Name: Landline
Genre: Documentary

Overview

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.

Seasons

Series 2023

19 Episodes

2023

E01

Sunday 12/2/2023

2/12/2023·59m

Devastating flooding for farmers and communities in South Australia and Western Australia's Kimberley regions; Rebuilding from flood in central New South Wales; plus rejuvenated wetlands for birds.

E02

Sunday 19/2/2023

2/19/2023·56m

Crunch time for the Murray Darling Basin Plan; More to cherries than a Christmas treat; Kids on camp honing cattle skills; plus imperfect produce becomes gourmet dried fruit.

E03

Sunday 26/2/2023

2/26/2023·57m

Predicting outbreaks of the deadly Hendra virus; Celebrating diversity among Australia's farmers; Finding safe, affordable feed additives for carbon neutral cattle; and reaping the rewards of agri-forestry.

E04

Sunday 5/3/2023

3/5/2023·58m

How different communities along the Darling River are managing recent flooding; Queensland's camel queen conquering social media; and Tasmania's wool growing maverick doing things her way.

E05

Sunday 12/3/2023

3/12/2023·57m

Fighting chemical spray drift in the cotton industry; The quest for a national planning code for leaky weirs; Growing more rice using less water; plus protecting Indigenous culture for future generations.

E06

Sunday 19/3/2023

3/19/2023·56m

Carbon credit concerns about agriculture; Livestock with a difference - farming rats; A remarkable journey from Cambodian refugee to successful mango farmer; plus Connecting the world's Punjabi community with farming.

E07

Sunday 26/3/2023

3/26/2023·56m

Life on the water taking a mental toll on fishers; The swamp saviours of northern Victoria; Supporting early childhood learning in the bush; and tension over a proposed workers camp near a small town in Western Australia.

E08

Sunday 2/4/2023

4/2/2023·58m

The fashion designers with a passion for home grown wool; New hops varieties helping to create distinctive brews; plus how waste oyster shells are rejuvenating degraded waterways.

E09

Rural Flavours

4/9/2023·55m

An encore of stories bound to make you hungry. Getting goat on more menus; The secrets of black garlic; Tasty, tiny tomatoes; The seafood provedore championing unpopular fish species and cuts; plus mixing rum and dairy cows.

E10

Sunday 16/4/2023

4/16/2023·57m

The renewable energy rush dividing rural communities; Draining the silent flood of salinity in the wheat belt; Raking cockles in Shark Bay; and reviving Rawlinna: the largest sheep station in the country.

E11

Sunday 23/4/2023

4/23/2023·57m

A special Anzac Day tribute to Australia's mighty war horse, the Waler; No limits for a determined cane farmer; and the WA wheatbelt's need for lime at odds with a top tourism destination.

E12

Sunday 30/4/2023

4/30/2023·57m

The Australian wine industry limps to the end of one of its most difficult vintages; a spotlight on the outback kids taking to the stage to put on a musical; and the monthly water and climate outlook from the Bureau.

E13

Sunday 7/5/2023

5/7/2023·55m

Growing more of a fruit that many people have never heard of - jujubes; Dark, starry nights in remote Western Australia; plus it's showtime for the cast of the outback musical.

E14

Sunday 14/5/2023

5/14/2023·57m

A new weapon to help combat livestock theft; Over-fishing fears in World Heritage listed Shark Bay; The charity using farming to help mental health; and an artist's emotional connection to landscape.

E15

Sunday 21/5/2023

5/21/2023·56m

Electronic tracking of wool bales from the shearing shed through the supply chain; Uniquely crafted furniture in the Top End; plus the shearing doctor with the best of both worlds.

E16

Sunday 28/5/2023

5/28/2023·57m

An exclusive insight into the live export trade; Healing country and people in Western Australia's south-west; plus and honouring Sandy the Waler, the only horse to come home from the First World War.

E17

Sunday 4/6/2023

6/4/2023·59m

The second part in our series on WA's live sheep export trade; Australia's new apple, the Bravo; Increasing production of the premium delicacy marron; plus remembering Australian country music legend Joy McKean.

E18

Sunday 11/6/2023

6/11/2023·57m

The final instalment in our series on WA's live sheep export trade; A sky high future for mustering; Improving abattoir safety and efficiency through technology; and lifting the profile of persimmons.

E19

Sunday 18/6/2023

6/18/2023·56m

Fighting 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.