Dirty Jobs (Australian TV series)

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Dirty Jobs
Presented by Jo Beth Taylor
Ben Dark
Country of originAustralia
No. of episodes5
Production
Running time30 Minutes
(Including commercials)
Release
Original network Nine Network
Original release7 October (2007-10-07) 
4 November 2007 (2007-11-04)

Dirty Jobs was a reality/factual program on the Nine Network, based on the American version of the same name, in which hosts Jo Beth Taylor and Ben Dark are shown performing difficult, strange, and/or messy occupational duties alongside professional workers.

The show premiered following the premiere of the Australian version of The Singing Bee on 7 October 2007. The show managed lacklustre ratings and was removed after five episodes and replaced with Commercial Breakdown . [1]

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References

  1. Knox, David (29 October 2007). "Returning: Commercial Breakdown". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 November 2007.