Hawke TV movie brings in 1.6m
Ten’s glossy telemovie Hawke pulled in a respectable 1.6m viewers on Sunday night, preliminary overnight ratings indicate.
The biopic of former PM Bob Hawke attracted an average metro audience of 1,606,000, according to OzTam.
Ten also had the top show of the night with Masterchef, which pulled in 2.2m.
Watched the beginning but switched off half way through really didn’t like the production or sequencing. Know a fare few people who did the same. Pretty disappointed as the ads had had me salivating.
Felix Williamson as Paul Keating did look outstanding though.
is there a rerun/repeat does anybody know?
I enjoyed it, but I’m a sucker for anything with Asher Keddie in it.
Plus, I was only a baby when all of this happened, so it was good to learn a little history on a Sunday evening.
Asher Keddie is a great actress. Looking forward to her series which is by the producers of Love My Way.
Oh Gillian, I agree. ‘Love My Way’ is the best Australian drama ever made. Maybe even the best drama, period. Although I am a sucker for ‘Satisfaction’, too.
i thought it was great – i could have watched it over and over again. Glad I’ve iQ’ed it for the rainy week ahead.
Australian TV has a garage-esque production quality to it and the Australian accent doesn’t sound good on TV, usually, but when it’s amped up and fully exposed then it can become quite charming. I say, more of it please!
More Aussie drama please it was great even though we knew what happened could not stop watching…
Congratulations to all involved, I agree entirely with PR Professional. Hope we get much more of this sort of stuff. Networks, viewers will REWARD you!
I agree with Jane. It jumped at times and didn’t flow. The scene after the America’s Cup win felt like it was just put in there because producers felt it had to be rather than adding anything to the narrative – cut to it, insert line about bosses being bums, cut away from it. No flow.
anywhere you can stream if online for those who missed it?
Love! + Hate! you can see it again on TEN’s catchup TV offering at http://www.ten.com.au/watchtv
I’m a massive political tragic and view the Hawke/ Keating rivalry as one of the most dramatic/ engaging times in recent politics. But, I found the show to be relatively boring. The jumping narrative was jarring and kept throwing me out of the story. I felt most of the performances were actually really flat. The portrayal of Keating as a dour, lifeless character just seemed a bit off…
If you missed it , you can catch it on http://www.ten.com.au/watchtv and choose Hawke.
Plaudits all around. Roxborough was uncannily like Hawke – he is probably the most under-rated actor in Australia. Asher Keddie owns the screen when she is in shot. And Felix Williamson is “one-to-watch”. I didn’t think or notice that the script jumped around. Long live quality Australian television production!
The movie should have been subtitled:
‘Memoir of a Cornball’
Bloody awful supercilious drivel