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Vale: Richard Marsland
Performer and writer Richard Marsland (pictured, right) has died, aged 32.
Best known as a radio host on Triple M’s Pete & Myf Breakfast Show, he was also a writer for Rove, The Glass House and NEWStopia.
Marsland was found in his car near Hoddles Creek yesterday, police said circumstances are not suspicious.
“Richard was an incredibly talented and popular member of the Triple M team,” said Austereo General Manager Ben Amarfio.
“Everyone he worked with was impressed with his professionalism and dedication and he had an extremely bright future ahead of him. We thought …
Did you miss comedy brilliance?
Did you miss either of the two brilliant comedy treasures last night?
If you missed Wallace and Gromit or NEWStopia you don’t know what you missed.
Both were comic gems.
Wallace and Gromit’s “A Matter of Loaf and Death” was plasticine brilliance. From its orchestral music to its slapstick serial-killer plot (not to mention those wonderful expressions from Gromit) it was hilarity from beginning to end.
It screens again tonight on ABC2 at 8:10pm, and is available on iView.
Meanwhile NEWStopia’s ‘Inspektor Herring’ episode was a jewel in the crown. Watching Shaun Micallef, Kat Stewart and …
Gallery: ‘Inspektor Herring’ special
Now here’s a treat.
Tonight SBS has an entire episode of NEWStopia dedicated to ‘Inspektor Herring’ (as previously revealed by TV Tonight), Shaun Micallef’s parody of SBS’ own Inspector Rex.
It’s the final episode of NEWStopia’s third season, described as The Manchurian Candidate meets Herbie Goes Banana.
And is that Andre Rieu????
10pm on SBS tonight!…
Behind the scenes: NEWStopia
Shaun Micallef might have had his mind on the job as performer when TV Tonight dropped by the NEWStopia set yesterday, but in between takes he was consulted on script and producerial duties too. With co-writer and co-producer Gary McCaffrie, Micallef oversees the entire production which keeps itself fresh until the last possible minute.
“On Sundays, that’s when most of my work happens because I plot out the show in terms of what the subject matter is likely to be,” says Micallef.
“I keep …
ABC beats TEN as Seven wins
It was the week that American critics began to knife Kath & Kim (officially), ABC told staff it would cut up to 35 production jobs, Nine denied having a contract with the wife of a convicted crim, an actor lambasted his former soap, Today Tonight announced its next host would be a sports presenter and said its film crew helped -not hounded- an interviewee, Seven ’streamlined’ its Lotto results, buyers eyed a key production company, the Imparja / Nine Darwin deal fell apart, a TV critic died, and suddenly so did …
Summer on SBS
This week SBS announced highlights of its 2008 / 2009 summer programming, said to be the network’s biggest-ever line-up of new Australian shows. Some shows will launch before summer, but continue into non-ratings.
Its local productions are led by Top Gear Australia and Bogan Pride plus the arrival of the new drama Carla Cametti PD and Paul Fenech’s comedy Swift and Shift Couriers.
In addition, SBS has First Australians, produced by Aboriginal filmmakers, plus A-League Soccer and Tour Down Under. There’s new episodes of Newstopia, RocKwiz, Food Safari, Who Do You Think You …
Returning: NEWStopia
Great to hear Shaun Micallef is back to our screens soon with his third series of NEWStopia.
It returns Wednesday October 1st at 10:05pm.
The show has been bubbling along nicely under SBS’ watch, allowed to become something of a sleeper satire, whereas it might have been axed on a commercial network with soft numbers. The show is a much-needed antidote to straight news. And those ad breaks with on-air promos for non-existent programs are priceless.
Press Release:
Shaun Micallef returns to SBS Television for a third series of NEWStopia on Wednesday, October 1 at …