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Hot Source is an Australian children's television series which first screened on the Nine Network in 2003. The show had a number of presenters for various segments but Miranda Deakin and David Whitehill were with the show from beginning to end. [1]

It screened at 4pm on weekdays and was aimed at the demographic of school-aged children to the age of fourteen. This show ran from 2003 to 2006 and also screened on Canadian and British television.

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References

  1. "HotSource – Home". Archived from the original on 6 July 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2006.