Real Life (TV program)

{{short description|Australian current affairs television program}} {{About|the Australian program|other programs|Real Life (disambiguation){{!}}Real Life}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = [[Current affairs (news format)|Current affairs]] | creator = | director = | creative_director = | developer = | presenter = [[Stan Grant (journalist)|Stan Grant]] | starring = Eric Walters, Jane Hansen, David White, Peter Charley, Edwina Gatenby | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = Australia | language = English | num_seasons = 3 | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 23 minutes | network = [[Seven Network]] | first_aired = {{start date|1992|1|20|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1994|12|1|df=y}} | related = ''[[Today Tonight]]'' (1995–2019) }} '''''Real Life''''' was an Australian [[current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] television program that aired on the [[Seven Network]] from 20 January 1992 to 1 December 1994.

Its format was similar to other [[tabloid television|tabloid]] current affairs shows airing at the time, these being ''[[A Current Affair (Australian TV series)|A Current Affair]]'' and ''[[Derryn Hinch|Hinch]]'', which had recently been axed by the Seven Network and picked up by [[Network Ten]]. It was mainly presented by [[Stan Grant (journalist)|Stan Grant]] and the reporters included former Network Ten newsreader [[Eric Walters (newsreader)|Eric Walters]] and [[Edwina Gatenby]].

While generally not being as successful as its Nine competitor, it was popular enough for Nine to install [[Ray Martin (television presenter)|Ray Martin]] as the host of ''A Current Affair'' in 1994 and it did win the [[TV Week Logie Awards|Logie Award]] for Most Popular Current Affairs Program [[Logie Awards of 1994|in that year]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 36th Annual Tv Week Logie Awards (1994) |publisher=[[TV Week]] |url=http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=63371 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721043019/http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=63371 |archivedate=21 July 2008}}</ref> In 1995, the show was replaced with ''[[Today Tonight]]'', a state-based current affairs program as opposed to ''Real Life'' which was a nationally airing show.

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[[Category:Australian non-fiction television series]] [[Category:Seven News]] [[Category:1992 Australian television series debuts]] [[Category:1994 Australian television series endings]] [[Category:English-language Australian television shows]]