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The Gillies Report

  • TV Series
  • 1984–1985
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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The Gillies Report (1984)
SatireComedy

An Australian topical satirical sketch comedy television series.An Australian topical satirical sketch comedy television series.An Australian topical satirical sketch comedy television series.

  • Stars
    • Max Gillies
    • John Clarke
    • Phillip Scott
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    17
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Max Gillies
      • John Clarke
      • Phillip Scott
    • 1User review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Max Gillies
    Max Gillies
    • Various including Robert Hawke, Margaret Thatcher, Donald Chipp, John Howard, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bob Santamaria, Gough Whitlam, Francois Mitterand, Queen Elizabeth II, Pope John Paul II, Malcolm Fraser, Billy McMahon, Noboru Takeshita, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Alan Bond, Ian Sinclair, Andrew Peacock, Sir David Attenborough, Paul Hogan, Sir John Kerr, Pik Botha, Phillip Adams, Sir Robert Menzies, Neville Wran, Russ Hinze, David Lange, Tony Barber, Kerry Packer
    John Clarke
    John Clarke
    • Various including Farnarkeling Expert
    Phillip Scott
    • Various Roles
    Wendy Harmer
    • Various Roles
    Tracy Harvey
    • Various Roles
    Geoff Kelso
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    Patrick Cook
    • Various Roles
    Peter Moon
    • Various Roles
    Marcus Eyre
    Marcus Eyre
    • Various Roles
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    Outstanding Australian satire

    Max Gillies is renown as one of the finest satirists that Australia has produced. "The Gillies Report" appeared at a time when Australians were feeling particularly self-confident. Max Gillies and his very talented support cast produced week after week of hilarious sketches, lampooning the excesses of the Hawke era, the sanctimonious utterances of Pope John Paul II ("Stop it or you go blind") and a host of other tall poppies. As a mimic, Gillies is unsurpassed. Bob Hawke's mannerisms and grimaces were copied perfectly. It has been said that cabinet ministers started to mimic Gillies mimicking Hawke! It was a bold venture by the ABC who apparently wore a lot of criticism as many sketches were too "close to the bone" for some thin-skinned politicians.

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      Edited into Maralinga, or Wise After the Event (1984)

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      • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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      • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
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