Meet the Press (Australian TV program)
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| Meet The Press | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Politics, News |
| Presented by | Paul Bongiorno |
| Country of origin |  Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Ten |
| Original run | October 1992 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Meet the Press is an Australian Sunday morning talk show based on the national political agenda, a presentation of Ten News. It airs at 8:00 am on Network Ten. It has a guest, usually someone in the government, that comes to discuss the agenda and news in politics for the week with two guests from the media to ask questions to the guest. The show has been running since October 1992.
The host in 1992 was Ten newsreader, David Johnston. The current host is Paul Bongiorno who has been the host for Meet the Press since 1996. Bongiorno is also Ten’s Parliament House Bureau Chief and Political Editor. Ten News presenter Deborah Knight is the main fill-in presenter, and generally presents the program once a month.
[edit] Trivia
- Paul is the current Vice-President of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery.
- The program’s first guest was the then Prime Minister Paul Keating in October 1992.
- The program was also on the Seven Network in 1958
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Paul Bongiorno Profile at ten.com.au
- Meet The Press 1950's - 1960's at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Meet The Press 1990's - 2000's at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Meet The Press at the Internet Movie Database
- Meet The Press at TV.com
