Australia - New TV show - THE GIFT

[Guest guest]

New

Series on Channel 9 - The Gift, Celebrating the Gift of Organ Donors

7

Jun

Nine

and FremantleMedia announce new series – The Gift

The Nine

Network and FremantleMedia Australia

are proud to present The Gift, an eight-episode factual series hosted by 60

Minutes reporter Tara Brown which showcases the stories, trauma

and importance of organ donation and transplants.

Nine’s

director of programming, Healy, said today: “This is a remarkable

new series for Nine which chronicles the complex issues surrounding organ

donation. “For the families of organ donors and

the recipients there are a myriad of emotions that each person will face. We are incredibly privileged to be able to tell their

stories.”

The Gift,

which will be narrated by Brown, is an original format which has been

championed by FremantleMedia Australia

CEO, Mark Fennessy. " There

are presently hundreds of people across the country desperately waiting for the

call that will save their lives,” Mr Fennessy said. “We'll follow

their dramatic stories and the extraordinary Australians who run the donor and

recipient teams. The Gift will be a ground-breaking, inspirational and life-affirming series like no other,

because there is nothing greater than the gift of life.”

The Gift

is remarkable, life-changing television. It will

follow real life stories as they happen. We will see

the donor family and their journey as they face a wall of grief, yet still

choose to give life to strangers they will never meet.

The Gift

will profile the people on the transplant list who wait for the call that will

rush them to hospital, surgery and an uncertain future. Extraordinary

professionals work around the clock to make this happen. Medical

procedures will inform and intrigue audiences, who will witness first-hand the

resilience of people facing some of the most extreme circumstances.

The

production is based in Melbourne,

executive producer is lin and series producer is s. The Gift will work closely with Life Gift, the division of

the Red Cross responsible for organ donation and transplants.

The series will premiere later in the year.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Barb, we'll keep our eyes open. It follows a two part series on a

rival channel shown a few weeks ago, that did a similar thing, following 8

transplantees and thier new lives. Australia is doing a big push towards

making organ donation easier and more readily understood, so that more will

do it.

We taped the show to show our kids, and will look out for the next one.

Penny T (Australia)

>

> Nine and FremantleMedia announce new series - The Gift

> The Nine Network and FremantleMedia Australia are proud to present The

> Gift, an eight-episode factual series hosted by 60 Minutes reporter Tara

> Brown which showcases the stories, trauma and importance of organ

> donation and transplants.

> Nine's director of programming, Healy, said today: " This is a

> remarkable new series for Nine which chronicles the complex issues

> surrounding organ donation. " For the families of organ donors and the

> recipients there are a myriad of emotions that each person will face. We

> are incredibly privileged to be able to tell their stories. "

> The Gift, which will be narrated by Brown, is an original format which

> has been championed by FremantleMedia Australia CEO, Mark Fennessy.

> " There are presently hundreds of people across the country desperately

> waiting for the call that will save their lives, " Mr Fennessy said.

> " We'll follow their dramatic stories and the extraordinary Australians

> who run the donor and recipient teams. The Gift will be a

> ground-breaking, inspirational and life-affirming series like no other,

> because there is nothing greater than the gift of life. "

> The Gift is remarkable, life-changing television. It will follow real

> life stories as they happen. We will see the donor family and their

> journey as they face a wall of grief, yet still choose to give life to

> strangers they will never meet.

> The Gift will profile the people on the transplant list who wait for the

> call that will rush them to hospital, surgery and an uncertain future.

> Extraordinary professionals work around the clock to make this happen.

> Medical procedures will inform and intrigue audiences, who will witness

> first-hand the resilience of people facing some of the most extreme

> circumstances.