The Newsreader (1/6)Three, Two, One

Melbourne, 1986: A rookie reporter and a newsreader in join forces to find their place in a changing world in this fast-paced, behind-the-scenes drama about a television news programme, with characters full of contradictions.

Melbourne, January 1986, backstage at the News at Six: young reporter Dale Jennings dreams of taking centre stage, while Helen Norville, host of the evening news, suffers from the chauvinistic attitudes of her co-host Geoff Walters, an old-fashioned journalist. When the producer asks Dale to team up with Helen to keep her ambitions in check, the young man accepts in the hope of getting a promotion. Their relationship turns into an uneasy alliance when the tragic news of the week breaks…

Director

Emma Freeman

Scenario

Michael Lucas

Production

Werner Film Productions

Image

Earle Dresner

Editing

Angie Higgins

Music

Cornel Wilczek

With

  • Anna Torv

  • Sam Reid

  • William McInnes

  • Robert Taylor

  • Marg Downey

  • Stephen Peacocke

  • Michelle Lim Davidson

  • Chum Ehelepola

  • Maude Davey

  • Chai Hansen

Costumes

Marion Boyce

Sets / Set building

Melinda Doring

Programme manager/Programme assistant

Virginie Padilla

Country

Australia

Year

2021

Duration

55 min

Available

From 22/02/2023 to 09/05/2023

Genre

Series