Peter Thompson, a natural broadcaster..." "Talent and experience equipped Thompson well to supply brain food...[he] had the two qualities most precious in a broadcaster: intelligence and warmth."

K.S. Inglis "Whose ABC? The Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1983-2006", published by Black Inc.

“Peter Thompson…current affairs interview giant”. 

The Age, May 2005

"The beauty of Peter Thompson's weekly chatfest is that it doesn't necessarily depend on the viewer's interest in the guest.  So much information is packed into the program that it becomes not only biography, but Australian social history."

The Daily Telegraph, September 2006

“Peter Thompson, one of this country’s most respected interviewers.”

                                  The Weekend Australian, June 2005

"Thompson as interviewer is measured, intelligent and clearly well prepared.  He allows his interviewees room to talk without herding them or constantly interrupting and destroying the flow.  If his subject drops something of interest, he waits for them to finish their line of thought then tracks back to pick it up when the moment is right.  It's an effective method that gets the best out of them."

Gordon Farrer, The Age, 16 October  2006