Trouble in Paradise (TV series)
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Trouble in Paradise is an Australia
n television documentary
series on the Nine Network
which first aired at on Thursday, 25 June 2009. The series is narrated by journalist Liam Bartlett
and actress Brooke Satchwell
, and chronicles the harrowing experiences of Australians travelling on their holidays.
Trouble in Paradise features six edited stories from a similar British series, My Holiday Hostage Hell (which is broadcast in Australia on the Crime & Investigation Network), and six originally-produced stories. Each episode consists of two stories, and six episodes have been produced.
The show was axed
from the Nine Network's schedule after three of the six episodes had aired. It was eventually returned to the schedule of the Nine Network's digital multichannel, GEM
, which broadcast the remaining three episodes commencing 16 March 2011.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
series on the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
which first aired at on Thursday, 25 June 2009. The series is narrated by journalist Liam Bartlett
Liam Bartlett
Liam Bartlett is a journalist from Perth, Western Australia.He currently works on the Nine Network's 60 Minutes current affairs program. Previously, he had a six year stint with ABC radio station 720 ABC Perth, presenting the morning program. He had previously worked for GWN in Bunbury as a news...
and actress Brooke Satchwell
Brooke Satchwell
Brooke Kerith Satchwell is an Australian actress, model, and environmental spokesperson.-Early life:The first of two children of Andrew Satchwell, a real estate agent and Jane Satchwell, a school teacher. Satchwell has lived on the Mornington Peninsula for most of her life...
, and chronicles the harrowing experiences of Australians travelling on their holidays.
Trouble in Paradise features six edited stories from a similar British series, My Holiday Hostage Hell (which is broadcast in Australia on the Crime & Investigation Network), and six originally-produced stories. Each episode consists of two stories, and six episodes have been produced.
The show was axed
Cancellation (television)
In television, cancellation refers to the termination of a program by a network, typically because of low viewership and/or unfavourable critical reviews. Another reason why television programs can be cancelled is to make room for new television programs...
from the Nine Network's schedule after three of the six episodes had aired. It was eventually returned to the schedule of the Nine Network's digital multichannel, GEM
GEM (Australian TV channel)
GEM is an Australian free-to-air high definition digital television channel, launched by the Nine Network on Sunday 26 September 2010 at 6am...
, which broadcast the remaining three episodes commencing 16 March 2011.
Episodes
| # | Title | Airdate | Timeslot | RatingsOverall national viewers, numbers in brackets indicate nightly ratings position. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 (2009; 2011) | ||||
| 1 | "Murder in Mexico / ?" | 25 June 2009 | Thursday – | 1,169,000 (7th) |
| 2 | "? / ?" | 2 July 2009 | 1,094,000 (9th) | |
| 3 | "Terror in Turkey / Kidnapped in Colombia" | 9 July 2009 | 871,000 (14th) | |
| 4 | "Attacked in Poland / Kidnapped by Warriors" | 16 March 2011 | Wednesday – | — |
| Scheduled upcoming episodes | ||||
| 5 | "TBA" | 23 March 2011 | Wednesday – | — |
| 6 | "TBA" | 30 March 2011 | — | |
| Average series ratings (ongoing) | 1,131,500 | |||