Pyne & Marles
| Pyne & Marles | |
|---|---|
 Title card of Pyne & Marles | |
| Genre | Current affairs, political commentary |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky News Australia |
| Release | 6 February 2016 – present |
Pyne & Marles is an Australian television political commentary program broadcast weekly on Sky News Live. The program is co-hosted by two serving frontbench MPs; Liberal minister Christopher Pyne and Labor shadow minister Richard Marles, without a journalist or moderator. It covers 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 is broadcast live each week in which it airs.[3] Both hosts have been given editorial control over the program, and neither will be 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 holds on other weekdays. The program returned for a third season on 17 February 2017.[6]
Episodes
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 19 | 6 February 2016 | 25 June 2016 | |
| 2 | 16 | 5 August 2016 | 25 November 2016 | |
| 3 | TBA | 17 February 2017 | TBA | |
Christopher Pyne
Richard Marles
Co-hosts of Pyne and Marles
Season 1
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest(s) [7] | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Samantha Maiden[8] | 6 February 2016 |
| 2 | 2 | Peter Jennings | 13 February 2016 |
| 3 | 3 | Harold Mitchell | 20 February 2016 |
| 4 | 4 | Kim Beazley | 27 February 2016 |
| 5 | 5 | Jonathan Swan | 5 March 2016 |
| 6 | 6 | Marguerite Evans-Galea | 12 March 2016 |
| 7 | 7 | Amanda Vanstone | 19 March 2016 |
| 8 | 8 | Latika Bourke | 9 April 2016 |
| 9 | 9 | Maile Carnegie | 16 April 2016 |
| 10 | 10 | James Massola | 23 April 2016 |
| 11 | 11 | Sue Cato | 30 April 2016 |
| 12 | 12 | Samantha Maiden | 7 May 2016 |
| 13 | 13 | John Tass Parker | 14 May 2016 |
| 14 | 14 | Ian Forsyth | 21 May 2016 |
| 15 | 15 | Chris Uhlmann | 28 May 2016 |
| 16 | 16 | Andrew Percy | 4 June 2016 |
| 17 | 17 | Gerard Whateley | 11 June 2016 |
| 18 | 18 | Matthew Knott | 18 June 2016 |
| 19 | 19 | Dennis Shanahan | 25 June 2016 |
Season 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest(s) [7] | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 | David Kalisch | 5 August 2016 |
| 21 | 2 | Jonathan Swan | 12 August 2016 |
| 22 | 3 | Samantha Maiden | 19 August 2016 |
| 23 | 4 | Gerard Whateley | 26 August 2016 |
| 24 | 5 | David Speers | 2 September 2016 |
| 25 | 6 | Tanya Hosch | 9 September 2016 |
| 26 | 7 | Laura Jayes | 16 September 2016 |
| 27 | 8 | Andrew Meares | 23 September 2016 |
| 28 | 9 | Greg Sheridan | 30 September 2016 |
| 29 | 10 | Bruce Wolpe | 14 October 2016 |
| 30 | 11 | Samantha Maiden | 21 October 2016 |
| 31 | 12 | David Speers, Dan Bourchier | 28 October 2016 |
| 32 | 13 | David Speers | 4 November 2016 |
| 33 | 14 | Peter Jennings | 11 November 2016 |
| 34 | 15 | Adam Gartrell | 18 November 2016 |
| 35 | 16 | Tom Connell | 25 November 2016 |
Season 3
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest(s) [7] | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 | John Berry | 17 February 2017 |
| 37 | 2 | Peter Jennings | 24 February 2017 |
| 38 | 3 | Natasha Stott Despoja | 10 March 2017 |
| 39 | 4 | Samantha Maiden | 17 March 2017 |
| 40 | 5 | Hugh White | 24 March 2017 |
| 41 | 6 | Peta Credlin (as co-host replacing Pyne), Peter Jennings | 7 April 2017 |
| 42 | 7 | John Bale | 28 April 2017 |
| 43 | 8 | Brendan Thomas-Noone | 5 May 2017 |
| 44 | 9 | Dennis Richardson | 12 May 2017 |
| 45 | 10 | Peter Beattie (as co-host replacing Marles), James Curran | 19 May 2017 |
| 46 | 11 | Menna Rawlings | 26 May 2017 |
| 47 | 12 | Peter Jennings | 2 June 2017 |
Reception
The program has been lampooned for the "awkward" presenting style of the presenters.[9]
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.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Sky News unveils 2017 programming schedule". Mediaweek. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "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.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Butler, Josh (18 February 2016). "Watch Christopher Pyne And Richard Marles' Super Awkward TV Intro". Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 February 2017.