''Real Life'' was an Australian
current affairs Current affairs may refer to:
News
* ''Current Affairs'' (magazine) a bimonthly magazine of culture and politics.
* Current affairs (news format): a genre of broadcast journalism
* Current Affairs, former name for Behind the News
Politics
* A ...
television
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program that aired on the
Seven Network
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from 20 January 1992 to 1 December 1994.
Its format was similar to other
tabloid current affairs shows airing at the time, these being ''
A Current Affair'' and ''
Hinch'', which had recently been axed by the Seven Network and picked up by
Network Ten
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. It was mainly presented by
Stan Grant and the reporters included former
Network Ten
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newsreader
Eric Walters
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Background
Walters was an elementary school teacher at Vista Heights Public School in ...
and
Edwina Gatenby
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People
*Edwina Barth ...
.
While generally not being as successful as its Nine competitor, it was popular enough for Nine to install
Ray Martin as the host of ''A Current Affair'' in 1994 and it did win the
Logie award for Most Popular Current Affairs Program
in that year.
At the end of 1994, the show was replaced with ''
Today Tonight
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'', a state-based current affairs program as opposed to ''Real Life'' which was a nationally airing show.
References
External links
*
Australian non-fiction television series
Seven News
1992 Australian television series debuts
1994 Australian television series endings
English-language television shows
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