Newstopia (2009)
Newstopia (2009)
Plot.
Newstopia is an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series premiered at 10:00 pm on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on 27 February 2008 and concluded on 30 April 2008. A third season of the show screened from 1 October to 3 December 2008. The show was developed by Micallef, Gary McCaffrie, Michael Ward and Jason Stephens, with McCaffrie and Ward working as writers on the programme. A fourth series in 2009 was planned, but cancelled due to production clashes with Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation.
The show's contributors include Matt Cameron, Doug MacLeod, Dave O'Neil, Tony Moclair and Richard Marsland.
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Cast & Crew.
Shaun Micallef
Self - Host / Various / Fyodor
Ben Anderson
Octavius Barton Highett III / Barman / Barry Hearl
Nicholas Bell
Comrade Beluga / Aaron Cheviot / Adolf Hitler
Julie Eckersley
Imelda Dean / Paulette Mundine / Leni Riefenstahl
Kat Stewart
Wanda Knee-Babcock / Brenda Davison / Kate McGyver
Peter Houghton
Blair Francz / Boston Roberts / Tim Cauldron
Francis Greenslade
Jean De La Fontaine / Larry Marble / Doorman
Stephen Hall
William Shatner / Medvedev
Details.
This TV Show Is About.
satire
tv news anchor
Scripted
Wiki.
Newstopia (stylised as NEWStopiä) was an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series premiered at 10:00 pm on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on 27 February 2008 and concluded on 30 April 2008. A third season of the show screened from 1 October to 3 December 2008. The show was developed by Micallef, Gary McCaffrie, Michael Ward and Jason Stephens, with McCaffrie and Ward working as writers on the programme. A fourth series in 2009 was planned, but cancelled due to production clashes with Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation.
The show's contributors include Matt Cameron, Doug MacLeod, Dave O'Neil, Tony Moclair and Richard Marsland.