60 Minutes (Australian TV program)

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show_name = 60 Minutes


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genre = Newsmagazine
creator = Don Hewitt
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presenter = Liz Hayes
Tara Brown
Peter Overton
Liam Bartlett
Peter Harvey
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country = AUS
language = English
num_seasons = 29
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runtime = 46 minutes
network = Nine Network
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first_aired = 11 February 1979
last_aired = present
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related = "60 Minutes" (1968 – present)
website = http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/
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"60 Minutes" premiered 11 February 1979. It airs on Sunday nights on the Nine Network. It is a newsmagazine presented in much the same way as the American program of the same name, on which it was based. The New Zealand version of the show also used parts of the Australian show. The show has been a ratings hit ever since its inception, recovering from a slight dip in 2007 to reach a consistent audience of in excess of 1.7 million in 2008.

Reporting team

Present correspondents

* Liz Hayes (1996 – present)
* Tara Brown (2001 – present)
* Peter Overton (2001 – present)
* Liam Bartlett (2006 – present)

pecial correspondents

* Mike Munro (2003 – present)
* Charles Wooley (2006 – present)Wooley and Munro have been 60 Minutes correspondents in the past, but have since left the program however still file special reports. Other National Nine News file special reports for the show including Peter Harvey, Helen Dalley, Hugh Riminton, Ben Fordham and Amanda Patterson. Ellen Fanning also returned at several times after leaving the show for follow up stories.

Past correspondents

* George Negus (1979–1986)
* Ray Martin (1979–1984)
* Ian Leslie (1979–1989)
* Jana Wendt (1982–1988, 1994)
* Jeff McMullen (1985–2001)
* Jennifer Byrne (1986–1993)
* Mike Munro (1986–1992)
* Richard Carleton (1987–2006)
* Tracey Curro (1993–1997)
* Charles Wooley (1993–2005)
* Ellen Fanning (1999–2001)
* Paul Barry (2004–2005)

Commentators

Past and present commentators include:

* Paul Lyneham (1979–2000)
* Peter Harvey (2003 – present)

ee also

* List of Australian television series
* Australian journalism

External links

* [http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/ Australia's "60 Minutes" official website]
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* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A138023;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 60 Minutes at the National Film and Sound Archive]