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Paul Kalina

Paul Kalina

Paul Kalina is the editor of Green Guide.

From the creator of Twenty Twelve, Twenty Twenty Six is a new comedy based around the FIFA World Cup.

Hugh Bonneville is at his best in this timely comedy (just don’t mention FIFA)

Fans of British comedy won’t need an introduction to this iconic character. But how does the show stack up against his past works?

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Emma Harvie as Destiny Pitt and Sam Pang as Hugh Shen in Ground Up.

An ABC comedy about Tasmania’s new AFL team should have worked. Instead, it’s an own goal

Ground Up relies on low-hanging fruit for its gags, while most of the withering dialogue is delivered with indifference.

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Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee are bringing their football World Cup show back to its original home.

There’s no Sam Pang, but this World Cup hit is back at its spiritual home

Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee have returned to the broadcaster where it all began for Cup Fever!

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Rolf Harris in 1975 in a still from the documentary Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator.

ABC documentary gives Rolf Harris’ Australian accusers a chance to be heard

Despite being a convicted sex offender in Britain, the entertainer was never charged in Australia.

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Sir Kenny Dalglish.

A football legend opens up about the tragedy that defined his career

Documentary maker Asif Kapadia had a poster of Kenny Dalglish on his wall as a child. Now he has created a loving tribute.

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Shaun Micallef examines Australia’s gambling obsession in Going For Broke.

Shaun Micallef has dissected gambling’s dark arts – and it will leave you shattered

In his three-part documentary, the ABC comedian identifies with chilling clarity the gambling industry’s damaging playbook.

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Is this 24-year-old worried about playing a screen legend? Not so much

When Donné Ngabo auditioned to play Hollywood star Sidney Poitier, director Bert LaBonté knew he’d found his star.

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Mick Molloy, Kate Langbroek, Carrie Bickmore and Glenn Robbins on the first episode of Glenn & Mick’s Celebrity Intervention.

Mick Molloy’s new show is nuts – and just what we need on free-to-air TV

Glenn & Mick’s Celebrity Intervention is a shaggy and unclassifiable concoction. But it’s a welcome addition to our commercial networks packed with news, sports and reality TV.

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Forensic archaeologist and criminologist Dr Louise Steding provides commentary in Outback Murder Highway.

Dark secrets of so-called ‘murder highway’ uncovered in new true-crime series

It is estimated Queensland’s Flinders Highway accounts for 27 to 30 missing people and unsolved crimes.

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Louise Theroux has made many documentaries over the decades – if you enjoyed Inside The Manosphere you will love these.

Louis Theroux has always covered those on the edge. These are his best works

The Brit is endlessly curious and empathetic about people and the worlds they inhabit, regardless of how offensive they may be.

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