Over the Black Dot | |
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Genre | Sports / Variety |
Presented by |
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Starring | Jodan Perry, Dean Widders |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
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Production locations | SBS (Artarmon, NSW) |
Running time | 60 minutes approx. (inc. adverts) |
Original release | |
Network | NITV |
Release | 12 April 2017 |
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