No Leave, No Life | |
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Presented by | Ernie Dingo (2009–2010) James Tobin (2010–2011) Tim Ross (2011–2012) |
Country of origin | Australia |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 21 |
Production | |
Running time | Approx 30 minutes (including commercials) |
Release | |
Original network | Seven Network |
Original release | 5 December 2009 – 14 January 2012 |
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