{"id":24183,"date":"2025-11-20T12:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/mark-fennell-hosting-the-state-of-man-for-abc-australia\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:06:14","slug":"mark-fennell-hosting-the-state-of-man-for-abc-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/mark-fennell-hosting-the-state-of-man-for-abc-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Fennell Hosting The State of Man for ABC Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Helium Pictures and New Mac are producing the docuseries <em>The State of Man<\/em>, hosted by journalist Marc Fennell (<em>Stuff the British Stole<\/em>) for Australia\u2019s ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Over three episodes, Fennell will investigate modern masculinity and the rise of the online \u201cmanosphere,\u201d exploring the influence of big tech and the culture wars reshaping how Australian men see themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Fennell is an AACTA-nominated documentary filmmaker. He created <em>Stuff the British Stole<\/em> and hosts SBS\u2019s <em>Mastermind<\/em>. His documentary titles include <em>The School That Tried to End Racism<\/em>, <em>Framed<\/em>, <em>The Kingdom<\/em>, <em>The Mission<\/em>, <em>Red Flag<\/em>,<em> Came From Nowhere<\/em>, <em>Secret DNA of Us<\/em>\u00a0and <em>Tell Me What You Really Think<\/em>. He also created and hosts the ABC history mystery podcast <em>No One Saw It Coming<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The State of Man<\/em> tackles one of the most urgent cultural shifts of our time,\u201d said Helium\u2019s Mark Fennessy. \u201cUnflinching and deeply human, Marc\u2019s investigation offers a rare insight into how the modern culture wars are shaping the lives of men and boys\u2014often in ways we\u2019re only beginning to understand. At times shocking and darkly funny, this bold series asks difficult questions with empathy and rigor that will spark a conversation Australia urgently needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not coming at this subject with outrage or wagging fingers,\u201d Fennell explained. \u201cWe\u2019re approaching it with curiosity, openness and empathy. We\u2019re talking to men and women from all walks of life, trying to really listen and understand what\u2019s going on underneath it all\u2014and how we can do better, together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Susie Jones, ABC\u2019s head of factual, added, \u201cThe ABC is proud to be partnering again with Helium after the success of the series <em>The Assembly<\/em>, and with New Mac as well as the supremely talented Marc Fennell to present this vitally important series, exploring one of the most potent and complex social issues facing Australia today. We are inspired by the curiosity, integrity and exactitude that Marc and the team are bringing to the series, which we believe will resonate deeply with our audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helium Pictures and New Mac are producing the docuseries The State of Man, hosted by journalist Marc Fennell (Stuff the British Stole) for Australia\u2019s ABC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":24184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[855,11937,11534,11938,11939,8151,11940],"class_list":["post-24183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-abc","tag-helium-pictures","tag-marc-fennell","tag-mark-fennessy","tag-new-mac","tag-susie-jones","tag-the-state-of-man","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mark Fennell Hosting The State of Man for ABC Australia - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/mark-fennell-hosting-the-state-of-man-for-abc-australia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mark Fennell Hosting The State of Man for ABC Australia - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Helium Pictures and New Mac are producing the docuseries The State of Man, hosted by journalist Marc Fennell (Stuff the British Stole) for Australia\u2019s ABC.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/mark-fennell-hosting-the-state-of-man-for-abc-australia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-20T17:05:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-20T17:06:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/ABC-TheStateofMan-1125.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/mark-fennell-hosting-the-state-of-man-for-abc-australia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/mark-fennell-hosting-the-state-of-man-for-abc-australia\/\",\"name\":\"Mark Fennell Hosting The State of Man for ABC Australia - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-20T17:05:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-20T17:06:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/mark-fennell-hosting-the-state-of-man-for-abc-australia\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/mark-fennell-hosting-the-state-of-man-for-abc-australia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/mark-fennell-hosting-the-state-of-man-for-abc-australia\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mark Fennell Hosting The State of Man for ABC Australia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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