''No Leave, No Life'' is an Australian lifestyle television series, hosted by

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in season 1,

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in season 2 and

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in its third season. The program features a celebrity guest presenter each week surprising ordinary Australians with a holiday, and the destination is then profiled. Another celebrity, often a comedian, then fills in for them at their work while they are away. The title of the show, "no leave, no life" was an Australian tourism campaign slogan. The program premiered during the summer non-ratings period on Saturday 5 December 2009 at 6:30pm. The program returned for a second season on 4 December 2010 with

as the new host. In June 2011, Seven were casting for seven people to feature in a third season of the program. It was also announced

would become the new host for the seven-episode run, which began on 3 December 2011 in its traditional Saturday 6:30pm timeslot.

References

External links

No Leave, No Life official site
Seven Network original programming Australian non-fiction television series 2009 Australian television series debuts 2012 Australian television series endings {{Australia-tv-prog-stub