Landline: The Smartest HQ Aussie TV Program by a Margin

[pietillidie]

If you're half interested in the Australian economy, agriculture, environmental science, innovative rural technologies and thoughtful outback characters, Landline is brilliant.

If you only watched Landline you'd think Australians were educated, clever and globally aware. Not a useful message for electorates excited exclusively by the beating down of asylum seekers and thuggish one-liners from mining barons, but a promising one nonetheless.

An awesome program and a great message, despite the chest-puffing, loudmouthed efforts of ignorant dunderheads to drown it out and of course kill it at the source by de-funding the ABC.

http://www.abc.net.au/landline

[ronrat]

Been watching it for years and watch it in Thailand. I doubt the Nationals will want it ended. Was good when Tikki Fullerton was the host too. She interviewed Hockey one night and Hockey tried to play her down and she responded with "well we dismissed that idea in my first year of doing economics at Oxford".

[watt price tully]

Yep, me too. Been watching for years when a bloke called "Blair Roots" was hosting. Apt name I thought for his job.

At Latrobe Uni in the 70's or so, the Head of English was called Douglas Bate
(D Bate). Another apt name too for his profession. But I digress.

[David]

^ Sounds like he must have been a master of his profession.

[Wokko]

[John Wren]

i just happened to watch it the other day. they had a good segment on the turf manufacturing industry. my interest was piqued because they talked about the turf grown for the adelaide oval and mcg.