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| Newstopia | |
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 Newstopia intertitle | |
| Created by | Shaun Micallef |
| Directed by | Kevin Carlin Bradley J Howard[2] |
| Starring | Shaun Micallef Kat Stewart Ben Anderson Nicholas Bell Peter Houghton Julie Eckersley |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode including commercials |
| Production company | Crackerjack Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS One |
| Release | 10 October 2007[1] – 3 December 2008 |
| Related | |
| Micallef Tonight (2003) The Micallef Program (1998) Welcher & Welcher (2003) | |
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Newstopia (stylised as NEWStopiä) was an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series premiered at 10:00 pm on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on 27 February 2008[3] and concluded on 30 April 2008.[citation needed] A third season of the show screened from 1 October to 3 December 2008.[4] The show was developed by Micallef, Gary McCaffrie, Michael Ward and Jason Stephens, with McCaffrie and Ward working as writers on the programme.[citation needed] A fourth series in 2009 was planned, but cancelled due to production clashes with Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation.[5]
The show's contributors include Matt Cameron, Doug MacLeod, Dave O'Neil, Tony Moclair and Richard Marsland.[citation needed]
- ^ David Knox (14 September 2007). "Airdate: Newstopia" (Web). TV Tonight: Australia's Leading TV Blog. tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 29 January 2009..
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1099236/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm [user-generated source]
- ^ David Knox (17 December 2007). "TV Tonight: Newstopia back in 2008" (Web). TV Tonight: Australia's Leading TV Blog. tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 29 January 2009..
- ^ "Newstopia takes on Rudd v Turnbull" (Web). The West. West Australia Newspaper Holdings Ltd. Australian Associated Press. 24 September 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2009..
- ^ Knox, David (12 March 2009). "Bad news for NEWStopia". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 12 March 2009.