Media Watch: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Media Watch is Australia's leading forum for media analysis and comment.

Conflicts of interest, bank backflips, deceit, misrepresentation, manipulation, plagiarism, abuse of power, technical lies and straight out fraud: Media Watch has built an unrivalled record of exposing media shenanigans since it first went to air in 1989.

The media provides the information we need to make decisions about our lives, but how reliable are the media reports that shape our views of the world?

Media Watch turns the spotlight onto those who literally 'make the news': the reporters, editors, sub-editors, producers, camera operators, sound recordists and photographers who claim to deliver the world to our doorsteps, radios, computers and living rooms. We also keep an eye on those who try to manipulate the media: the PR consultants, spin-doctors, lobbyists and "news makers" who set the agenda.

Series details

• Title: Media Watch
• Format: News
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1989-05-08
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5720
• IMDb ID: tt0983200
• TVDB ID: 82616

Cast and credited roles

• Paul Barry — Host
• Linton Besser — Host
• Jonathan Holmes — Host
• David Marr — Host
• Liz Jackson — Host
• Monica Attard — Host
• Richard Ackland — Host
• Stuart Littlemore — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1989: premiered 1989-05-08; final listed air date 1989-12-04.
• Season 1990: premiered 1990-02-12; final listed air date 1990-11-12.
• Season 1991: premiered 1991-02-11; final listed air date 1991-11-18.
• Season 1992: premiered 1992-02-10; final listed air date 1992-11-09.
• Season 1993: premiered 1993-02-08; final listed air date 1993-11-15.
• Season 1994: premiered 1994-02-14; final listed air date 1994-10-31.
• Season 1999: premiered 1999-08-11; final listed air date 1999-08-11.
• Season 2007: premiered 2007-02-26; final listed air date 2007-11-12.
• Season 2008: premiered 2008-02-18; final listed air date 2008-11-10.
• Season 2009: premiered 2009-02-09; final listed air date 2009-11-09.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-02-08; final listed air date 2010-11-08.
• Season 2011: premiered 2011-02-06; final listed air date 2011-11-07.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-02-06; final listed air date 2012-11-26.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-02-04; final listed air date 2013-11-25.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-02-03; final listed air date 2014-11-24.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-02-02; final listed air date 2015-11-30.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-02-01; final listed air date 2016-11-21; episode order: 43.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-02-06; final listed air date 2017-12-11.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-02-05; final listed air date 2018-12-10; episode order: 44.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-02-04; final listed air date 2019-12-09; episode order: 43.
• Season 2020: premiered 2020-02-03; final listed air date 2020-12-07; episode order: 44.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-02-01; final listed air date 2021-12-06; episode order: 44.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-02-07; final listed air date 2022-12-12; episode order: 43.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-01-30; final listed air date 2023-12-04; episode order: 44.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-02-05; final listed air date 2024-12-02; episode order: 43.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-02-03; final listed air date 2025-11-24; episode order: 42.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-02-02; final listed air date 2026-10-05.

Source and licence

Adapted from Media Watch on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.