Insight is an current affairs television program, broadcast on the SBS

Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...

 network.

History

Insight started out as a national domestic current affairs program dealing primarily with Australian issues, while Dateline covered international ones.

It was hosted from 1999 until 2001 by Dr Gael Jennings. After this, Jenny Brockie

Jenny Brockie

Jenny Brockie is an Australian journalist and documentary-maker, currently working as the host for the SBS program, Insight.Brockie has spent more than twenty years in broadcasting, reporting both nationally and internationally for ABC current affairs programs including Four Corners and...

, coming from the ABC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...

, began to host the programme.

Soon thereafter the format was transformed to "a discussion forum focusing on a single issue with the participation of a studio audience". In the course of the programme there are usually live satellite links to various policy makers, such as ministers, and experts from around the globe.

SBS World News Australia presenter Anton Enus

Anton Enus

Anton Enus, is a South African-born Australian news presenter for SBS television.Until December 2007, Enus anchored the late edition of SBS World News Australia, which aired on weeknights at 9.30pm...

is a fill-in presenter.

Timeslot

• 2009: Tuesdays, 19:30 on SBS ONE and SBS HD

Repeated: Wednesdays, 19:30 on SBS TWO; Fridays, 13:30 on SBS ONE and SBS HD; Mondays, 13:30 on SBS ONE and SBS HD

External links

• Programme Homepage at SBS