The Newsreader - BBC2

[The Mad Monk]

First episode of The Newsreader last night - Sunday. A good watch. Got the second 55 minute episode recorded to watch at my leisure.

Lots of that eff word. Is it authentic? No idea. But I enjoyed it, a six parter, I believe.

[Lynchie999]

... yeh I watched the 1st episode and enjoyed it! - something different...

[FiF]

Australian production? Nobody cusses like the ockers.

Lack of cussing would just aggravate the rivet counters on matters of authenticity, see Line of Duty thread about BMW E** model numbers. You'd get folks going, "What rubbish, in that situation they were called a useless f***er, proper Aussie would have called him a c***."

[rjfp1962]

Took a while to get going for me, but I'm in.

[Paul Dishman]

rjfp1962 said:

Took a while to get going for me, but I'm in.

Yes, us too. Far superior to The Control Room

[abzmike]

First couple of episodes in, and enjoying it. Kind of like an Aussie Mary Tyler Moore show, with more grit.
I understand why it's shot in sepia for the 70s beige look, but that's a bit annoying really.

[V8covin]

I've just finished the series, I enjoyed it but why all the warnings early on about suicide scenes ?

[rjfp1962]

V8covin said:

I've just finished the series, I enjoyed it but why all the warnings early on about suicide scenes ?

Just what I thought. I just watched episode 3 & 4 last night. Warnings given, but I didn't see anything suicide related, just Helen making excuses with her doctor to get more meds.....!

[surveyor]

V8covin said:

I've just finished the series, I enjoyed it but why all the warnings early on about suicide scenes ?

There was an overdose early on...

[V8covin]

surveyor said:

There was an overdose early on...

The only 1 and yet warnings continued

[willy wombat]

I didn’t notice any warnings but watched on iPlayer so no announcements. Won’t win any awards but definitely a cut above a lot of the junk on tv at the moment.