No Limits Season 8 DVD boxed set now available.

Get ready to blast off into the 8th season of No Limits with Hurdini, Macca, Sara, George and newcomers Akash Temple and Michael Uniake. Season 8 will take you on a dizzying ride through the political, the practical, the musical and the downright hysterical sides of living with disability; living being the operative word. Also featured this season is the massive 100th episode “The Future” shot against a background of tropical fish at the Melbourne Aquarium.

Type of purchase:

Individuals $59.00 GRIT MEDIA members $49.00 Organisations $69.00

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BOLDNESS Podcast now ready for download!

Yes folks, you've been waiting patiently, the anticipation has been building, and now, finally, the day has arrived!

The Boldness podcast has been posted and you can now download all your favourite segments from the fabulous radio show. From the hilarious serial Bigwigs to interviews with representatives from Consumer Affairs, we have the goods right here on the GRIT MEDIA website, ready for your listening pleasure!

So, how do you listen to the Boldness Podcast?

Well there are a couple of ways:

• You may simply click on this link and listen to the audio files online.
  
  
• Or you may subscribe to the rss feed to download new podcasts as they become available. The easiest way to do this is to download some free podcast receiving software such as Juice (click on the link to visit the Juice website). This website will take you through the process of downloading, installing and using the software. The address of the podcast (for when the software prompts you for it) is: http://www.gritmedia.org.au/boldnesspodcast1_rss.xml

Enjoy your Boldness!

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No Limits Wins Big at the 2009 Antenna Awards!

It was community television’s night of nights, complete with fashion, chandeliers, appetizers that looked too decorative to eat and pointy glass awards that could have doubled as lethal weapons!

No Limits was well represented with two tables of enthusiastic cast, crew, staff and board members, right up front, cheering for the show’s success as we won the sought after awards of Outstanding Interview Program, and Outstanding Male Presenter (congratulations Steve Hurd!).

“What a fabulous result for us,” says Erin McCuskey, producer of No Limits. “Recognition and comparison to other mainstream shows for a change, not just up against other shows ‘about disability’. And the competition was fierce - there were some good shows out there - which just highlights how far we have come in terms of our production values, our stories and our purpose.”

Of course, special congratulations must go out to No Limits host Steve Hurd, who was, very unfortunately, too sick to attend on the night. Let’s hope discovering that he’d beaten the competition out of the water aided a quick recovery!

And since the official televised broadcast of the night was sadly lacking and incomplete without a speech from our daring Hurdini, Steve has sent us a taste of the speech that would have been …

“I want to thank Essa, for her creativity, belief in the Hurdini dream and work. I also want to thank Larry, Colin, Rikki, and all the off camera doods like Tracy and Rob and all the others; to Sarah Barton for giving me my first No Limits gig; and, of course, the board and staff of Grit.

“No, don’t worry, I am not going to thank the Lord and start crying.

“I want to thank Macca and Sara as well as the other on camera doods. I want to thank the fish at the aquarium and all the companies who risked their public liability insurance to let me do those wild things. I want to thank Hoola Dane, the racehorse I share ownership of for winning in Sydney the other day as well.”

Congratulations to the No Limits team!

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No Limits nominated for 7 Antenna Awards!

With the Golden Globes over and the Emmys fast approaching, we all feel the rush, the fun and the excitement of awards season!

And here in Melbourne, Community Television will soon celebrating it's own night of nights with a three course meal and ball at the much anticipated Antenna Awards.

This year, No Limits has been nominated in an outstanding 7 categories, including Best Male Presenter (Steve Hurd), best Female Presenter (Sara McQueenie) and Program of the Year!

NOMINATIONS:

Outstanding Interview Program

Nurse TV
A Life in Crime
No Limits
Studio A
The Shtick

Outstanding Live or Outside Broadcast Program

No Limits
1700
Fusion Latina
Studio A

Outstanding Personal Development Program

The Red Room
No Limits
Words of Peace
Get Cereal TV
A Life in Crime

Outstanding Theme Music Composition

Room to Grow
No Limits
Theatre Games LIVE
Brain Date
The Jazz Show

Outstanding Male Presenter

KO Boxing Show- Peter Maniatis
No Limits- Steve Hurd
Vasili's Garden- Vasili Kanidiadis
Studio A- Dave Thornton
The Bazura Project- Lee Zachariah

Outstanding Female Presenter

Wrokdown- Wendy Stapleton
Teenie Weenie Greenies- Maddison McSweeney
No Limits- Sara McQueenie
Theatre Games LIVE- Kat Bergin
Cosmic Imprint- Julie Ann McBeth

Program of the Year

Wrokdown
The Bazura Project
No Limits
On the Water
Studio A

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Situations Vacant at Grit Media

Volunteer

E-news Cartoonist

Grit Media e-news is going for a bit of a design overhaul, and as such we are now looking for the next Michael Leunig to join our team. We are looking for political satire, media commentary, and, of course, anything you have to offer on the topic of being shamelessly disabled.

We want it, fun, thoughtful, whimsical, colourful, original, expressive and creative!

So come on, show the membership what you’ve got!

Please send two samples of your work, and a short cover letter telling us who you are, to admin@gritmedia.org.au.

We look forward to publishing your work!