Pyne & Marles was an Australian television political commentary which was broadcast weekly on Sky News Live. The program was co-hosted by two serving frontbench MPs, Liberal minister Christopher Pyne and Labor shadow minister Richard Marles, without a journalist or moderator. It covered the political issues of the week.[1]
| Pyne & Marles | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | Current affairs, political commentary |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 108 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky News Australia |
| Release | 6 February 2016 – 29 March 2019 |
The series premiered on 6 February 2016 on Sky News Live at 8:30am AEDT, replacing Saturday Agenda and continuing weekly.[2] The program was broadcast live.[3] The hosts were given editorial control over the program, and neither was paid by Sky News for presenting the format.[4][5]
The program moved to Friday afternoons for its second season, in the timeslot To The Point held on other weekdays at the time. The program ended in its fifth season after 105 episodes, shortly after Pyne announced his retirement from politics at the 2019 Australian federal election.
Episodes
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 19 | 6 February 2016 | 25 June 2016 | |
| 2 | 16 | 5 August 2016 | 25 November 2016 | |
| 3 | 36 | 17 February 2017 | 8 December 2017 | |
| 4 | 32 | 9 February 2018 | 7 December 2018 | |
| 5 | TBA | 1 February 2019 | TBA | |
Christopher Pyne
Richard Marles
Co-hosts of Pyne and Marles
Season 1
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Guest(s) [6] | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Samantha Maiden[7] | 6 February 2016 |
| 2 | 2 | Peter Jennings | 13 February 2016 |
| 3 | 3 | Harold Mitchell | 20 February 2016 |
| 4 | 4 | Kim Beazley | 27 February 2016 |
| 5 | 5 | Jonathan Swan | 5 March 2016 |
| 6 | 6 | Marguerite Evans-Galea | 12 March 2016 |
| 7 | 7 | Amanda Vanstone | 19 March 2016 |
| 8 | 8 | Latika Bourke | 9 April 2016 |
| 9 | 9 | Maile Carnegie | 16 April 2016 |
| 10 | 10 | James Massola | 23 April 2016 |
| 11 | 11 | Sue Cato | 30 April 2016 |
| 12 | 12 | Samantha Maiden | 7 May 2016 |
| 13 | 13 | John Tass Parker | 14 May 2016 |
| 14 | 14 | Ian Forsyth | 21 May 2016 |
| 15 | 15 | Chris Uhlmann | 28 May 2016 |
| 16 | 16 | Andrew Percy | 4 June 2016 |
| 17 | 17 | Gerard Whateley | 11 June 2016 |
| 18 | 18 | Matthew Knott | 18 June 2016 |
| 19 | 19 | Dennis Shanahan | 25 June 2016 |
Season 2
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Guest(s) [6] | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 | David Kalisch | 5 August 2016 |
| 21 | 2 | Jonathan Swan | 12 August 2016 |
| 22 | 3 | Samantha Maiden | 19 August 2016 |
| 23 | 4 | Gerard Whateley | 26 August 2016 |
| 24 | 5 | David Speers | 2 September 2016 |
| 25 | 6 | Tanya Hosch | 9 September 2016 |
| 26 | 7 | Laura Jayes | 16 September 2016 |
| 27 | 8 | Andrew Meares | 23 September 2016 |
| 28 | 9 | Greg Sheridan | 30 September 2016 |
| 29 | 10 | Bruce Wolpe | 14 October 2016 |
| 30 | 11 | Samantha Maiden | 21 October 2016 |
| 31 | 12 | David Speers, Dan Bourchier | 28 October 2016 |
| 32 | 13 | David Speers | 4 November 2016 |
| 33 | 14 | Peter Jennings | 11 November 2016 |
| 34 | 15 | Adam Gartrell | 18 November 2016 |
| 35 | 16 | Tom Connell | 25 November 2016 |
Season 3
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Guest(s) [6] | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 | John Berry | 17 February 2017 |
| 37 | 2 | Peter Jennings | 24 February 2017 |
| 38 | 3 | Natasha Stott Despoja | 10 March 2017 |
| 39 | 4 | Samantha Maiden | 17 March 2017 |
| 40 | 5 | Hugh White | 24 March 2017 |
| 41 | 6 | Peta Credlin (as co-host replacing Pyne), Peter Jennings | 7 April 2017 |
| 42 | 7 | John Bale | 28 April 2017 |
| 43 | 8 | Brendan Thomas-Noone | 5 May 2017 |
| 44 | 9 | Dennis Richardson | 12 May 2017 |
| 45 | 10 | Peter Beattie (as co-host replacing Marles), James Curran | 19 May 2017 |
| 46 | 11 | Menna Rawlings | 26 May 2017 |
| 47 | 12 | Peter Jennings | 2 June 2017 |
| 48 | 13 | Herve Lemahieu | 9 June 2017 |
| 49 | 14 | Annika Smethurst | 16 June 2017 |
| 50 | 15 | Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie | 23 June 2017 |
| 51 | 16 | Liz Allen | 30 June 2017 |
| 52 | 17 | Euan Graham | 7 July 2017 |
| 53 | 18 | Peter Leahy | 21 July 2017 |
| 54 | 19 | David Speers | 28 July 2017 |
| 55 | 20 | Michael Steele | 4 August 2017 |
| 56 | 21 | Joseph Siracusa | 11 August 2017 |
| 57 | 22 | Samantha Maiden (as co-host replacing Marles), David Speers | 25 August 2017 |
| 58 | 23 | John Bates | 1 September 2017 |
| 59 | 24 | Greg Fealy | 8 September 2017 |
| 60 | 25 | Samantha Maiden (as co-host replacing Pyne), Merav Michaeli | 15 September 2017 |
| 61 | 26 | Travis Auld | 22 September 2017 |
| 62 | 27 | Tom Connell (as co-host replacing Marles), Andrew Fagan | 29 September 2017 |
| 63 | 28 | Tim Barrett | 6 October 2017 |
| 64 | 29 | Tom Connell (as co-host replacing Marles), Jason Trethowan | 13 October 2017 |
| 65 | 30 | Georgina Downer | 20 October 2017 |
| 66 | 31 | Andrew Davies | 27 October 2017 |
| 67 | 32 | Harriett Baldwin | 10 November 2017 |
| 68 | 33 | Liz Allen | 17 November 2017 |
| 69 | 34 | Malcolm Parker | 24 November 2017 |
| 70 | 35 | Peter FitzSimons | 1 December 2017 |
| 71 | 36 | Magda Szubanski | 8 December 2017 |
Season 4
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Guest(s) [6] | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 1 | Marcus Wallenberg | 9 February 2018 |
| 73 | 2 | Michael McLeod | 16 February 2018 |
| 74 | 3 | Jim Callinan | 23 February 2018 |
| 75 | 4 | Michelle Simmons | 2 March 2018 |
| 76 | 5 | Alan Oxley | 9 March 2018 |
| 77 | 6 | Aaron Connelly | 16 March 2018 |
| 78 | 7 | Dave Sharma | 23 March 2018 |
| 79 | 8 | Peter Beattie | 6 April 2018 |
| 80 | 9 | Fergus Hanson | 20 April 2018 |
| 81 | 10 | John Bale | 27 April 2018 |
| 82 | 11 | Kim Rubenstein | 11 May 2018 |
| 83 | 12 | Greg Sheridan | 18 May 2018 |
| 84 | 13 | David Speers | 25 May 2018 |
| 85 | 14 | Greg Barton | 1 June 2018 |
| 86 | 15 | Sam Roggeveen | 15 June 2018 |
| 87 | 16 | Kate Jenkins | 22 June 2018 |
| 88 | 17 | Kate Louis | 29 June 2018 |
| 89 | 18 | Peter Jennings | 20 July 2018 |
| 90 | 19 | Simon Jackman | 27 July 2018 |
| 91 | 20 | Kate Palmer | 3 August 2018 |
| 92 | 21 | Dr. Paul Jones | 10 August 2018 |
| 93 | 22 | Josh Frydenberg, Ed Husic | 17 August 2018 |
| 94 | 23 | Peter Jennings | 7 September 2018 |
| 95 | 24 | James Carouso | 14 September 2018 |
| 96 | 25 | Everald Compton | 21 September 2018 |
| 97 | 26 | Bernard Salt | 12 October 2018 |
| 98 | 27 | Jim Callinan | 2 November 2018 |
| 99 | 28 | Bruce Wolpe | 9 November 2018 |
| 100 | 29 | James Batley | 16 November 2018 |
| 101 | 30 | James Campbell | 23 November 2018 |
| 102 | 31 | Sir Roger Carr | 30 November 2018 |
| 103 | 32 | Mike Burgess | 7 December 2018 |
Season 5
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Guest(s) [6] | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | 1 | Julie Inman Grant | 1 February 2019 |
| 105 | 2 | Margo Andrae | 15 February 2019 |
| 106 | 3 | no guest | 22 February 2019 |
| 107 | 4 | Wing Commander Darren Clare | 1 March 2019 |
| 108 | 5 | Nick Warner | 29 March 2019 |
Reception
editThe program has been lampooned for the "awkward" presenting style of the presenters.[8]
References
edit- ^ Molloy, Shannon (28 January 2016). "Christopher Pyne ... the TV star? The colourful MP lands his own weekly show, alongside rival Richard Marles". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Robin, Myriam (28 January 2016). "Pyne & Marles go Head to Head on Sky News in 2016". Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Owens, Jared (28 January 2016). "Pyne & Marles: Christopher Pyne, Richard Marles to host Sky News debate show". The Australian. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (28 January 2016). "Christopher Pyne lands SKY News show". TV Tonight. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Knott, Matthew (28 January 2016). "Christopher Pyne turns TV host with his own Sky News show". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Sky News - Pyne & Marles - Podcasts". Whooskhaa. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ "Pyne, Marles talk Assange, ABCC on new show". Sky News Australia. 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ Butler, Josh (18 February 2016). "Watch Christopher Pyne And Richard Marles' Super Awkward TV Intro". Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 February 2017.