke, Melanie Kembrey, Barry Divola, Jonathan Seidler and Frances Mocnik
After MasterChef and the UFC, Melissa Leong dives in the deep end
The former MasterChef Australia judge joins the front line of Australia’s hospital system as part of SBS’s new observational series.
- by Bridget McManus
Dicey Topics
Good Weekend
‘Patty’s not allowed to remarry’: Harriet Dyer’s imaginary from-the-grave command
The 35-year-old actor and screenwriter on unusual sex ed, how she’d like to die – and Taylor Swift.
- by Benjamin Law
‘It’s not about our love’: Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall on separating fact from fiction
When Colin from Accounts became an international hit, the couple were faced with sudden celebrity – and the challenge of writing season two.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Opinion
Streaming
Is Netflix killing off the binge model it created? The signs say yes
The latest season of Bridgerton has been split in two, spread out across a month. It’s the latest sign the streaming giant is shifting from the binge model.
- by Aine Ryan
The dark side of Australian football’s ‘great sporting fairytale’
Featuring Craig Foster and superfan Ian “Dicko” Dickson, Came from Nowhere tracks the rise of divisive A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers.
- by Bridget McManus
Tony Armstrong reveals the ‘thing’ he’ll never give up
The popular ABC News Breakfast presenter criss-crossed the country on a bike in search of people’s most precious possessions for his new show.
- by Bridget McManus