Living Black (SBS TV, Australia)

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Karla Grant hosting Living Black in March 2007
Karla Grant hosting Living Black in March 2007

Living Black is a current affairs programme from SBS TV, Australia, taking care primarily for the interests of Australia's indigenous community. Karla Grant has been executive producer of this programme which she has developed since ca. 2002. She has also been fronting the show since 2004.

Hostess Karla Grant has been born in Adelaide to a Dutch father and an Aboriginal mother. Earlier, she hosted Aboriginal Australia on Channel 10, a programme which was also directed towards Australia's native community.

In 1994 she joined SBS, originally as producer, reporter, director and presenter on the Walkley Award-winning programme ICAM, SBS’s first Indigenous current affairs show.

Karla Grant has three children with tv personality Stan Grant, to whom she had been married for 17 years when he left her - very publically - in 2000 to join up with tv sports journalist Tracey Holmes.

[edit] Timeslot

  • 2007: Wednesdays, 18:00 - 18:30, plus one or two repeats during daytime programming.

[edit] Links & References

Programme Home Page at SBS