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
New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
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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
ABC
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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 ''
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 ...
,'' 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 ''
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 ...
''. 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
Logie Awards
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for Best Comedy
* ''Kingswood Country'' 1981 and 1982.
Together they won two Australian Writer's Guild
AWGIE Awards
The AWGIE Awards are annual awards given by the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG), for excellence in screen, television, stage, and radio writing.
History
The AWGIE awards were conceived in 1967, with the first event being held in 1968. Bettina ...
– 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
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