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May 2022
54m 7s

Highlights: Denise Ho, Melissa Leong and...

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Logie nominated ABC series The Newsreader is a late 20th century period drama about sexual politics, egos and the stories that shaped our consciousness in the mid 1980s. Co-creator and writer Michael Lucas and series writer Kim Ho take us behind the scenes of the series. MasterChef judge and Logie nominee Melissa Leong talks about how life has changed since ... Show More
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