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Bridget McManus

Bridget McManus

Bridget McManus is a television writer and critic for Green Guide. She was deputy editor of Green Guide from 2006 to 2010 and now also writes features and interviews for Life & Style in The Saturday Age and M magazine in The Sunday Age.

Olympian Scott Miller tells his story in the ABC documentary Deep End: The Scott Miller Story.

‘I know I’m not a bad person’: Scott Miller opens up about drugs, prison and Alan Jones in ABC documentary

The former Olympian was so stung by his last media appearance that he initially said no to the two-part series.

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Nicole da Silva as new doctor Amelia on Home and Away.

Chris Hemsworth watched her first screen kiss, now this star is back in Summer Bay

It’s been 20 years since Nicole da Silva was on Home and Away – but it’s another role that has fans excited.

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Dr Jeni Haynes tells her story in We Are Jeni.

Dr Jeni Haynes has 2682 people in her mind. She’s now telling how she lives with her ‘alters’

In the groundbreaking SBS documentary, the academic dispels myths about what it’s like to live with dissociative identity disorder.

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Ariarne Titmus on Nine’s new reality series Shark!.

‘That’s the easy way out’: Why Olympian Ariarne Titmus decided to face her greatest fear

The four-time gold medallist won’t swim in the ocean, but that didn’t stop her from signing up for this dangerous reality show.

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Restoration Australia host Anthony Burke inside Berrambool Estate, a bluestone mansion once owned by squatter John “Scabby” Moffat.

How an unusual restoration and its ‘bleak’ history stopped Anthony Burke in his tracks

The renovation of a church became more than a building project - it was about reclaiming a place of trauma and dispossession.

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Bruce McAvaney at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide for Who Do You Think You Are?

Bruce McAvaney has never done reality TV. Advice from a dear friend changed his mind

The broadcasting legend has turned down numerous invitations, including several from Dancing with the Stars, but he’s decided now is the right time to step out of the commentary box.

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Comedian Anisa Nandaula is set to star in the upcoming season of Taskmaster.

Meet Anisa Nandaula, soon to be ‘one of the biggest names in Australian comedy’

There’s been buzz around this young comedian for some time, but she’s found a new fan and “bestie” in Rove McManus.

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Two years since his exit from Neighbours, Ryan Moloney appears on the new season of SAS: AUS v ENG.

Ryan Moloney was ‘glad’ his Neighbours contract ended. This is what he did next

Australia has known him as Toadfish Rebecchi for the past 30 years. Finally, the actor feels like he’s left Toadie behind.

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Vickie Roach appears in the ABC documentary Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia.

Forget true crime, the ABC documentary hoping to put ‘true law’ in the spotlight

Through four landmark cases brought to the High Court of Australia, a new series focuses on citizens who shifted the national landscape.

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Bliss Jensen in the Australian War Memorial’s Peacekeeping Gallery.

SBS documentary goes inside the divisive Australian War Memorial renovation

The museum’s upgrade provides space to “recognise the loss, and the ongoing impacts” of war on veterans.

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