The Great Outdoors (Australian TV series)

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The Great Outdoors
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Genre Travel Magazine
Presented by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons18
No. of episodes640
Production
Camera setup
Running time30 minutes (Including commercials)
(initially 30 minutes until 2002)
Original release
Network Seven Network
Release5 February 1993 (1993-02-05) –
15 August 2009 (2009-08-15)
Release6 October (2012-10-06) –
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24)
Release5 October 2024 (2024-10-05)

The Great Outdoors is an Australian travel magazine series broadcast on the Seven Network. It began in 1993 and was broadcast regularly until 2009, with a short-lived revival in 2012. It was revived in 2024.

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History

Similar to its long time competitor Getaway on the Nine Network, the program features a team of reporters who travel around Australia and overseas, reporting on travel destinations, tourist attractions and accommodation.

The program premiered on 5 February 1993 in a 30-minute format and was broadcast on Tuesday evenings at 8:00 pm. In 2002, the show was expanded to 60 minutes and moved to the Monday 7:30 pm timeslot, where it had stayed until 2006.

After suffering a gradual decline in ratings, the show moved to a new timeslot of 6:30 pm Saturdays from the 2007 season. On 28 April 2007, the show celebrated 600 episodes, [1] making it one of the longest-running programs on Australian television. However, after further decline in ratings, The Great Outdoors was cancelled in August 2009. The show did briefly return in October 2012 for a revamped series with 8 episodes airing on a Saturday evening at 5pm, with the possibility of a new season in 2013 which did not eventuate.

The show returned on the Seven Network in the Saturday 7:00 pm timeslot from 5 October 2024. [2]

Presenters

Current

Former

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Idato, Michael (27 April 2007). "The Great Outdoors". Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jolly, Nathan (25 September 2024). "The Great Outdoors returns to screens after 12 years". Mumbrella . Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Cook, Margaret (26 January 1995). "Having fun in the Great Outdoors". The Age . p. 8. Retrieved 24 May 2021– via Newsbank Australia.
  4. 1 2 3 "Terasa's tales tall and true". Sunday Mail (Adelaide) . 31 January 1999. p. A10. Retrieved 24 May 2021– via Newsbank Australia.
  5. ↑ Everton, Denise (12 March 1999). "No regrets for Aussie actress – television". Illawarra Mercury . p. 3. Retrieved 24 May 2021– via Newsbank Australia.
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