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Getaway
Getaway logo
Genre	Travel
Presented by	Current Catriona Rowntree Ben Dark Jason Dundas Natalie Gruzlewski Jules Lund Dermott Brereton
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	15
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Walsh
Producer(s)	John Holding
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	Channel Nine
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Getaway is Australia's longest-running and most popular holiday and travel television programme. Debuting on 14 May 1992, it is currently broadcast on the Nine Network and W. Its main competitor is The Great Outdoors on the Seven Network.

The first season initially only looked at only Australian resorts but by 1993 had expanded to look at overseas destinations.

Presenters

• Jeff Watson (1992 - 1998)
• Tina Dalton (1992 - 1993)
• Anna McMahon (1992 - 1993)
• David Reyne (1992 - 1993, 1996 - 2005)
• Rebecca Harris (1992 - 1997)
• Jane Rutter (1994)
• Chrissy Morrisey (1995)
• Lochie Daddo (1994 - 1999)
• Catriona Rowntree (1996 - )
• Sorrel Wilby (1996 - 2005 )
• Ben Dark (1999 - )
• Brendon Julian (2004 - 2005 )
• Jules Lund (2004 - )
• Natalie Gruzlewski (2004 - )
• Erik Thomson (2006 - 2007 )
• Jodhi Meares (2006)
• Jason Dundas (2007 - )
• Megan Gale (2005-2006)
• Dermott Brereton (2007 - )

Awards

Getaway won a People's Choice Award in 1994 and an Australian Tourism Award for Excellence in the Media in 1995.

Getaway has also been nominated for the Most Popular Lifestyle Program Logie Award at the Logie Awards of 2003, 2004 and 2005, each time being beaten by the ever popular Backyard Blitz. It was also nominated at the Logie Awards of 1999 and nominated as the Favourite Lifestyle Program at the Australian People Choice Awards of 1999.

Seven Wonders of the World

In a recent episode, Getaway asked viewers to choose a new Seven Wonders of the World based on several destinations which had been pre-selected by the show's producers.

The destinations were (winners are shown in bold):

Natural wonders:

• Milford Sound
• Mt Everest
• Grand Canyon

Ancient 1 wonders

• Machu Picchu
• Pyramids
• Petra

Ancient 2 wonders

• Angkor Wat
• Great Wall of China
• Easter Island

Waterfall wonders

• Niagara Falls
• Victoria Falls
• Iguazu Falls

Modern wonders

• Eiffel Tower
• Taj Mahal
• Opera House

City wonders

• Rome
• New York
• Shanghai

Island wonders

• Bora Bora
• Aitutaki
• Santorini

See also

• List of Australian television series
• List of Nine Network programs

External links

• Official Getaway website
• Getaway at the Internet Movie Database
• Getaway at the National Film and Sound Archive

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