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Jim Waley returns for final Sunday

Jim Waley is to return to Sunday this weekend for its last ever episode.

He will return to introduce Sunday’s final Laurie Oakes political interview with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, just as he did back in November 1981 when Sunday premiered, with PM Malcolm Fraser.

The show will acknowledge its stellar career by bringing back many familiar faces including Charles Wooley, Helen Dalley, Jennifer Byrne, Ray Martin, Ross Greenwood, Michael Pascoe, Ross Coulthart, Adam Shand, Laurie Oakes, and founding executive producer Allan Hogan. But where’s Jana?

Executive producer, Paul Steindl, said the last edition would be a tribute to all those who have passed through the program as well as those working on it now. “It will be a wonderful way to go out, celebrating the best of Sunday along with some of the fantastic people who have been here over the years,” he said.

The show draws to a close this Sunday from 7:30 – 9:30am on Nine.

Press Release:
A long and proud chapter of Australian television history will close this weekend when the final edition of the ground-breaking and award-winning SUNDAY program goes to air on Channel Nine.

Joining host Ellen Fanning to celebrate SUNDAY’S unique place in Australian journalism will be many well-known faces from the program’s 27-year history, who have all contributed to its remarkable success. They include founding executive producer Allan Hogan, Jennifer Byrne, Charles Wooley, Helen Dalley, Ray Martin, Ross Greenwood, Michael Pascoe, Ross Coulthart, Adam Shand, Laurie Oakes, and the original host, Jim Waley.

Waley returns to introduce the final Oakes political interview for SUNDAY, with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, just as he did back in November 1981 when SUNDAY premiered, with PM Malcolm Fraser sitting in Laurie’s hot seat. Fraser was the first of hundreds of politicians grilled by Oakes on Sunday mornings, often setting the political agenda for the week ahead.

Along with Australian politics, the SUNDAY team will look back on the program’s illustrious history with local and international reports on the events that have shaped our world. These include the recent Ross Coulthart story on Graeme Stephen Reeves, the Butcher of Bega, and Adam Shand’s ground-breaking stories that chronicled the course of Melbourne’s gangland war, which was turned into the TV series, Underbelly. We also look back at some of the award-winning pieces filed by many of the outstanding journalists who worked on SUNDAY.

The current executive producer, Paul Steindl, said the last edition would be a tribute to all those who have passed through the program as well as those working on it now.

“It will be a wonderful way to go out, celebrating the best of SUNDAY along with some of the fantastic people who have been here over the years,” he said.

“I think SUNDAY has changed people’s perception of what great journalism and innovative ideas could do when encouraged and supported.”

Celebration and commemoration of 27 years of Sunday

Sunday, August 3, 7.30-9.30am

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