Page One was a 1988 Australian current affairs television show that aired on Channel Ten.
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The executive producer was Richard Carey. Presenters included Brad Robinson, Katrina Lee, Chris Masters, Maxine McKew, Kerry O'Brien, Michael Cordell, Greg Hoy, Peter George, and Jill Singer.[1] Many of the reporters came from the ABC and the show was dubbed "The ABC Old Boys Club" at one stage.[2]
The show was very experience.[clarification needed] The television soap Richmond Hill was reportedly axed to allocate funds for Page One.[3]
The show was axed in 1989, but many of the team went into a new Channel Ten current affairs show, Public Eye.[4]
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- ^ "Page One". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 222. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 May 1988. p. 27. Retrieved 19 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "It's Page One Time at Last". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 May 1988. p. 54.
- ^ Kent, Simon (10 October 1988). "The harsh politics of canning a soap". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 64.
- ^ "'Public Eye' to open soon". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 627. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 July 1989. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.