''Face to Face'' was a Sunday morning political talk program. It first ran on

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in August 1988 and was hosted by the then Political Editor Kerry O'Brien and produced by Chris Doig. The program was originally broadcast from the studios of CTC Canberra, ATV Melbourne and TEN Sydney – each with identical sets. Network Ten cancelled the program in 1989. From 19 November 1995 and in 1999 ''Face to Face'' became a segment of ''

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'' on the

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. In November 1995 assumed a format closer to its origins as a small-budget national political interview show, which featured an interview with a guest about the week's most important national issue. It aired late Sunday night (following the Sunday night movie) hosted by

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. In October 1996, the show moved to Sunday mornings and began screening live at , up against

's ''

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'' and the second half of

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's ''

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''. Guests were interviewed live in the studio, instead of pre-recording. In 1997, Stan Grant became the host until mid year when

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took over. In 1998, Bath moved to ''

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'' and Glenn Milne took over. In 1999 it became a segment of ''

'' and ceased to be a stand-alone programme. During that year the segments changed from being live with Glenn Milne (flown to

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each every Sunday) to being a Friday night pre-record by Stan Grant.

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