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Common Sense Australia | |
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Genre | Reality Television |
Based on | Common Sense |
Narrated by | Jo Van Es |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | Shine Australia |
Original release | |
Network | LifeStyle (Pay TV) Network Ten (free-to-air) |
Release | 5 July – 23 August 2017 |
Common Sense Australia is an Australian adaptation of the British series of the same name and a spinoff to Gogglebox Australia . The series, which is produced by Endemol Shine Australia, [1] is a co-production between subscription television (STV) network The LifeStyle Channel and free-to-air (FTA) network Network Ten. It will air on The LifeStyle Channel first, and then airs on Network Ten a day later.
Common Sense was commissioned in November 2016, similar to Gogglebox Australia, is a local adaptation of a British series of the same name, and is jointly commissioned by both Foxtel and Network Ten. [2] [3]
Common Sense features a cast of real people and their real opinions as they gather the week's most talked-about news topics while in conversation with one another in their workplaces, from topics of general news and current affairs to the latest in politics, sport and popular culture.
People [4] | Ages | Information |
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Kathy & Nicki | 45 & 31 | Hairdressing mums |
Lord Frank & Robert | 74 & 70 | Business partners |
Brett & Lawrence | 29 & 27 | Removalists and best mates |
Helen & Sarah | 30 & 32 | Entrepreneurs |
Aileen, Jean & Ted | 89, 92 & 86 | Retirees |
Ayden & Jake | 21 & 29 | Real estate agents |
Mark & Neal | 53 & 39 | Barristers |
The Yip Family | 39-70 | Darren, Trudi, Aileen and Matthew, potato sellers |
Betty, Lois & Michelle Anne | 78, 75 & 49 | Lois and Michelle Anne are mother and daughter, along with their business partner Betty who are all co-owners of a bra shop |
Eric & Luke | 56 & 26 | Butchers |
Season | Episodes | Network Ten (FTA) | The Lifestyle Channel (STV) | |||||
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Timeslot | First aired | Last aired | Timeslot | First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 8 | Thursday 8:30pm | 6 July 2017 | 24 August 2017 | Wednesday 7:30pm | 5 July 2017 | 23 August 2017 |
No. in series | No. in season | Title | STV air date | STV viewers | FTA air date | FTA viewers | |
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1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 5 July 2017 | 56,000 [5] | 6 July 2017 | 463,000 [6] | |
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2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 12 July 2017 | N/A [7] | 13 July 2017 | 342,000 [8] | |
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3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 19 July 2017 | N/A [9] | 20 July 2017 | 228,000 [10] | |
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4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 26 July 2017 | N/A [11] | 27 July 2017 | 354,000 [12] | |
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5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 2 August 2017 | N/A [13] | 3 August 2017 | N/A | |
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6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 9 August 2017 | N/A [14] | 10 August 2017 | N/A | |
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7 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 16 August 2017 | N/A [15] | 17 August 2017 | 298,000 [16] | |
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8 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 23 August 2017 | N/A [17] | 24 August 2017 | 194,000 [18] | |
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