On The Road
The ABC hopes On The Road will become a regular fixture on the calendar. "Maybe we'll head out to a regional centre three or four times a year and make telly," Mr Spencer says.
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Craig Zonca from the Queensland Country Hour uses a research shed at the University of Southern Queensland as a makeshift studio.
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612 Evenings presenter David Curnow and producer Annie Pappalardo prepare for their radio broadcast from the Empire Church Theatre.
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Michael Brissenden and the AM team present the radio current affairs program outside the Toowoomba Town Hall. The current affairs program spent each morning in a different town. "You see things from a...
View ArticleMakeup
All pretty for the TV. Geraldine Doogue and Gitie House are made up before recording Moral Compass at the Empire Theatre.
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Mr Spencer says it can be difficult to make television outside the capital cities "because it is so expensive. But we own portable studios and outside broadcast vans, so let's get them out there."
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Floor manager Hilary Firth gives instructions to the in-studio audience. "The crew have loved it," Mr Spencer says. "We really do love getting out and making television and radio in different places."
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"We've had about 120 people through Toowoomba over the period of a week," Mr Spencer says. "They weren't all here at once, though. As the Book Club were leaving on one plane, I'd be at the airport...
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The ABC TV broadcast truck has 53 screens on board. "In a way, we moved the studios from Ultimo to Toowoomba for a week," Mr Spencer says, "which is brilliant."
View ArticleTARDIS
Doctor Who's TARDIS arrives in Toowoomba via conventional transport. On loan from the BBC, the crew was extra careful with the precious cargo.
View ArticleTom Ballard
Australian comedian Tom Ballard prepares for Q&A backstage. "We knew Q&A were hoping to get out on the road," says ABC On The Road executive producer David Spencer, "so we aligned the other...
View ArticleAndrew Geoghegan
Weekend News Breakfast host Andrew Geoghegan goes live to air on the lawn in front of the Empire Theatre. Teams from Q&A, Compass, Book Club, Studio 3, Gardening Australia, and Weekend News...
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