2016 Australian TV series or program
Pyne & Marles Title card
Genre Current affairs , political commentary Presented by Country of origin Australia Original language English No. of seasons5 No. of episodes108 Running time 30 minutes ( adverts) Network Sky News Australia Release 6 February 2016 (2016-02-06 ) – 29 March 2019 (2019-03-29 )
Pyne & Marles was an Australian television political commentary which was broadcast weekly on Sky News Live . The program was co-hosted by two serving frontbench MPs , Liberal minister Christopher Pyne and Labor shadow minister Richard Marles , without a journalist or moderator. It covered the political issues of the week.[ 1]
The series premiered on 6 February 2016 on Sky News Live at 8:30am AEDT , replacing Saturday Agenda and continuing weekly.[ 2] The program was broadcast live.[ 3] The hosts were given editorial control over the program, and neither was paid by Sky News for presenting the format.[ 4] [ 5]
The program moved to Friday afternoons for its second season, in the timeslot To The Point held on other weekdays at the time. The program ended in its fifth season after 105 episodes, shortly after Pyne announced his retirement from politics at the 2019 Australian federal election .
Episodes
Co-hosts of Pyne and Marles
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Reception
The program has been lampooned for the "awkward" presenting style of the presenters.[ 8]
References
^ Molloy, Shannon (28 January 2016). "Christopher Pyne ... the TV star? The colourful MP lands his own weekly show, alongside rival Richard Marles" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 28 January 2016 .
^ Robin, Myriam (28 January 2016). "Pyne & Marles go Head to Head on Sky News in 2016" . Retrieved 28 January 2016 .
^ Owens, Jared (28 January 2016). "Pyne & Marles: Christopher Pyne, Richard Marles to host Sky News debate show" . The Australian . Retrieved 28 January 2016 .
^ Knox, David (28 January 2016). "Christopher Pyne lands SKY News show" . TV Tonight . Retrieved 28 January 2016 .
^ Knott, Matthew (28 January 2016). "Christopher Pyne turns TV host with his own Sky News show" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 28 January 2016 .
^ a b c d e "Sky News - Pyne & Marles - Podcasts" . Whooskhaa . Retrieved 25 February 2016 .
^ "Pyne, Marles talk Assange, ABCC on new show" . Sky News Australia. 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016 .
^ Butler, Josh (18 February 2016). "Watch Christopher Pyne And Richard Marles' Super Awkward TV Intro" . Huffington Post . Retrieved 18 February 2017 .
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