2007 Australian TV series or program
Jennifer Byrne Presents Genre Literary arts Presented by Jennifer Byrne Country of origin Australia Original language English No. of seasons10 (2007–2016) No. of episodes66[citation needed ] Network ABC TV Release 9 October 2007 (2007-10-09 ) – 17 May 2016 (2016-05-17 )
Jennifer Byrne Presents was an Australian television series of specials that was a spinoff from the First Tuesday Book Club presented by ABC journalist Jennifer Byrne . The show first aired on ABC TV on 9 October 2007. The program was broadcast on selected Tuesdays at 10:00pm and was replayed at 4:30pm on the following Sunday.
The series was sometimes broadcast on Thursday evenings at 8:00pm. In September 2012, an audience of 823,000 viewed her interview with J. K. Rowling [ 1] and in October 2013, an audience of 637,000 viewers viewed her interview with Tim Winton .[ 2] [ 3]
The last known episode of the program was aired on 17 May 2016.[ 4]
Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 11 March 2008 Crime Dorothy Porter , Graeme Blundell, Justice Ian Callinan , Shane Maloney [ 7] 15 April 2008 Greatest Characters From Fiction 30 April 2008 Peter, Paul and Ian Peter Carey , Paul Auster , Ian McEwan 24 June 2008 Sex and Romance [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Luke Davies , Sophie Gee, Anne Gracie, Christos Tsiolkas 29 July 2008 Animal Tales Jackie French , Sonya Hartnett , Peter Goldsworthy , Raimond Gaita 11 November 2008 Biography Jacqueline Kent , Graeme Blundell , Christine Wallace , Peter Fitzsimons 22 December 2008 Dorothy Porter Dorothy Porter [ 11]
Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 10 March 2009 Hoaxes [ 12] Malcolm Knox , Jack Marx, Michael Heyward, John Bayley [ 13] 9 June 2009 Cads and Bounders Mia Freedman , Sandra Yates, Chris Taylor , Edmund Capon 14 July 2009 Brave New Worlds Emily Maguire , Max Barry , John Marsden , Richard Neville 8 September 2009 Monsters and Bloodsuckers Tara Moss , Leigh Blackmore , Cathrine Jinx, Will Elliott 20 October 2009 True Crime Rochelle Jackson, Andrew Rule, Jack Marx , Richard Spears
Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 9 March 2010 Book to Film John Collee , Ana Kokkinos , John Marsden , Margaret Pomeranz [ 14] 11 May 2010 Bestsellers & Blockbusters Lee Child , Matthew Reilly , Di Morrissey , Bryce Courtenay 13 July 2010 Christopher Hitchens [ 15] Christopher Hitchens 24 August 2010 Ayaan Hirsi Ali Ayaan Hirsi Ali 21 September 2010 On the Road Cate Kennedy , William Dalrymple , Claire Scobie, Tony Wheeler 16 November 2010 Graphic Novels Marieke Hardy , Dave Graney , Markus Zusak , Bob Sessions [ 16]
Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 15 March 2011 Cult Reads [ 17] Marieke Hardy, Dave Graney, Markus Zusak, Bob Sessions [ 18] 29 March 2011 Ken Follett Ken Follett 26 April 2011 Lovers Andrea Goldsmith , Posie Graeme Evans, Mark Colvin , Toby Schmitz 17 May 2011 The Future of Book Richard Watson, Kate Eltham, Richard Flanagan 12 July 2011 Fantasy [ 19] Jennifer Rowe , Fiona McIntosh , Lev Grossman , Matthew Reilly 26 July 2011 Geraldine Brooks Geraldine Brooks 16 August 2011 Memoir Jane Clifton, Kate Holden, Peter Fitzsimons, Benjamin Law 26 September 2011 Christos Tsiolkas [ 20] Christos Tsiolkas 11 October 2011 Alexander McCall-Smith Alexander McCall Smith 15 November 2011 Di Morrissey [ 21] Di Morrissey
Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 14 February 2012 Words Aloud Kim Scott , Mem Fox , Mark Colvin , Cate Kennedy [ 22] 29 May 2012 Dark Places Jo Nesbø , Michael Robotham , Malla Nunn , Leigh Redhead [ 23] 12 June 2012 Punch Lines Richard Glover , Chris Taylor, Virginia Gay , Lawrence Mooney [ 24] [ 25] 19 June 2012 Erotica David Malouf , Linda Jaivin , Krissy Kneen , Eddie Sharp 26 June 2012 Books That Changed The World Danielle Clode , Mark Carnegie, Christine Wallace , Geoff Dyer 31 July 2012 Jeanette Winterson Jeanette Winterson 28 August 2012 Davo Sobel Davo Sobel [ 26] 27 September 2012 JK Rowling: Life After Potter J. K. Rowling [ 1] 16 October 2012 The Harry Games John Marsden, Melina Marchetta , Morris Gleitzman , Steph Bowe [ 27] 19 November 2012 Michael Palin from Python to Brazil Michael Palin [ 28]
Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 30 April 2013 Ian McEwan Ian McEwan [ 29] [ 30] 14 May 2013 PD James PD James [ 31] 21 May 2013 Ian Rankin Ian Rankin 28 May 2013 Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood 10 September 2013 Books That Changed the World, Volume II Tom Holland , Ahdaf Soueif , Jared Diamond , Loretta Napoleoni [ 32] 17 September 2013 Pens and Prejudice Anna Krien , Kate Mosse , Ramona Koval , James Wood 24 September 2013 Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert 10 October 2013 Tim Winton Tim Winton 12 November 2013 The Sports Pages Rebecca Wilson , Christos Tsiolkas, Malcolm Knox, Mischa Merz 19 November 2013 Bragging Rights John Safran , Lawrence Mooney , Sandra Yates, Sophie Black
Date Program title Guest(s) Reference 15 July 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - GREED Geoffrey Cousins, Janine Allis , Shane Maloney , Dee Madigan [ 33] 22 July 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - WRATH Brendan Cowell , Tracey Spicer , Craig Sherborne , Larissa Behrendt 29 July 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - PRIDE Michael Williams, Kirstie Clements , Steve Vizard , Ramona Koval 5 August 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - LUST Tara Moss , John Bell , Marieke Hardy , Jason Steger 12 August 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - SLOTH Bob Carr , Hannah Gadsby , Gary Shteyngart , Robina Courtin 19 August 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - ENVY Greg Sheridan , Angela Meyer, Lyndon Terracini , Kate McClymont 26 August 2014 The Seven Deadly Sins - GLUTTONY Wayne Macauley, George McEncroe, Mark Colvin , Charlotte Wood 9 September 2014 Jane Goodall at Sydney Town Hall: Parts 1 & 2 Jane Goodall Jane Goodall 16 September 2014 Tom Keneally Tom Keneally 23 September 2014 Helen Garner Helen Garner 19 October 2014 Malala: Life After The Taliban Malala Yousafzai
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