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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Television series}}<br />
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{{Infobox television<br />
| name = Living On The Edge<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = The ''Hardtalk'' programme titles<br />
| runtime = 60 minutes<br />
| creator = [[Miditech Pvt. Ltd.]]<br />
| developer = Miditech<br />
| producer = <br />
| executive_producer = <br />
| presenter = [[Niret Alva]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[English language|English]]<br />
| network = [[Doordarshan]] / [[Star Plus]]<br />
| first_aired = {{start date|1994}}<br />
| last_aired = {{end date|1996}}<br />
| preceded_by = <br />
| followed_by = <br />
| related = <br />
| production_website = http://www.miditech.tv/content.aspx?page=living_edge<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Living On The Edge''''' is a weekly Indian TV show about environmental issues. It was aired on the Indian national broadcast network, [[Doordarshan]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Krishna|first=Sonali|title=The Dream Merchants|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-06-08/news/27672037_1_miditech-indian-idol-alva-brothers|newspaper=Economic Times|date=8 June 2007}}</ref> and [[STAR (India)|Star TV]] over a period of five years, in the 90s.<br />
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Hosted by [[Niret Alva]],<ref>{{cite web|title=National Award for Miditech co-founder Niret Alva|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/mar/mar41.htm|publisher=IndianTelevision.com|date=3 March 2007}}</ref> it explored different aspects of human exploitation of nature and natural resources and pollution. It was launched on the day of the 1994 final [[Football World Cup]] and managed to garner a large audience, as it was slotted just before the final match began.<ref>{{cite web|last=Amarnath|first=Vidhya|title=Channeling Content|url=http://www.thesmartceo.in/Industries/media-and-publishing/channeling-content.html|publisher=SmartCEO|accessdate=18 March 2012|date=15 February 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321031639/http://www.thesmartceo.in/Industries/media-and-publishing/channeling-content.html|archivedate=21 March 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Popularity ==<br />
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At the time of airing, ''Living On The Edge'' was one of the most popular English programmes on Indian Television. However, the show was taken off air in 1996 for lack of sponsorship.<ref>{{cite news|title=Creating Wildscreen Magic|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/creating-wildscreen-magic-196110101041_1.html|newspaper=Business Standard|accessdate=12 October 2013|date=27 January 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
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* Won the Most Informative Series Category at the [[Onida Awards]] in 1995<br />
* Won a Panda award at [[Wildscreen]] in Bristol in 1996<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Reflist}}<br />
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===Sources===<br />
* {{cite news|title=Spin doctor|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-12-15/news/27340061_1_reality-show-niret-alva-miditech|newspaper=Economic Times|accessdate=12 October 2013|date=15 December 2002|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082655/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-12-15/news/27340061_1_reality-show-niret-alva-miditech|archivedate=5 March 2016}}<br />
* {{cite news|title=This is BBC India Hour|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19980908/25151634.html|newspaper=Indian Express|accessdate=12 October 2013|date=8 September 1998}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070323075932/http://www.miditech.tv/content.aspx?page=living_edge Living On The Edge Page on Miditech]<br />
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[[Category:Indian television series]]<br />
[[Category:English-language television shows]]<br />
[[Category:1994 Indian television series debuts]]<br />
[[Category:1996 Indian television series endings]]</div>->Sammi Brie