Pyne & Marles

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Pyne & Marles
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Genre Current affairs, political commentary
Presented by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes108
Production
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Release
Original network Sky News Australia
Original release6 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]

Contents

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

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 196 February 2016 (2016-02-06)25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)
2 165 August 2016 (2016-08-05)25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)
3 3617 February 2017 (2017-02-17)8 December 2017 (2017-12-08)
4 329 February 2018 (2018-02-09)7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)
5 TBA1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)TBA
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Christopher Pyne
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Richard Marles
Co-hosts of Pyne and Marles

Season 1

No.
overall
No. in
season
Guest(s) [6] Original air date
11 Samantha Maiden [7] 6 February 2016 (2016-02-06)
22Peter Jennings13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)
33 Harold Mitchell 20 February 2016 (2016-02-20)
44 Kim Beazley 27 February 2016 (2016-02-27)
55 Jonathan Swan 5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)
66 Marguerite Evans-Galea 12 March 2016 (2016-03-12)
77 Amanda Vanstone 19 March 2016 (2016-03-19)
88 Latika Bourke 9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)
99Maile Carnegie16 April 2016 (2016-04-16)
1010James Massola23 April 2016 (2016-04-23)
1111Sue Cato30 April 2016 (2016-04-30)
1212Samantha Maiden7 May 2016 (2016-05-07)
1313John Tass Parker14 May 2016 (2016-05-14)
1414Ian Forsyth21 May 2016 (2016-05-21)
1515 Chris Uhlmann 28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)
1616 Andrew Percy 4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)
1717 Gerard Whateley 11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)
1818Matthew Knott18 June 2016 (2016-06-18)
1919 Dennis Shanahan 25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)

Season 2

No.
overall
No. in
season
Guest(s) [6] Original air date
201 David Kalisch 5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)
212 Jonathan Swan 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
223 Samantha Maiden 19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)
234 Gerard Whateley 26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
245 David Speers 2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
256 Tanya Hosch 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09)
267 Laura Jayes 16 September 2016 (2016-09-16)
278Andrew Meares23 September 2016 (2016-09-23)
289 Greg Sheridan 30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
2910Bruce Wolpe14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
3011 Samantha Maiden 21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
3112 David Speers, Dan Bourchier 28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)
3213David Speers4 November 2016 (2016-11-04)
3314Peter Jennings11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)
3415Adam Gartrell18 November 2016 (2016-11-18)
3516Tom Connell25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)

Season 3

No.
overall
No. in
season
Guest(s) [6] Original air date
361 John Berry 17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
372Peter Jennings24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)
383 Natasha Stott Despoja 10 March 2017 (2017-03-10)
394 Samantha Maiden 17 March 2017 (2017-03-17)
405 Hugh White 24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)
416 Peta Credlin (as co-host replacing Pyne), Peter Jennings7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
427John Bale28 April 2017 (2017-04-28)
438Brendan Thomas-Noone5 May 2017 (2017-05-05)
449 Dennis Richardson 12 May 2017 (2017-05-12)
4510 Peter Beattie (as co-host replacing Marles), James Curran19 May 2017 (2017-05-19)
4611 Menna Rawlings 26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)
4712Peter Jennings2 June 2017 (2017-06-02)
4813Herve Lemahieu9 June 2017 (2017-06-09)
4914 Annika Smethurst 16 June 2017 (2017-06-16)
5015 Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie 23 June 2017 (2017-06-23)
5116Liz Allen30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)
5217Euan Graham7 July 2017 (2017-07-07)
5318 Peter Leahy 21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)
5419 David Speers 28 July 2017 (2017-07-28)
5520 Michael Steele 4 August 2017 (2017-08-04)
5621Joseph Siracusa11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
5722 Samantha Maiden (as co-host replacing Marles), David Speers 25 August 2017 (2017-08-25)
5823John Bates1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)
5924Greg Fealy8 September 2017 (2017-09-08)
6025 Samantha Maiden (as co-host replacing Pyne), Merav Michaeli 15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)
6126Travis Auld22 September 2017 (2017-09-22)
6227Tom Connell (as co-host replacing Marles), Andrew Fagan29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)
6328 Tim Barrett 6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)
6429Tom Connell (as co-host replacing Marles), Jason Trethowan13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)
6530Georgina Downer20 October 2017 (2017-10-20)
6631Andrew Davies27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)
6732 Harriett Baldwin 10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)
6833Liz Allen17 November 2017 (2017-11-17)
6934Malcolm Parker24 November 2017 (2017-11-24)
7035 Peter FitzSimons 1 December 2017 (2017-12-01)
7136 Magda Szubanski 8 December 2017 (2017-12-08)

Season 4

No.
overall
No. in
season
Guest(s) [6] Original air date
721 Marcus Wallenberg 9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)
732Michael McLeod16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
743Jim Callinan23 February 2018 (2018-02-23)
754 Michelle Simmons 2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)
765 Alan Oxley 9 March 2018 (2018-03-09)
776Aaron Connelly16 March 2018 (2018-03-16)
787 Dave Sharma 23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)
798 Peter Beattie 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
809Fergus Hanson20 April 2018 (2018-04-20)
8110John Bale27 April 2018 (2018-04-27)
8211Kim Rubenstein11 May 2018 (2018-05-11)
8312 Greg Sheridan 18 May 2018 (2018-05-18)
8413 David Speers 25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)
8514Greg Barton1 June 2018 (2018-06-01)
8615Sam Roggeveen15 June 2018 (2018-06-15)
8716 Kate Jenkins 22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)
8817Kate Louis29 June 2018 (2018-06-29)
8918Peter Jennings20 July 2018 (2018-07-20)
9019Simon Jackman27 July 2018 (2018-07-27)
9120 Kate Palmer 3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)
9221Dr. Paul Jones10 August 2018 (2018-08-10)
9322 Josh Frydenberg, Ed Husic 17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)
9423Peter Jennings7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)
9524 James Carouso 14 September 2018 (2018-09-14)
9625Everald Compton21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)
9726 Bernard Salt 12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)
9827Jim Callinan2 November 2018 (2018-11-02)
9928Bruce Wolpe9 November 2018 (2018-11-09)
10029James Batley16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)
10130 James Campbell 23 November 2018 (2018-11-23)
10231 Sir Roger Carr 30 November 2018 (2018-11-30)
10332 Mike Burgess 7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)

Season 5

No.
overall
No. in
season
Guest(s) [6] Original air date
1041Julie Inman Grant1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)
1052Margo Andrae15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)
1063no guest22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)
1074Wing Commander Darren Clare1 March 2019 (2019-03-01)
1085 Nick Warner 29 March 2019 (2019-03-29)

Reception

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

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