The only show where sheep prices hit harder than plot twists.
Season 33 • Episode 19
LatestFighting the scourge of skin cancer in the bush; The retired cattleman changing lives in Cambodia one cow at a time; and sealing the final stretches of Australia's Outback Way.
Landline is an Australian national rural issues television program broadcast on ABC1. Presented by Pip Courtney, the program discusses rural issues regarding farming, mining and fisheries from around Australia. Each week the show wraps up with an update on commodity prices for livestock and mining, and detailed national weather rainfall reports. The program premiered on Sunday 2 February 1992 at 12:00 pm and has remained in that timeslot throughout its entire run. The program is also repeated the following Monday at 11:00 am. Landline was the first program that broadcast on ABC2 when the channel was launched at 6.35 am on 7 March 2005. On the newly launched channel, the program is broadcast on Mondays at 6:25 am, 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm and 9:15 pm. Previous presenters include Deborah Knight, Ticky Fullerton, Anne Kruger and Sally Sara.
Production
Thirty years of unflappable ABC reliability in a chaotic media landscape.
Writing
Commodity price scripts somehow more gripping than most dramas.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Landline was literally the first thing ever broadcast on ABC2, making it accidental television history.
The show's endurance makes it Australia's most reliable institution—more stable than most governments.
AU
