Matt Doran appearing on the program for the first time this week
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This is an interesting behind the scenes watchâŚ
https://twitter.com/sundaynighton7/status/871988338416390144
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According to Wikipedia he still reports for SN.
Since when is that an acceptable source of accurate information? 
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SMH reports Sunday Night has paid up to $100,000 to secure an exclusive interview with Candice Hedge, who was injured in the London terrorist attack last weekend. Melissa Doyle flew immediately to London to shoot the interview with Candice from her hospital bed. The interview will air this Sunday.
Sunday 11 June at 8.30pm
THE SURVIVOR
A week ago three men armed with knives drove a van into a crowd of pedestrians on the London Bridge, then came a rampage of indiscriminate stabbings. Among the dead, two Australians â nurse Kirsty Bowden and nanny Sara Zelenak. Queenslander, Candice Hedge, very nearly became a third Australian victim. Stabbed in the throat by one of the terrorists, sheâs still in hospital recovering. Candice speaks to Sunday Night for the first time about how she survived the horrific attack. Melissa Doyle has this special report from London.
FINDING GOBI
Sheâs a short, scruffy Chihuahua cross â just one of millions of stray dogs in China. Yet Gobiâs tale of courage and survival has warmed the hearts of animal lovers around the world. It begins when Aussie ultra-marathon runner Dion Leonard befriends the plucky little bitzer during a race across Chinaâs Gobi Desert last year. The pair became inseparable, Gobi tenaciously running alongside Dion for the entire race. Dionâs mind was set â he would adopt his new mate and take her home. But, as Sunday Nightâs Steve Pennells discovers, his plans would be put to the ultimate test.
TRAPPED
It was meant to be a pleasant country drive. A mum visiting her daughter in rural NSW. But it would become a harrowing fight for survival. A momentary lapse of concentration and Melissa Jonesâ car was somersaulting down an embankment into a giant ditch, hidden from the road. Trapped inside the wreckage, Melissa clung to life for nearly 11 hours in a race against time â desperately hoping help would arrive. But as Matt Doran reports, neither Melissa or her rescuers knew where she was.
It would appear that Melissa Doyle is presenting tonightâs show from London where she conducted the report on the London terror attack that will air tonight
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Good. I donât have any issue with that whatsoever. It can help her with her recovery and no doubt during the period she will be unemployed. Rather see money go to a victim of this regard than pay a criminal to tell their story.
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Sunday 18 June at 8.30pm
AUSTRALIAâS GREAT CHARITY SHAM
Youâve probably encountered them â âChuggersâ. Short for charity muggers, who bail you up for a donation, to buy a badge or book of vouchers. Have you ever wondered where that money you so generously give to charity actually ends up? Well youâre in for a shock, because it turns out not much of it is going where itâs so desperately needed. In this major Sunday Night investigation, Matt Doran reveals how one multi-national company is making a fortune from your donations to some of Australiaâs biggest charities. And we hear from the former workers who are blowing the whistle on a company that has made a staggering $100 million from Australian charities in the past two years alone.
FOREVER YOUNG
Making it to 100 once seemed an impossible goal. And if you got that birthday letter from the Queen you knew youâd earned it. But now reaching that magic century is tantalisingly close for all of us. Scientists have developed a miracle pill that will not only help us live longer, but makes those years healthier as well. But, as Denham Hitchcock discovers, itâs not just scientists who think they have the answers.
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His first report was really good! Hope to see more of him on Seven, not just on SN, but also in news in the near future.
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According to promo, Mel will also interview House Rules judge Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen for this weekâs episode.
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Actually, it is worth noting that they were only advertising this LLB interview during Seven News on Saturday and Sunday so as it turned out the full thing didnât happen this week; it will actually happen next week. Thus on Seven News they were only advertising for the sneak peek of the interview which is what we saw at the very end of this weekâs edition of Sunday Night. There is now a proper sneak peek promo showing on Seven that is advertising this interview for this coming weekâs edition of Sunday Night.
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Sunday 25 June at 8.30pm
THE REAL LLB
On Sunday Night, you finally get to meet the man behind the initials. The real LLB â the wickedly outrageous and always entertaining Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Sunday Nightâs Melissa Doyle visits LLB on his home patch, the picturesque countryside of Englandâs Cotswolds. She finds him holding fort in the six-bedroom stately mansion that he calls home. And itâs a full house for lunch, with his wife, Jackie, daughters Cecile and Hermione, their partners Dan and Drew and grandson, Albion. On the menu, spaghetti vongole and a very generous side of dad jokes. In no time at all LLB has become a favourite on Australian television as the ferociously blunt judge on House Rules. But Melissa uncovers a far more complex and serious side to LLB as he speaks openly and emotionally about his childhood and family.
COURAGEOUS CALEB
Just over one year ago, Daniel Stirlingâs future looked bleak. Close to hopeless. Heâd just lost his pregnant wife, Sarah, killed by hoons in a stolen car. Miraculously, their baby boy was delivered after the crash. But Caleb was critically ill, it was touch and go for the little fighter. Through it all, father and son refused to give in. And as youâll see, today theyâre a formidable team. Living proof of what love and courage can do. And they have a special message for Australia.
BUILDING THE WALL
âBuild the wallâ was the rallying cry, a wall to secure the US border with Mexico. And it certainly worked â it helped elect the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Whatever you think of the idea, something must be done. And soon. As Sevenâs US Bureau Chief Mike Amor discovers, this is the wild west. A land of drug smugglers, illegal immigrants, gang wars and gun-toting cowboy vigilantes. Totally out of control.
According to The Australian, Rahni Sadler has left the program.
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Disappointing to see both the female reporters go. Travel was also PJ Madamâs reason for leaving. Angela Cox would be a welcome permanent addition to break up the beefcake reporter club but she may not be keen on travel either after moving back to Australia.
In eight years Sunday Night has certainly gone through some hosts, reporters and executive producers.
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Emma Dallimore or Angela Cox would be perfect to replace Rahni.
⌠two key female members of its on-air reporting team have departed without any fanfare. Seven insiders have confirmed the resignations of longstanding Sunday Night reporters Rahni Sadler and PJ Madam. Sadler had a low-key farewell around two months ago, and Madam at the end of last year.
Sadler has since been overseas taking a well-earned break, while Madam is pursuing other media projects.
This leaves the programâs Âanchor Melissa Doyle as the showâs only permanent female on-air talent, with the showâs four-member reporting team now comprising Doran, Steve Pennells, Denham Hitchcock and Alex Cullen.
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