Original title
The Gillies Report
Released
11/5/1984
Origin country
AU
Genre
Comedy
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
14
The Gillies Report was an Australian satirical television series that was broadcast on the ABC between 1984 and 1985. The program was notorious for sending up politicians and media personalities of the day such as Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Opposition Leader Andrew Peacock. The show starred Max Gillies, John Clarke, Wendy Harmer, Phillip Scott, Tracy Harvey, Patrick Cook, Marcus Eyre, Geoff Kelso and Peter Moon. The Gillies Report was followed by sequels The Gillies Republic and Gillies and Company. Cook, Scott and Kelso would go on to make a similar program for the ABC called The Dingo Principle.
There are a great many nature programs for children on television and you might ask 'Why should this one be any different?'. And you would be partly right. The simple fact remains, however, that you would also be partly wrong. The series was different for many reasons. The reasons are very important. And because they are important, they are secret. Go away.
This week’s Gillies Report includes the news read by John Clarke with inserts from various politicians of the day played by Max Gillies, and a National Press Club debate between the Prime Minister Bob Hawke and the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Peacock, both of them satirised by Max Gillies.
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