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Ratings: weekend June 22nd 2014

A Place to Call Home, now hit with the dustbin stick by an unsentimental Seven, did fine(ish). The ABC continues to wallow.

23 Jun 2014 12:00

David Tiley

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Film

Image: Nigel Slater, from Tender.

Sunday night saw the ABC broadcast Tender, the Lynette Walworth film produced by Kath Shelper and supported by the culturally inspiring Hive initiative. At 10.20, it took all of 90,000 viewers in the five cities. Meanwhile, The Mentalist had 53,000 in the same slot, The Castle harvested 188,000 and Ten’s motorsport had 280,000. Basically, everyone was in their jarmies.

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.