The Great Outdoors (Australian TV series)

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The Great Outdoors
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Genre	Travel Magazine
Presented by	Rachael Finch (2012) Adam Brand (2012) Peter Wells (2012) Tom Williams (2001–2009, 2012)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	18
No. of episodes	640
Production
Running time	60 minutes (Including commercials) (initially 30 minutes until 2002)
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	5 February 1993 - 15 August 2009 6 October 2012 – 24 November 2012
External links
Website

The Great Outdoors was 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.

History

Similar to its competitors Getaway and So Many Worlds, the program featured a team of reporters who traveled 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, making it one of the longest-running programs on Australian television. However, after further decline in ratings, The Great Outdoors was canceled 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.

Presenters

• Rachael Finch (2012)
• Adam Brand (2012)
• Peter Wells (2012)
• Tom Williams (2001–2009, 2012)

Former Presenters

• Ernie Dingo (1993–2009)
• Sofie Formica (1993–94)
• Jennifer Hawkins (2005–2009)
• Andrew Daddo (1994, 2002–2008)
• Shelley Craft (2001–2007)
• Laura Csortan (2000–2006)
• Di Smith (1996–2006)
• Sophie Falkiner (1999–2005)
• Tony Johnston (1996)
• Bridget Adams (1994)
• Penny Cook (1993–1996)
• Neil Crompton
• Andrew Dwyer (1994)
• Terasa Livingstone

See also

• List of Australian television series
• List of programs broadcast by Seven Network
• List of longest-running Australian television series

External links

• The Great Outdoors at IMDb
• The Great Outdoors at TV.com
• The Great Outdoors at the National Film and Sound Archive