Gary Reilly (born New Zealand, 1945) is an Australian radio and television producer and writer. He is known for his work on a variety of comedy series including ''

The Naked Vicar Show ''The Naked Vicar Show'' is an Australian satirical comedy radio and television show. The series was created, written and produced by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler of RS Productions, it premiered on radio in 1976 on ABC Radio Double J (late ...

'', ''

Kingswood Country ''Kingswood Country'' is an Australian sitcom that was broadcast on the Seven Network from 1980 to 1984. It was created by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler and produced by their production company, RS Productions. The series starred Ross Higgins ...

'', '' Hey Dad..!'' and '' Bullpitt!''. He won several Australian Writers Guild awards and Logies, as well as being inducted into the Australian Writers' Hall of Fame.

Career

Reilly started work as a trainee with the

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in 1964, working in various production roles before he moved to advertising; working mostly freelance in most of the industry's creative departments: as writer, art director, production manager, director and MC in New Zealand and Great Britain, then from 1970, in Australia. Around 1972 he teamed up with Tony Sattler, initially to make television commercials, then with the advent of the

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's youth radio station 2JJ, to create humorous pieces: "anti-ads" satirizing the advertising industry, mock soap-operas (''The Novels of Fiona Wintergreen''), space-operas (''Chuck Chunder of the Space Patrol'') and hospital shows (''Doctors and Nurses''). The pivotal radio show for their company RS Productions was ''

,'' broadcast nationally from 1976 to 1977. Subsequently, Channel Seven commissioned a television version that was broadcast in 1977 and 1978, which in turn provided the basis for the Logie-winning ''

''. From 1984, Gary worked independently with his own company Gary Reilly Productions. From 1986 to 1994, Reilly produced a sitcom titled '' Hey Dad..!'' for Channel Seven, with writer John Flanagan. In 1997, he partnered with his former writing partner Tony Sattler to write '' Bullpitt!'', which featured the main character ('Ted Bullpitt') from ''Kingswood Country'', now living in a retirement home.

Awards

Reilly and Sattler won two

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for Best Comedy * ''Kingswood Country'' 1981 and 1982. Together they won two Australian Writer's Guild

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– Best Comedy (radio) *1979 – ''You only live once'' *1980 – ''Sunday morning fever'' He and Sattler received the 1997 Australian Writer's Guild Freddie Parsons Award for Lifetime Contribution to Comedy.

References

External links

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717685/bio
1945 births Living people Australian advertising executives Australian comedy writers Australian television writers Australian television producers New Zealand emigrants to Australia Australian male television writers {{Australia-writer-stub