I don’t think we need to censor the whole past just because someone who appears in an episode is unsavoury.
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Unlike say Rolf Harris who’s a convicted sex offender.
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As posted previously, Tropfest will be broadcast from Sydney’s Parramatta Park tonight. It will be live in NSW, ACT, VIC and TAS, and delayed in QLD, SA, WA and NT.
8:00pm Tropfest 2018
Join hosts Zan Rowe and Susie Youssef for Australia’s favourite short film festival, with special guest judge Susan Sarandon. Who will win this year’s coveted fruit bowl trophy?
11:00pm Ricky Gervais Live: Fame
The Lawrence Mooney program on tonight, what was wrong with the quality of the recording or the broadcasting quality?
Looked like it was on lo fi video tape, grainy, wishy washy colour.
All other ABC channels looked fine.
Is it low bitrate, poor original recording or the combo?
Virgin Bush
From Tuesday 27 March at 10:15pm
He’s a stand-up comedian, an internet sensation and a self-proclaimed ‘city slicker’.
So, Neel Kolhatkar is heading to the bush to meet the locals and put his nose to the grindstone. Can he hack it though? Sheep shearing, pigeon racing, bow hunting, rally driving and bull riding aren’t exactly for the faint hearted. Well, maybe pigeon racing… But Neel gets to experience an Australia that most Aussies never see and at the same time, he’s feeding his stand-up schtick too.
Saddle up for Virgin Bush.
EP1 Carinda, NSW
Tuesday 27 March at 10.15pm
Neel heads to Carinda in Western NSW to try his hand at sheep shearing. The locals aren’t impressed.
EP2 Dubbo, NSW
Tuesday 3 April at 10.15pm
Neel is in Dubbo to explore the world of fine art and pigeon racing
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It’s back tonight. Finally! It’s been a long wait since the first two seasons screened.
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Tom Ballard during his opening segment last night after his begging and pleading for the audience to laugh at his lame jokes fell on deaf ears.
Week commencing 18 March
Sunday 18 March
8:00pm Michael McIntyre: Hello Wembley!
8:50pm Alan Davies: Life Is Pain
10:10pm Alan Davies ‘As Yet Untitled’: The Land Of Happy Donkeys
10:55pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg: Joanna Lumley & Russell Howard
11:40pm Upstart Crow: The Green-Eyed Monster
Monday 19 March
8:00pm Rosehaven
8:30pm Rosehaven
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Fleabag
9:55pm Inside Amy Schumer: 80s Ladies
10:15pm #CelesteChallengeAccepted: Khloe Kardashian Fitness Closet
10:20pm Red Dwarf: Quarantine
10:50pm The Office: Baby Shower
11:10pm 30 Rock: Khonani
11:30pm Parks and Recreation: Pawnee Commons
11:55pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
Tuesday 20 March
8:00pm Extras: Sam
8:30pm Extras: Patrick
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Plebs: The Cupid
9:55pm Idiotsitter: Hos Before Bros
10:15pm Mychonny: The Chinaboy Show
10:25pm Red Dwarf: Demons And Angels
10:50pm The Office: Crime Aid
11:10pm 30 Rock: Argus
11:30pm Parks and Recreation: Ron And Diane
11:55pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
Wednesday 21 March
8:00pm Black Books: The Entertainer
8:25pm Black Books: Fever
8:50pm TBA
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm The Trip To Spain: Txoko New Series
10:00pm The Trip To Spain: Etxebarri
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Back To Reality
11:00pm The Office: Employee Transfer
11:20pm 30 Rock: The Moms
11:40pm Parks and Recreation: Two Parties
Thursday 22 March
8:00pm Frontline: Smaller Fish To Fry
8:30pm Frontline: Judge and Jury
8:55pm Sammy J
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Sando
10:00pm Murder In Successville: I Saw A Monster!
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Psirens
11:00pm The Office: Customer Survey
11:20pm 30 Rock: Emmanuelle Goes To Dinosaur Land
11:40pm Parks and Recreation: Women In Garbage
Friday 23 March
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Upstart Crow: I Know Thee Not, Old Man
10:00pm The Thick Of It Special: Spinners & Losers
11:00pm Red Dwarf: Legion
11:30pm The Office: Business Trip
11:50pm 30 Rock: I Do, I Do
Saturday 24 March
8:00pm Would I Lie To You?: Jo Brand, Roisin Conaty, Paul Foot, Ray Mears
8:30pm Live At The Apollo: Adam Hills, Michelle Wolf, Jamali Maddix
9:15pm Comedy Next Gen: Tom Walker
10:10pm Fleabag
10:35pm Alan Davies: Life Is Pain
11:50pm Michael McIntyre: Hello Wembley!
Week commencing 25 March
Sunday 25 March
8:00pm Would I Lie To You?: The Unseen Bits
8:30pm TBA
10:10pm Alan Davies ‘As Yet Untitled’: The Lips And Arseholes Of Alan Davies
11:00pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg: Victoria Coren Mitchell & Robert Webb
11:40pm Upstart Crow: I Know Thee Not, Old Man
Monday 26 March
8:00pm Rosehaven
8:30pm Rosehaven
8:55pm TBA
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Fleabag
9:55pm Inside Amy Schumer: Fight Like A Girl
10:20pm #CelesteChallengeAccepted: 73 Questions With
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Gunmen Of The Apocalypse
11:00pm The Office: Frame Toby
11:20pm 30 Rock: The Fabian Strategy
11:40pm Parks and Recreation: Emergency Response
Tuesday 27 March
8:00pm Extras: Orlando Bloom
8:30pm Extras: David Bowie
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Plebs: The Crimewave
9:55pm Idiotsitter: Fumigation
10:15pm Virgin Bush New Series
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Emohawk Polymorph II
11:05pm The Office: The Surplus
11:25pm 30 Rock: When It Rains, It Pours
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: Leslie and Ben
Wednesday 28 March
8:00pm Black Books: The Fixer
8:25pm Black Books: Blood
8:50pm TBA
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm The Trip To Spain: La Posada Laurer
10:00pm The Trip To Spain: Nola
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Rimmerworld
11:00pm The Office: Moroccan Christmas
11:20pm 30 Rock: Let’s Stay Together
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: Correspondents Lunch
Thursday 29 March
8:00pm Frontline: This Night of Nights
8:25pm Frontline: One Big Family
8:55pm Sammy J
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Sando
10:00pm Murder In Successville: A Murder In Ye Olde Successville
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Out Of Time
11:00pm The Office: The Duel
11:20pm 30 Rock: Live Show
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: Bailout
Friday 30 March
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Upstart Crow: I Did Adore A Twinkling Star
10:00pm The Thick Of It
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Tikka To Ride
11:00pm The Office: Prince Family Paper
11:25pm 30 Rock: Reaganing
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: Partridge
Saturday 31 March
8:00pm Would I Lie To You?: Aisling Bea, June Brown, Adrian Chiles, Seann Walsh
8:30pm TBA
10:10pm Comedy Next Gen: Becky Lucas
11:05pm Fleabag
11:35pm Inside Amy Schumer: Fight Like A Girl
Schedule Update for tonight:
ABC COMEDY premieres the Oscar® nominated Aussie short film THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK on Monday 5 March
ACCTA Award Winning Best Short film and 90th Annual Academy Award® Short Film (live action) nominee THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK, will premiere today, Monday 5 March, the day the Oscars® screen in Australia. The film is available now on ABC iview and the ABC COMEDY YouTube channel, and will have its broadcast premiere at 9.30pm tonight on ABC COMEDY and ABC iview.
THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK is a thirteen-minute Australian production starring first time Academy Award nominee Josh Lawson (Hoges) and Silver Logie winner Damon Herriman (Riot).
It follows a psychiatrist who earnestly tries to help his delusional patient, but his efforts are complicated by the fact that the patient believes himself to be the doctor. With each trying to out-analyse the other, their session spirals out of control.
Also starring Eliza Logan, Alyssa McClessland (Dance Academy), Gregory J Thorsby and Jessica Wren (Devil’s Playground.)
THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK has also won the L.A. Shorts Fest 2017 and Best Comedy Short at the Rhode Island International Film Festival 2016.
THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK is a Finch Company Production. Directed by Derin Seale, written by Josh Lawson and produced by Josh Lawson, Karen Bryson and Derin Seale.
ABC and Melbourne International Comedy Festival deliver the laughs across Australia
From Wednesday 28 March to Saturday 22 April 2018
ABC is thrilled to be partnering with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) once again, in a shared commitment to showcase the best comedy creators from Australia and around the world.
Whether it’s from the comfort of your living room or on a packed peak-hour train, the MICF and ABC partnership brings side-splitting comedy to audiences across Australia.
Featuring a star-studded line-up of ABC favourites, Festival highlights include Charlie Pickering, Celia Pacquola, Kitty Flanagan, Becky Lucas, Sammy J, Susie Youssef, Tom Gleeson, Aunty Donna and many more Australian comedians, plus the very best international talent.
Lavish, loud and full of laughs, The Gala, hosted by Matt Okine, and the Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow raise the curtain on ABC’s MICF programming. These two premiere nights of laughs showcase a stellar line up of the best comedians from across the globe, Festival legends, and the brightest new stars on the comedy circuit.
The Great Debate returns in 2018, this year moderated by the brilliant Magda Szubanski. Magda will do her very best to keep our feisty bunch of debaters in line as they try to sway the audience to their point of view. Upfront: The Queens of Comedy sees the fiercest and funniest ladies of comedy join forces to deliver a night of outstanding wit, charm and lip; and Comedy Up Late, hosted by Susie Youssef, brings the Festival’s breakthrough performers to a new national audience.
The laughs keep coming with ABC Radio Melbourne’s special comedy broadcasts. Join Lindy Burns and Sami Shah for live Festival preview show Comedy Bites, featuring 20 comics dishing up bite-size morsels of their shows. Jon Faine and guests will discuss What makes you laugh? during Conversation Hour with Jon Faine; and presenters Richelle Hunt and Brian Nankervis will host a special edition of The Friday Revue.
triple j’s Good Az Friday returns with Ben and Liam hosting a live all-ages show at the Melbourne Town Hall on Friday 30 March. Featuring a live Like A Version performance and appearances from some of the Festival’s best comedians, the show kicks off at 1pm. More details to come soon.
Exclusive to iview, Three Minutes with… is a 20-part series featuring a variety of comedians answering relevant – and some irrelevant – questions!
This month of non-stop laughter is available across all ABC broadcast and streaming platforms.
Full list of Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s 2018 programs:
ABC, ABC COMEDY and ABC iview
The Gala
Sunday 25 March at 8.30pm on ABC, ABC iview and simulcast on ABC COMEDY
Hosted by Matt Okine, The Gala is Australia’s premiere night of giggles and giving, showcasing a star-studded line-up of local and international comedians to raise funds for Oxfam.
Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow
Sunday 1 April at 8.30pm on ABC, ABC iview and simulcast on ABC COMEDY
This one-night-only mega-show features Festival legends, the brightest new stars and lots of sure-fire favourites.
The Great Debate (the 29th Annual Great Debate)
Saturday 14 April at 8.30pm on ABC COMEDY and ABC iview
The sharpest tools in the comedy shed will once again take to the stage for the ultimate competition of minds and mirth. Two teams of three competitive comedians will battle it out using laughs, logic and all manner of wily words to prove their team supreme. Moderated by Magda Szubanski.
Comedy Up Late
From Thursday 5 April at 10.10pm on ABC COMEDY and ABC iview
Shot at Max Watt’s, the home of the Festival Club, this hilarious 11-part series features some of the best breakthrough performers in the Festival strutting their stuff. This year’s host is Susie Youssef.
Upfront: The Queens of Comedy
Saturday 21 April at 8.30pm on ABC COMEDY and ABC iview
Comedy’s fiercest and funniest ladies join forces to deliver a formidable night that sees the most popular and irreverent comics on the scene shattering stereotypes and raising the roof with laughs.
Three Minutes With…
From Sunday March 25 exclusive to ABC iview
A variety of emerging and established comedians answer relevant and irrelevant questions.
An admission that ABC Comedy is a failure? Simulcasting on the main channel to get more viewers.
Was on the main channel last year. Don’t really see how simulcasting it on Comedy is admitting it is a failure.
With that said, I don’t like simulcasts.
Week commencing 1 April
Sunday 1 April
8:00pm Would I Lie To You?: The Unseen Bits
8:30pm Melbourne Comedy Festival: Allstars Supershow
10:40pm Alan Davies ‘As Yet Untitled’: It Must Have Been Big To Serve A Lot
11:25pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg: Armando Iannucci & Sue Perkins
Monday 2 April
8:00pm Rosehaven
8:30pm Rosehaven
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm TBA
9:55pm Inside Amy Schumer: Foam
10:20pm Other People’s Problems New Series
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Smoke Me A Kipper
11:00pm The Office: Stress Relief Part 1
11:20pm 30 Rock: Gentleman’s Intermission
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: Animal Control
Tuesday 3 April
8:00pm Extras: Daniel Radcliffe
8:00pm Extras: Chris Martin
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Plebs: Jugball
9:55pm Idiotsitter: Mothers Day
10:15pm The Virgin Bush
11:00pm The Office: Stress Relief Part 2
11:25pm 30 Rock: Brooklyn Without Limits
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: Article Two
Wednesday 4 April
8:00pm Black Books: Hello Sun
8:25pm Black Books: A Nice Change
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm The Trip To Spain: Parador De Almago
10:00pm The Trip To Spain: El Reflectorium
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Duct Soup
11:00pm The Office: Lecture Circuit Part 1
11:25pm 30 Rock: College
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: Jerry’s Retirement
Thursday 5 April
8:00pm Frontline: Workin’ Class Man
8:30pm Frontline: Heroes And Villains
8:55pm Sammy J
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Sando
10:00pm Comedy Up Late New Series
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Blue
11:00pm The Office: Lecture Circuit: Part 2
11:20pm 30 Rock: Chain Reaction Of Mental Anguish
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: Swing Vote
Friday 6 April
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Upstart Crow: Food For Love
10:00pm The Thick Of It
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Beyond A Joke
11:00pm The Office: Blood Drive
11:25pm 30 Rock: Christmas Attack Zone
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: Are You Better Off?
Saturday 7 April
8:00pm Would I Lie To You?: Rhod Gilbert, Vernon Kay, Dara O’Briain & Denise Van Outen
8:30pm Melbourne Comedy Festival: Allstars Supershow Rpt
10:30pm Comedy Up Late Rpt
11:00pm Comedy Next Gen: Nick Cody.
11:55pm The Trip To Spain: Parador De Almago
A comedy sketch on Tonightly with Tom Ballard last week attracted controversy, in which the Australian Conservatives candidate in the weekend’s Batman by-election in Melbourne was described with a c-word.
Australian Conservatives founder, Senator Cory Bernardi, has written to ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie to complain about the segment and demand an apology.
Sorry not sorry.
Peppa Pig Series 7 - NEW SERIES 
From Monday 16 April 5:30pm
Week commencing 8 April
Sunday 8 April
8:00pm Would I Lie To You?: Charles Dance, Stephen Mangan, Isy Suttie & Gok Wan
8:30pm Fiona O’Loughlin’s Greatest Hits
9:55pm Alan Davies ‘As Yet Untitled’: I’m Locked In With Him And I’m Not Coming Out
10:40pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg: Jamie Oliver, Richard Osman, Jessica Hynes, Brendan Cox
Monday 9 April
8:00pm Rosehaven
8:30pm Rosehaven
8:50pm TBA
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Free Agents
10:00pm Inside Amy Schumer: Wingwoman
10:20pm Other People’s Problems
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Epideme
11:00pm The Office: Golden Ticket
11:25pm 30 Rock: Mrs Donaghy
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: London Part 1
Tuesday 10 April
8:00pm Extras: Sir Ian McKellen
8:30pm Extras: Jonathan Ross
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Plebs: Jugball
9:30pm Plebs: The New Master
9:55pm Idiotsitter: GED Prom
10:15pm The Virgin Bush
10:35pm Red Dwarf: Nanarchy
11:05pm The Office: New Boss
11:30pm 30 Rock: Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning
11:50pm Parks and Recreation: London Part 2
Wednesday 11 April
8:00pm Black Books: Manny Come Home
8:25pm Black Books: Elephants And Hens
8:50pm TBA
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm An Idiot Abroad: China
10:15pm Red Dwarf: Back In The Red: Part 1
10:45pm The Office: Two Weeks
11:05pm 30 Rock: Que Sopresa
11:25pm Parks and Recreation: The Pawnee- Eagleton Tip Off Classic
11:50pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
Thursday 12 April
8:00pm Frontline: Office Mole
8:30pm Frontline: Basic Instincts
8:55pm Sammy J
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Sando
10:00pm Comedy Up Late
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Back In The Red: Part 2
11:00pm The Office: Dream Team
11:20pm 30 Rock: Double Edged Sword
11:40pm Parks and Recreation: Doppelgangers
Friday 13 April
8:00pm Hard Quiz
8:30pm Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL
9:00pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
9:30pm Upstart Crow: Beware My Sting
10:00pm The Thick Of It
10:30pm Red Dwarf: Back In The Red: Part 3
11:00pm The Office: Michael Scott Paper Company
11:25pm 30 Rock: It’s Never Too late For Now
11:45pm Parks and Recreation: Gin it Up!
Saturday 14 April
8:00pm Would I Lie To You?: Joan Bakewell, Warwick Davis, Paul Hollywood & Jason
8:30pm Fiona O’Loughlin’s Greatest Hits
9:55pm Comedy Next Gen: Cameron James
10:50pm Comedy Up Late
Zapped
From Tuesday 8 May at 10:00pm
Brian (James Buckley from The Inbetweeners), is a temporary office worker who gets a mysterious package addressed to someone in Munty. When he opens it and puts on the amulet within, he is teleported to a parallel universe inhabited by psychopathic fairies, soothsayers and wizards. Brian is desperate to get home, but his new acquaintances are no help at all. Instead he finds himself sucked into a world he doesn’t understand.
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Brian was also his name on White Gold.
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