''One Plus One'' is an Australian long form

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interview program on ABC TV. Each episode explores the life and career of a prominent individual. The program is broadcast nationally across Australia, streamed live on iview, and broadcast in over 40 countries across the Asia/Pacific region on the ABC's international channel,

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. The program premiered in July 2010 on the

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, and was hosted by journalist Jane Hutcheon until 2019.

History

''One Plus One'' premiered in 2010 with the launch of the ABC's 24-hour news channel. The original program was hosted by Jane Hutcheon, and featured ten-minute interviews with guests, with one of the interviews conducted by Hutcheon and the other two conducted by other ABC journalists. In 2012 the format changed, with the interviews extended to 28 minutes long and all conducted by Hutcheon. This format continued until 2019. In 2020, the program was moved to the prime time slot of 9.30pm on Thursdays on the primary ABC TV channel with a half-hour runtime. The new format brought in a rotation of presenters, with prominent Australians in the hosting chair for a series of episodes based around a theme. In 2020 journalist

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explored the idea of leadership, Paralympian

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spoke to people about excellence, and Stan Grant did a series of interviews about identity. In 2021, the program moved to the primetime slot of 8pm Monday nights, with

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and television personality

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as host. Act's program was nominated for an

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that year. In 2022 former Australian of the Year

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was added to roster of hosts on the show.

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