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Speaker 1: Jerzy and Amanda jam Nation.

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Speaker 2: Harry Thompson is a busy man. You may have seen

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Speaker 2: him on Sunday Night. He was part of that incredible

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Speaker 2: tribute as Rebecca Gibney was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 1: Well the first time I met Rebecca was in the

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Speaker 1: long hot summer of nineteen ninety seven. One day, sunbathing

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Speaker 1: at Bondai Beach with all the other unemployed actors, I

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Speaker 1: got a call from my agent for an audition for

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Speaker 1: a telemovie called thirteen Gantry Road, to play opposite the

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Speaker 1: Queen of Australian TV, herself, Rebecca Gibney. This was my

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Speaker 1: big moment. I hired a slick black suit from DJs.

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Speaker 1: I ran my lines as I walked around the block

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Speaker 1: five times in thirty five degrees heat. I entered the

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Speaker 1: audition room dripping with sweat, shaking with nerves. All the

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Speaker 1: lines I knew so well three minutes ago I no

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Speaker 1: longer knew. It was a complete nut of shambles. I

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Speaker 1: went into my car and wept like a baby.

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Speaker 2: And then, of course reconnected with Rebecca many years later

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Speaker 2: to play Dave alongside her and packed to the rafters.

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Speaker 2: Eric is in a news stand series called Critical Incident

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Speaker 2: and joins us. Now, Hello, Eric, how are you.

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Speaker 3: I'm very well. I've just I've just woken up. I've

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Speaker 3: sculled the coffee, So I am. Yeah. It's been a

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Speaker 3: very busy couple of days because the next day I

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Speaker 3: flew on the Red Eye to Adelaide and I just

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Speaker 3: started rehearsal and to play yesterday. So I am, I'm,

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Speaker 3: I'm yeah, I'm. I wouldn't say I wouldn't say one

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Speaker 3: hundred percent. I'll say about sort of maybe ninety ninety

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Speaker 3: three at the stage.

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Speaker 4: I watched that thirteen Gantry Road when it came out,

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Speaker 4: and who was the dude that actually got the role

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Speaker 4: in the end? It was someone big, but I've completely forgotten.

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Speaker 3: Well, it wasn't someone big, and I don't even know

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Speaker 3: what his name is anymore, but I think he's in

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Speaker 3: real estate. I think, I think, I think I think

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Speaker 3: it pushed it could have could have it could have

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Speaker 3: been me in real estate home. No, I can't remember

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Speaker 3: his name, but it was. It was. It was a

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Speaker 3: good show, and I was really excited about it because

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Speaker 3: it was actually and Michael Caton, he was.

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Speaker 4: The builder of the builder guy. Because he was.

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Speaker 3: Area. Yeah, yeah, it was, it was, yeah, it was.

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Speaker 3: It was really well done. Anyway. Anyway, I got to

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Speaker 3: work with her eventually.

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Speaker 2: And the character you're playing in Critical Incident is very

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Speaker 2: different to Dave, isn't it. From Back to the Rafters

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Speaker 2: talk us through this new guy.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, you know, I kind of play the superintendent

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Speaker 3: of this black Tan police station. And you know, when

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Speaker 3: I first read it, I was like, superintendent, he'll be

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Speaker 3: the grumpy, gruff kind of you know, a guy that

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Speaker 3: tells everybody off. But he's sort of the opposite. He's

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Speaker 3: very nurturing, and he's got a young, diverse, you know,

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Speaker 3: staff of really keen new police and he's trying to

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Speaker 3: manage a very difficult community and so he's got to

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Speaker 3: he's got to run. He's got the rule books because

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Speaker 3: he's got the people above him, and he has to

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Speaker 3: run by the rules. But he's also trying to nurture

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Speaker 3: and understand the difficulties of policing in such a you know,

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Speaker 3: you know, hot bed of crime and social kind of. Yes,

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Speaker 3: So so it was, you know, he's he's I really

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Speaker 3: enjoyed it. I really enjoyed playing it, and I'm super

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Speaker 3: thrilled with it. With the result. It's they've made a

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Speaker 3: great show. It's it's gripping from end finish and for

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Speaker 3: Sorro from beginning to end.

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Speaker 2: The closing credits are amazing.

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Speaker 3: The last the last one minute is awesome. Man that

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Speaker 3: I pick No, but it was, it was. It's been.

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Speaker 3: It's a great show and I would urge anyone to

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Speaker 3: have a look. It's a it's a great piece of

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Speaker 3: AUSSI Telly.

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Speaker 4: Well, look at you, Eric, You've gone from strength to strength.

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Speaker 4: You're not selling real estate.

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Speaker 2: Not there's any.

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Speaker 4: Real estate, No, not yet.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would trust.

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Speaker 4: Town. It's worth checking out. Watch Critical Incident now only

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Speaker 4: on stand forget about thirteen Get Entry Road. Al though

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Speaker 4: I am curious, I do want to watch it because

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Speaker 4: it was a good, good telemovie.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't know where you find it.

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Speaker 2: No, no, and we don't need to talk about check

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Speaker 2: right now.

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Speaker 4: I'll check my old VHS as it might be in there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, in that in with your old seventy eight as well. Well.

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Speaker 4: Eric.

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Speaker 2: It's so great to see you being so busy. You're

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Speaker 2: one of our favorites and someone's to talk to you.

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Speaker 3: Well, thank you very much and have a great day

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Speaker 3: Eric

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Speaker 4: Eric times in there