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Ratbags
''Ratbags'' is an Australian comedy series which screened on Network Ten in 1981. The show was loosely based on the life and times of office rat, Benny Gordon. Cast * Rod Quantock * Mary Kenneally * Benny Gordon * John Derum * Adam Bowen * Joanne Samuel * Heather Mitchell * Robyn Moase Format ''Ratbags'' featured sketch comedy and parodies of well known personalities, pop stars, music videos, television programs and advertisements of the day, or simply sent-up well-known social situations. It also featured musical performances. See also * Australia You're Standing In It * List of Australian television series Future shows Seven Nine *''The Golden Bachelor'' (reality, 2025) *''The Floor'' (game show, 2025) *''Château DIY Australia'' (lifestyle, 2025) Network 10 * ''Airport 24/7'' (reality, 2025) * ''Ghosts Australia'' (comedy, 2025) * ... References External links * {{IMDb title, id=0250918 Australian television sketch shows Network 10 original programmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Derum
John Bernard Derum (born 9 January 1946) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. He is also an artistic administrator and directed and produced for theatre companies throughout Australia and for television. Derum has also been a politician for local council. Early life John Bernard Derum was born in St Vincent's Maternity Hospital in East Melbourne (now demolished) on 9 January 1946. He is the son of Scottish immigrants. From the age of 10, Derum studied and performed in choral music and musical theatre, with the Australian Boys Choir. He also performed and competed in Irish and folk dancing. Career Screen Derum first appeared on Australian television in the first episode of ''Homicide'' in 1964 – a serious role as the delinquent son of a bank security guard. Later, he appeared in another Australian police drama ''Division 4'' (1970–1972). He became well known for his role as Narrator Neville in the first season of the ABC's irreverent satire/comedy ''The Aun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Quantock
Rodney Edward Quantock (born 1948) is an Australian stand-up comedian and writer. Quantock is known for his pioneering style of stand-up comedy, which is often politically driven, as well as being the face of bed retailer Capt'n Snooze for many years. Described as "a living Melbourne treasure" by ''The Age'' newspaper, he has also achieved great prominence with his involvement in political activism and social justice and as a speaker at many public and corporate events. Biography Early life Quantock grew up in Coburg. His father worked in Fitzroy in a metal polishing factory and as a tram conductor. Before venturing into professional comedy, Quantock studied architecture at the University of Melbourne for 5 years. His interest in comedy started at the university Architect's revue in 1969, where he felt extremely comfortable once onstage. It was here that he met his future wife Mary Kenneally. One of Quantock's sisters, Loris, is a Sydney-based artist. Break into theatre Quan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Samuel
Joanne Samuel is an Australian film and television actress, who is best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson's title character in the 1979 film ''Mad Max''. Early life and education Joanne Samuel was born in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia. She studied dance with Honeybrooks and drama at the Independent Theatre. Career Prior to her appearance in ''Mad Max'', Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals ''Matlock Police'' and ''Homicide''. She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas '' Class of '74'', '' The Sullivans'' and ''The Young Doctors''. She left ''The Young Doctors'' after the producers wrote her out of the show when she was offered the ''Mad Max'' role after a fellow ''Young Doctors'' actress who had been due to take the role fell ill. Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in ''Skyways''. Samuel's other film appearances included roles in ''Alison's Birthday'' (1981), '' Early Frost' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Mitchell
Heather Lee Mitchell is an Australian actor, who has appeared in Australian stage, television, and film productions. She is best known for her leading role in the 1990s television show '' Spellbinder''. More recently, she appeared as Anita in the series '' Love Me'', and as Margaux in the Paramount Plus series ''Fake''. She has a role in the upcoming miniseries ''The Narrow Road to the Deep North''. Mitchell is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, and has performed on stage since 1975, including collaborations with dance company Force Majeure. In 2022, she played U.S. justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the play ''RBG: Of Many, One'', for Sydney Theatre Company. Early life and education Heather Lee Mitchell attended Camden High School in Camden, New South Wales, between 1971 and 1976, and was school captain in her final year. She took the leading role of Judith Bliss in the 1976 school production of Noël Coward's ''Hay Fever''. Career Television Mitchell is we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia You're Standing In It
''Australia You're Standing In It'' is an Australian sketch comedy series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, first screened in September 1983 with a second series screened in September 1984. In honour of the 30th Anniversary of the show, the complete series was released on DVD on 13 March 2013. Cast * Rod Quantock * Mary Kenneally * Stephen Blackburn * Geoff Brooks * Sue Ingleton * Evelyn Krape * Tim Robertson (Series 1) * Peter Browne (Series 2) Format ''Australia You're Standing In It'' featured many recurring sketches and characters that parodied well known personalities, pop stars, music videos, television programs and advertisements of the day, or simply sent-up well-known social situations. These included: * Two pretentious society matrons (Ingleton and Kenneally) and a third (Krape) who could never quite make the grade much to the delight of the other two who mocked her. Catchphrase: "Helloo Daaaahlings!" * The Dodgy Brothers (Blackburn and Brooks), two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Australian Television Series
Future shows Seven Nine *''The Golden Bachelor'' (reality, 2025) *''The Floor'' (game show, 2025) *''Château DIY Australia'' (lifestyle, 2025) Network 10 * ''Airport 24/7'' (reality, 2025) * ''Ghosts Australia'' (comedy, 2025) * '' House Hunters Australia'' (reality, 2025) * ''The List'' (comedy, 2025) * ''Todd Sampson's Why?'' (observational / documentary, 2025) * ''Untitled Sam Pang Project'' (comedy, 2025) ABC *'' The Piano'' (reality, 2025) SBS Foxtel / Binge *'' Billion Dollar Playground'' (reality, 2025) Amazon Prime *'' The Narrow Road to the Deep North'' (Amazon Prime drama miniseries 2024–) Stan *'' Invisible Boys (drama, 13 February 2025) Paramount+ Disney+ Netflix Apple TV+ Acorn TV In production Arts and culture *'' Message Stick'' (ABC 1999–) Children, teens and family *'' 100% Wolf'' (ABC ME 2021–) *''Beep and Mort'' (ABC Kids 2022–) *'' Bluey'' (ABC Kids 2018–) *''Ginger & the Vegesauru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's Paramount Networks UK & Australia, UK & Australia division and is one of the five national free-to-air networks in the country. As of 2024, Network 10 is the fourth-rated television network and primary channel in Australia, behind the Seven Network, Nine Network and ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV and ahead of SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. History Origins From the introduction of TV in 1956 until 1965, there were three television networks in Australia, the Nine Network, National Television Network (now the Nine Network), the Seven Network, Australian Television Network (now the Seven Network), and the public Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC National Television Service (now ABC TV (Australian TV network), ABC TV). In the early 1960s, the Government of Australia, Australian Government be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sketch Comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in music hall in Britain and vaudeville in North America, today it is used widely in variety shows, as well as in late night talk shows and even some sitcoms. While sketch comedy is now associated mostly with adult entertainment, certain children's television series such have used it, too. The sketches may be improvised live by the performers, developed through improvisation before public performance, or scripted and rehearsed in advance like a play. History Sketch comedy has its origins in music hall and vaudeville, where many brief humorous acts were strung together to form a larger programme. In the 1890s, music hall impresario Fred Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue, and in 1904 he produced a sketch called ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Television Sketch Shows
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Network 10 Original Programming
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1981 Australian Television Series Debuts
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