"The Newsreader is the best kind of period piece in that it makes you reflect not only on the past but on the present. The first two seasons of this Australian drama about rival newscasters managed to cram in some of the biggest events of the 80s: the Challenger disaster; the Aids crisis; rumours of the end of Charles and Diana's marriage."
"To watch The Newsreader in an age of boundaries and therapy-speak is to feel at once privileged not to be working in broadcast television in the 1980s, and acutely aware that many of the problems still persist today. As unsettling as it is, the programme has often been excellent: I have a suspicion that if this were a US series, it would be a smash hit."
The Newsreader is an Australian period drama set in the 1980s that interweaves major historical moments—such as the Challenger disaster, the AIDS crisis and rumours around Charles and Diana's marriage—into newsroom storylines. The series foregrounds themes of women being sidelined at work, homophobia, mental illness and the persistence of toxic workplaces that drive people to stay despite harm. Season three reunites anchors Helen Norville and Dale Jennings as rivals at a high-profile Logie awards episode and introduces a plotline where Helen returns with a competing 6pm slot. Performances, especially Anna Torv's portrayal of Helen, are described as compelling and masterly.
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