Comedian Tom Ballard will return to television, hosting an innovative new nightly show for the ABC. The broadcaster has just announced their ABC2 channel will be rebranded as ABC Comedy and be dedicated to all things funny. Launching in December ABC Comedy promises to be a new multi-platform brand that spans a TV channel, ABC […]
A new short documentary focusing on last year’s City of Perth mayoral election gives as intriguing insight into the world of local government. Candidate Games screens on ABC2 this week as part of their Opening Shot series. A film crew followed challengers Reece Harley and Mike O’Hanlon as they both put forward their case on […]
Every wondered what goes on behind the doors of a gay sauna? A documentary airing on ABC2 this month takes it camera into a sauna UK sauna. Meet its proprietors Joe and John, and their interesting clientele, including regular sauna goer Narvel and his partner Terry, who’d rather stay at home. This film doesn’t just […]
Australian comedian Josh Thomas’ International Emmy-nominated series ‘Please Like Me’ is up for a GLAAD Award. The series has gained a strong following in the US and has been comissioned for a third season. The first season of ‘Please Like Me’ chronicled Josh coming to terms with his sexuality, and in its chronicles of Josh […]
Comedians Joel Creasey and Rhys Nicholson team up to investigate rural homophobia in ‘Gaycrashers’. It’s part of ABC2’s ‘Opening Shot’, a series of half hour documentaries from Australia’s best emerging artists in the form. ‘Gaycrashers’ sees the partners in comedy take their frank and fearless comedic stylings to the rural Victorian town of Colac, where […]
‘Tartan’, a short film exploring same sex attraction in high school will be broadcast on ABC2 for second time at 9.20pm this evening. ‘Tartan’ was funded through Screen Australia/FTI’s Raw Nerve program, and will be broadcast alongside a short film entitled ‘Dinner for Three’. The film stars local actresses Adriane Daff and Tessa Carmody, both […]
Walking out of the cinema a few years ago, after watching the documentary ‘Bill Cunningham, New York’, I was filled with two huge desires. The captivating film follows a New York Times photographer as he captures street fashion and society parties. Cunningham is a master at spotting the most interesting looking people whether they be […]
One of Australia’s brilliant gay comedians, Josh Thomas, has kick-started a comedy drama series on ABC2. Thomas is starring as himself in the highly anticipated series Please Like Me, which is based on his amusing life experiences surrounding coming out and living life as a young Australian gay man. The first episode begins with an […]
