''Real Life'' was an Australian

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program that aired on the

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from 20 January 1992 to 1 December 1994. Its format was similar to other

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current affairs shows airing at the time, these being '' A Current Affair'' and '' Hinch'', which had recently been axed by the Seven Network and picked up by

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. It was mainly presented by Stan Grant and the reporters included former

newsreader

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and

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. While generally not being as successful as its Nine competitor, it was popular enough for Nine to install Ray Martin as the host of ''A Current Affair'' in 1994 and it did win the Logie award for Most Popular Current Affairs Program in that year. At the end of 1994, the show was replaced with ''

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'', a state-based current affairs program as opposed to ''Real Life'' which was a nationally airing show.

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* Australian non-fiction television series Seven News 1992 Australian television series debuts 1994 Australian television series endings English-language television shows {{Australia-tv-prog-stub