So fake, it's real: why The Shire is good Australian TV

By Helen Razer
Updated July 23 2012 - 11:13am, first published 10:30am
Sophie and Vernesa from <i>The Shire</i>.
Sophie and Vernesa from <i>The Shire</i>.
Gabby and Mitch (above) are like the star-crossed Count Vronsky and Anna Karenina of the Sutherland Shire; except, without the Tolstoy.
Gabby and Mitch (above) are like the star-crossed Count Vronsky and Anna Karenina of the Sutherland Shire; except, without the Tolstoy.

If critics were horses, then beggars would ride fine steeds. As it is, critics have no more influence than stable-hands. While the many, many critics of The Shire were busy mucking out their woe with their nasty little shovels, the program itself earned thoroughbred numbers in its key demographic.

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