The Newsreader, starring Anna Torv
Happened upon a trailer for an Australian show called "The Newreader" and then saw that series 2 is currently in the middle of being shown on RTE.
It's a TV show centred around a TV New Show in the 1980's and in particular it is focused on the personal story of main news anchor Helen Norville along with other key characters.
Big News Stories of the '80's
Woven in to the stories are true life news stories such as the Challenger Space Rocket explosion and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster as well as more Australian stories such as the release of Lindy Chamberlain whose baby was taken by a dingo. All fascinating stuff to see how a news desk reacted to these stories and put together a broadcast in times with no access to instant information through channels like the Internet.
The Newsreader on RTE
Anyway I found series 1 on the RTE player so I binge watched that before moving on to series 2. I am now completely up to date and can continue watching it as it is broadcast on regular TV on Wednesday nights going forward. However, it is on too late for me as it starts at 10.30pm so is not over until well after 11pm (it's about an hour long) so I will just watch it the next day after recording it.
Is The Newreader available where you live? Let me know if you have seen it!
