Ex-Nine boss Hugh Marks in the frame for top ABC gig

Ex-Nine boss Hugh Marks in the frame for top ABC gig

The media executive has been linked with the vacant managing director role at the national broadcaster.

  • byStephen Brook andKishor Napier-Raman

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‘The quickest way to make a point’:Matt Smith knows Westeros is a violent world

‘The quickest way to make a point’:Matt Smith knows Westeros is a violent world

Violence is its own language in the land of Westeros. “It’s how they communicate,” House of the Dragon star Matt Smith says.

  • byMichael Idato
House of the Dragon S2 is slow to take flight but finally catches fire
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House of the Dragon S2 is slow to take flight but finally catches fire

The second season of the epic fantasy is all about the preparations for a war that seems as inevitable as winter.

  • byKarl Quinn
Every show ever made is ours on demand. But television has never been so lonely

Every show ever made is ours on demand. But television has never been so lonely

Having every program,from every era,available when we want has its upsides. But we might have lost something along the way.

  • byCameron Atfield
From Friends to The Sopranos:What makes a good (and bad) TV finale?

From Friends to The Sopranos:What makes a good (and bad) TV finale?

Saying goodbye to your favourite TV show is hard,but getting the goodbye just right? Well,that’s even harder.

  • byThomas Mitchell
There are consequences for taking on more than we can manage

There are consequences for taking on more than we can manage

Current research seems to settle on a limit for our population of “less than 30 million”. We are heading for a train wreck at the present rate of growth.

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Opposition’s nuclear policy must be based on facts

Opposition’s nuclear policy must be based on facts

For the good of the country and its own credibility and electability the Coalition needs to base its policy on evidence not exaggeration and misinformation.

What came next for Game of Thrones creators? An even more unwieldy book to adapt

What came next for Game of Thrones creators? An even more unwieldy book to adapt

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss follow Game of Thrones with another adaptation of a sprawling set of novels,but instead of dragons,this one has extraterrestrials.

  • byKarl Quinn
Epic series Shogun will fill the hole left by Game of Thrones

Epic series Shogun will fill the hole left by Game of Thrones

Adapted from James Clavell’s magnum opus,Shōgun is the story of war,power,betrayal and a clash of cultures in feudal Japan.

  • byMichael Idato
What’s the perfect number of seasons for a TV show?

What’s the perfect number of seasons for a TV show?

When two seasons is too short and 10 can be too many,how do you predict what will be the perfect number of seasons for a show to run?

  • byLouise Rugendyke
The weirdest,most wonderful shops to browse in Brisbane

The weirdest,most wonderful shops to browse in Brisbane

Buy unique,nerdy or specialist items at Brisbane’s best shops and outlets for the bizarre,the quirky and the unexpected.

  • byNick Dent