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Getaway
Getaway logo
Genre	Travel
Presented by	Current Catriona Rowntree Natalie Gruzlewski Jules Lund Dermott Brereton
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	20
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Walsh
Producer(s)	Scott Sinclair, Tim Thatcher, Anita Lane, Josh Martin, Rochell Martin, Nia Pericles
Location(s)	International & Domestic
Camera setup	Steve Davis, Jamie Hamill, Chris Miller, Gilbert Farkas, Max Polley,Stuart Bruce
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	Nine Network
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	14 May 1992 – present
External links
Website

Getaway is Australia's longest-running travel television program. Debuting on 14 May 1992, it is currently broadcast on the Nine Network and TLC. Its main competitor was The Great Outdoors on the Seven Network until 2009.

A New Zealand version of the program, with some local content, was previously broadcast on TV One and Prime TV.

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

Presenters

• Catriona Rowntree (1996 – present)
• Jules Lund (2004 – present)
• Natalie Gruzlewski (2004 – present)
• Dermott Brereton (2007 – present)
• Kelly Landry (2008 – present)
• Giaan Rooney (2008 – present)
• Sophie Monk (2010 – present)
• Kate Ceberano (2011 - present)
• Jennifer Hawkins (2011 - present)

Former Presenters

• Jason Dundas (2007 – 2011)
• Ben Dark (1999 – 2010)
• Erik Thomson (2006 – 2007)
• Jodhi Meares (2006)
• Megan Gale (2005 – 2006)
• Brendon Julian (2004 – 2005)
• Sorrell Wilby (1996 – 2005)
• David Reyne (1992 – 1993, 1996 – 2005)
• Lochie Daddo (1994 – 1999)
• Jeff Watson (1992 – 1998)
• Rebecca Harris (1992 – 1997)
• Chrissy Morrisey (1995)
• Jane Rutter (1994)
• Tina Dalton (1992 – 1993)
• Anna McMahon (1992 – 1993)

New Zealand Presenters

• Suzy Aiken
• Charlotte Dawson
• Clarke Gayford

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 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^[when?] episode, Getaway viewers were asked 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: one wonder

• Machu Picchu
• Pyramids
• Petra

Ancient: two 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

Look up getaway in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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

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