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News At Six 1986 Meets Sam Reid! ❤️🌟🤴🏼📺

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One of the many incredible people we met on our set day was Sam Reid - Mr Dale Jennings himself! ❤️🤴🏼

As he is the male lead of The Newsreader, I must admit that some nerves bubbled inside when I first stepped into the newsroom and he waved my way down the hallway. In full costume as Dale, it was a very heady experience; like he had leapt out of the telly. The second he was finished talking to the camera crew, he came into Helen’s old office (where Michael Lucas and Michelle Lim Davidson has taken us) and shook hands with Mum and I, warmly welcoming us into the space. My nerves disappeared from there on, he was just lovely!

In our first exploration of the newsroom, Sam helped Michael and Michelle show us around. It was just us, Emma Freeman and a few camera people; a surreal yet beautifully close moment. He has such a huge fan base, so I knew how truly lucky I was to have this individual moment with him. Sam is a brilliant holder of knowledge, and was excited to explain the process of how the old computer monitors worked, through iPads being placed inside the screen. He also searched his brain for any history he could remember of the building itself, and the thrill of having his expertise called upon lit up in his eyes.

When we were filming our scene (Cheryl’s hens night, S03E05), he checked on how we were going, and even got a special job! You all might have seen Emma Freeman post a video of the cast and crew doing The Nutbush in the newsroom last year. With so much delight, I can say that this was on my set day! Mum and I are in the video in the back row! As for Sam, he was perched on a chair, holding Emma’s phone to record the dance. Dale’s actor got to be a cameraman!

I feel so privileged to have met Sam twice now; first on set, the second at the Season Three ACMI premiere. He played a significant role in making both of these days so special and memorable. I even share a unit still with him too; funnily enough, mirroring his actions in the background! Thank you to Sam for being such a wonderful and intelligent human! I’m so grateful for him for the magic he helped create that day! 🌟

Helen Norville, in The Newsreader’s S02E02 💜📺🌟

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Even when one is trying to get someone much needed shut-eye, the phones do not rest.

The ringing awoke Helen, and she picked up the handset to hear Dale’s voice.

“Hello. So get in the shower. Get camera ready. I’m coming over with a crew.”

This was the last thing Helen wanted to do.

“No,” she replied, putting the phone back down.

Dale wouldn’t give up, and rang her again.

“I need you to trust me. I’ve got an idea, and I’ll be there in twenty minutes, okay?”

They were to vox-pop the community at a local park. Helen was sceptical of this idea.

“No one has looked at the impact this has had on ordinary people… I’m pitching a portrait of a grieving city trying to piece itself back together again,” Dale reframed.

It turned out the community had a lot to say. A woman’s children were familiar with Hoddle Street, and hearing a lot about it at school. She had reassured her children that they were safe, but she wasn’t sure if she believed this herself.

A bloke mentioned that there were gun-toting movie posters hanging up in High Street, and that it would be hard for him to see these films in the same light as he had before.

“Do you think the media has a role to play in real world violence?” Helen queried.

“I don’t know, maybe.” He replied.

There was people creating hope too. A young man had seen himself in the victims’ ages; mostly in their twenties, and he started volunteering at a helpline.

“There’s a lot of calls, and a lot of hurt, but it makes you feel more connected.” He shared. “Because I guess we’ve got to stay together, especially in times like this.”

Helen, watching this piece on in the studio, looked over to Dale, and mouthed a “thank you.” This was what the people of their community needed, and as was their duty to their community, they had delivered this balm to them.

“As ordinary people demonstrate such courage and grace in the wake of such a tragedy by simply carrying on, we realise that the spirit of this community can never be extinguished,” Helen said to camera.

I'd love to see the bit in ep1 when Satan is hiding under the table, sobbing and wailing, and Eileen tells do it quietly, "like a woman." Her horrifyingly accurate demonstration should win her all the awards!

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