Pyne & Marles

Pyne & Marles
Title card
Genre	Current affairs, political commentary
Presented by	Christopher Pyne Richard Marles
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	108
Production
Running time	30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Original release
Network	Sky News Australia
Release	6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) – 29 March 2019 (2019-03-29)

Pyne & Marles was an Australian television political commentary which was broadcast weekly on Sky News Live. The program was co-hosted by two serving frontbench MPs, Liberal minister Christopher Pyne and Labor shadow minister Richard Marles, without a journalist or moderator. It covered the political issues of the week. ^[1]

The series premiered on 6 February 2016 on Sky News Live at 8:30am AEDT, replacing Saturday Agenda and continuing weekly. ^[2] The program was broadcast live. ^[3] The hosts were given editorial control over the program, and neither was paid by Sky News for presenting the format. ^{[4] [5]}

The program moved to Friday afternoons for its second season, in the timeslot To The Point held on other weekdays at the time. The program ended in its fifth season after 105 episodes, shortly after Pyne announced his retirement from politics at the 2019 Australian federal election.

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	19		6 February 2016 (2016-02-06)	25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)
2	16		5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)	25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)
3	36		17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)	8 December 2017 (2017-12-08)
4	32		9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)	7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)
5	TBA		1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)	TBA

Christopher Pyne

Richard Marles

Co-hosts of Pyne and Marles

Season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Guest(s)  [6]	Original release date
1	1	Samantha Maiden [7]	6 February 2016 (2016-02-06)
2	2	Peter Jennings	13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)
3	3	Harold Mitchell	20 February 2016 (2016-02-20)
4	4	Kim Beazley	27 February 2016 (2016-02-27)
5	5	Jonathan Swan	5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)
6	6	Marguerite Evans-Galea	12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)
7	7	Amanda Vanstone	19 March 2016 (2016-03-19)
8	8	Latika Bourke	9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)
9	9	Maile Carnegie	16 April 2016 (2016-04-16)
10	10	James Massola	23 April 2016 (2016-04-23)
11	11	Sue Cato	30 April 2016 (2016-04-30)
12	12	Samantha Maiden	7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)
13	13	John Tass Parker	14 May 2016 (2016-05-14)
14	14	Ian Forsyth	21 May 2016 (2016-05-21)
15	15	Chris Uhlmann	28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)
16	16	Andrew Percy	4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)
17	17	Gerard Whateley	11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)
18	18	Matthew Knott	18 June 2016 (2016-06-18)
19	19	Dennis Shanahan	25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)

Season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Guest(s)  [6]	Original release date
20	1	David Kalisch	5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)
21	2	Jonathan Swan	12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
22	3	Samantha Maiden	19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
23	4	Gerard Whateley	26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
24	5	David Speers	2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
25	6	Tanya Hosch	9 September 2016 (2016-09-09)
26	7	Laura Jayes	16 September 2016 (2016-09-16)
27	8	Andrew Meares	23 September 2016 (2016-09-23)
28	9	Greg Sheridan	30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
29	10	Bruce Wolpe	14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
30	11	Samantha Maiden	21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
31	12	David Speers, Dan Bourchier	28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)
32	13	David Speers	4 November 2016 (2016-11-04)
33	14	Peter Jennings	11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)
34	15	Adam Gartrell	18 November 2016 (2016-11-18)
35	16	Tom Connell	25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)

Season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Guest(s)  [6]	Original release date
36	1	John Berry	17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
37	2	Peter Jennings	24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)
38	3	Natasha Stott Despoja	10 March 2017 (2017-03-10)
39	4	Samantha Maiden	17 March 2017 (2017-03-17)
40	5	Hugh White	24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)
41	6	Peta Credlin (as co-host replacing Pyne), Peter Jennings	7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
42	7	John Bale	28 April 2017 (2017-04-28)
43	8	Brendan Thomas-Noone	5 May 2017 (2017-05-05)
44	9	Dennis Richardson	12 May 2017 (2017-05-12)
45	10	Peter Beattie (as co-host replacing Marles), James Curran	19 May 2017 (2017-05-19)
46	11	Menna Rawlings	26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)
47	12	Peter Jennings	2 June 2017 (2017-06-02)
48	13	Herve Lemahieu	9 June 2017 (2017-06-09)
49	14	Annika Smethurst	16 June 2017 (2017-06-16)
50	15	Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie	23 June 2017 (2017-06-23)
51	16	Liz Allen	30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)
52	17	Euan Graham	7 July 2017 (2017-07-07)
53	18	Peter Leahy	21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)
54	19	David Speers	28 July 2017 (2017-07-28)
55	20	Michael Steele	4 August 2017 (2017-08-04)
56	21	Joseph Siracusa	11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
57	22	Samantha Maiden (as co-host replacing Marles), David Speers	25 August 2017 (2017-08-25)
58	23	John Bates	1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)
59	24	Greg Fealy	8 September 2017 (2017-09-08)
60	25	Samantha Maiden (as co-host replacing Pyne), Merav Michaeli	15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)
61	26	Travis Auld	22 September 2017 (2017-09-22)
62	27	Tom Connell (as co-host replacing Marles), Andrew Fagan	29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)
63	28	Tim Barrett	6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)
64	29	Tom Connell (as co-host replacing Marles), Jason Trethowan	13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)
65	30	Georgina Downer	20 October 2017 (2017-10-20)
66	31	Andrew Davies	27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)
67	32	Harriett Baldwin	10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)
68	33	Liz Allen	17 November 2017 (2017-11-17)
69	34	Malcolm Parker	24 November 2017 (2017-11-24)
70	35	Peter FitzSimons	1 December 2017 (2017-12-01)
71	36	Magda Szubanski	8 December 2017 (2017-12-08)

Season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Guest(s)  [6]	Original release date
72	1	Marcus Wallenberg	9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)
73	2	Michael McLeod	16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
74	3	Jim Callinan	23 February 2018 (2018-02-23)
75	4	Michelle Simmons	2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)
76	5	Alan Oxley	9 March 2018 (2018-03-09)
77	6	Aaron Connelly	16 March 2018 (2018-03-16)
78	7	Dave Sharma	23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)
79	8	Peter Beattie	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
80	9	Fergus Hanson	20 April 2018 (2018-04-20)
81	10	John Bale	27 April 2018 (2018-04-27)
82	11	Kim Rubenstein	11 May 2018 (2018-05-11)
83	12	Greg Sheridan	18 May 2018 (2018-05-18)
84	13	David Speers	25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)
85	14	Greg Barton	1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)
86	15	Sam Roggeveen	15 June 2018 (2018-06-15)
87	16	Kate Jenkins	22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)
88	17	Kate Louis	29 June 2018 (2018-06-29)
89	18	Peter Jennings	20 July 2018 (2018-07-20)
90	19	Simon Jackman	27 July 2018 (2018-07-27)
91	20	Kate Palmer	3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)
92	21	Dr. Paul Jones	10 August 2018 (2018-08-10)
93	22	Josh Frydenberg, Ed Husic	17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)
94	23	Peter Jennings	7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)
95	24	James Carouso	14 September 2018 (2018-09-14)
96	25	Everald Compton	21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)
97	26	Bernard Salt	12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)
98	27	Jim Callinan	2 November 2018 (2018-11-02)
99	28	Bruce Wolpe	9 November 2018 (2018-11-09)
100	29	James Batley	16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)
101	30	James Campbell	23 November 2018 (2018-11-23)
102	31	Sir Roger Carr	30 November 2018 (2018-11-30)
103	32	Mike Burgess	7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)

Season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Guest(s)  [6]	Original release date
104	1	Julie Inman Grant	1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)
105	2	Margo Andrae	15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)
106	3	no guest	22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)
107	4	Wing Commander Darren Clare	1 March 2019 (2019-03-01)
108	5	Nick Warner	29 March 2019 (2019-03-29)

Reception

The program has been lampooned for the "awkward" presenting style of the presenters. ^[8]

References

1. Molloy, Shannon (28 January 2016). "Christopher Pyne ... the TV star? The colourful MP lands his own weekly show, alongside rival Richard Marles". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 28 January 2016.
2. Robin, Myriam (28 January 2016). "Pyne & Marles go Head to Head on Sky News in 2016" . Retrieved 28 January 2016.
3. Owens, Jared (28 January 2016). "Pyne & Marles: Christopher Pyne, Richard Marles to host Sky News debate show". The Australian. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
4. Knox, David (28 January 2016). "Christopher Pyne lands SKY News show". TV Tonight . Retrieved 28 January 2016.
5. Knott, Matthew (28 January 2016). "Christopher Pyne turns TV host with his own Sky News show". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 28 January 2016.
6. "Sky News - Pyne & Marles - Podcasts". Whooskhaa. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
7. "Pyne, Marles talk Assange, ABCC on new show". Sky News Australia. 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
8. Butler, Josh (18 February 2016). "Watch Christopher Pyne And Richard Marles' Super Awkward TV Intro". Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

External links

• Sky News Official site