A sketch comedy show by blackfellas. For everyone. The wait is over! The groundbreaking New characters include Uncle Doctor, Black Comedy is a fast paced, comedy series Black Comedy returns a medico whose methods are more irreverent, entertaining, thought to ABC TV. Written by and starring than just a little unconventional, the provoking - at times silly - at other times some of the funniest and most talented Thong Mum, a woman whose ability confronting, but always funny look at Indigenous performers in the country, with a boomerang thong is deadly, Australia and Australian culture through Black Comedy ‘goes blackly where no and the Beachies, a father and son the comedic prism of our first people. other blackfella has gone before’ using who spend their days sitting on a log Starring alongside our cast are special an array of talented Indigenous and on their Torres Strait Island home guests including; Deborah Mailman, non-Indigenous performers to explore staring out to sea and pondering the Leah Purcell, Matt Day, Luke Carroll, what it means to be Indigenous in imponderable. Shari Sebbens, Bjorn Stewart, Jack contemporary Australia. We also meet Ray, a recent parolee and Charles, Elaine Crombie, Bruce R Series 2 sees the return of many menacing new member of the Black Carter, Brendan Cowell, Lisa Hensley, favorites, Townsville’s favourite gays, the Comedy team, recruited as part of Anita Hegh, Robbie Magasiva, Harriet Tiddas, are back, as are the Housewives the ABC’s Bridging The Gap Program, Dyer, Andrew McFarlane, Bruce Spence, of Narromine and audience favourites we pay homage to The Godfather Chris Haywood, Graham Rouse, Maggie Blakforce – still enforcing what is and with The Elders, an epic four-part tale Dence, Costa Georgiadis and Brooke isn’t black in the community. Also of a turf war between two Matriarchs Satchwell. returning is Brooke Satchwell, reprising feuding over the rights to Melbourne’s Production Credits: her role as Tiffany, the culturally lucrative ‘Welcome to Country’ income Producers Kath Shelper confused wannabe black, white girl. stream, and we go back in time to and Mark O’Toole. Returning in key roles are Black revisit a classic ‘lost’ Australian gothic ABC Head of Indigenous Sally Riley. Comedy stalwarts Aaron Fa’Aoso, horror movies of the early 70s, the unforgettable ‘Wandaroorah’, a film For further information contact: Nakkiah Lui, Steven Oliver and Elizabeth Yasmin Kentera (03) 9524 2629 Wymarra, and they’re ably joined by about a little town that needs Aboriginals - and will go to terrifying lengths to get 0418 813 071 new core cast members Adam Briggs [email protected] and Ian Zaro. Adam and Ian bring their them. We also take Blakforce to new considerable writing and performing heights with Blakforce SCU: Special talents to bear, injecting the show with Coconut Unit – the elite group of new energy and flare. detectives charged with investigating large-scale crimes against Blackness. “From whoa to go, Black Comedy has been rude, confronting, weird and hilarious – everything a comedy should be”. The Brisbane Times “... an outstanding success. It’s also managed to be extremely funny... this remains a highlight of what’s been one of the best years for local comedy in yonks”. The SMH EPISODE 1 WEDNESDAY 3 FEBRUARY AT 9PM In this episode we are introduced to may be the second Selina steps out of dedicated to helping the victims of Ray, a recent parolee and the newest line she can expect to feel the wrath of traditional curses. We also meet an member of the Black Comedy writing her mother’s boomerang-like thong. Aboriginal psychic and visit a Hardware and performing team, recruited as part We’re introduced to the Beachies, a shop that offers customers the ultimate of the ABC’s Bridging The Gap Program. father and son from the Torres Strait in-store service, your own personal Unfortunately Ray’s enthusiasm for his who spend their days sitting on a log, Aboriginal blacktracker to help you locate new job doesn’t quite extend to his new staring out to sea, pondering life’s those especially hard to find items - but colleagues – and things start to get a imponderables. as one poor tradie finds out, it’s always little awkward around the office, until We revisit Townsville’s most beloved best to make sure you tip your tracker. an incident with a brick sees Ray back gay men, the Tiddas, the boys from Featuring guest appearances by behind bars. Blakforce tackle a white noise complaint, Deborah Mailman, Jack Charles, We meet the Thong Mum and her the Housewives of Narromine make a Matt Day, Luke Carroll and daughter Selina. No matter where she welcome return and we visit Blackfella Costa Georgiadis Superstitious Solutions, a business EPISODE 2 WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY AT 9PM This episode sees the return of Jessie, to pose like ‘proper’ Aboriginals. of a turf war between two Matriarchs the long suffering receptionist from Meanwhile Blakforce are called to a feuding over the rights to Melbourne’s the Black On Track employment barbecue to try and deal with a serial lucrative ‘Welcome to Country’ income agency, takes us behind closed doors undercooker, there’s also an ad for an stream and a Blakforce favourite at a conference at which Aboriginal enticing new adult phone service ‘Boys announces that he has been selected representatives from each state and Gone Wild’, and a shark attack victim for promotion to the Blakforce SCU, territory are trying to decide on a gets an interesting insight into how the prestigious Special Coconut Unit. common Indigenous language, and Aboriginal people feel. Featuring guest appearances by a photo shoot where a not-overly- We pay homage to The Godfather Deborah Mailman, Leah Purcell, sensitive photographer tries to get a and Matt Day. group of Aboriginal community workers with the Elders, an epic four-part tale EPISODE 3 WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY AT 9PM In this episode we encounter an Ginny and Marcia, the Housewives of them up to sell to rich white people. advertising company encumbered with Narromine, share the dirt on a bingo Detective Nathan is going to have to the task of rebranding Aboriginality, night gone wrong, and things appear to survive kale, scented candles, cheese we’re given an insight into the potential be hotting up between the Tiddas. knives and soy lattes if he’s going to horrors that lurk behind every silent Meanwhile we hit the streets with the come anywhere near cracking the case telephone number and the Beachies men and women of Blakforce SCU, the – even though the culprit maybe closer give us some insight as to why it is that crack Special Coconut Unit, as they try than he could ever have imagined. UFOs only ever abduct white people. to police what is and isn’t black at the Featuring guest appearances by Blackfella Superstitious Solutions top end of town. In tonight’s episode Deborah Mailman, Leah Purcell, returns to find out what sort of trouble they’re on the trail of ‘The Renovator’ and Harriet Dyer. you’re asking for if you’re stupid a serial offender who buys houses enough to cut your hair at night, in black neighborhoods then does EPISODE 4 WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY AT 9PM We meet a slightly unhinged doctorate awarded for his work as racial confusion – but has it worked? Indigenous driving instructor and his a cultural advisor. Working with little For her ex-boyfriend John’s sake we terrified white student, a traveller who more than Vicks, flat lemonade and can only hope so. And we meet May keeps more than just her boobs in her vinegar Uncle Doctor insists that while and Cale, a hip young mixed race bra, and a group of corporate types his methods may be unconventional, couple struggling to find a sexual who respond to being told they have to they must be respected – this despite position that is both non-racist and have a Welcome to Country ceremony a litany of failed diagnoses and sexually satisfying. by putting on one of their own. treatments. Featuring guest appearances by There’s also an appearance by Uncle Brooke Satchwell’s racially confused Deborah Mailman, Andrew McFarlane, Doctor, an Indigenous man who white woman Tiffany is back. We find and Brooke Satchwell. practices medicine even though Tiffany in an institution where she is his only qualification is an honorary undergoing therapy to cure her of her EPISODE 5 WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH AT 9PM In this episode we are introduced to wedding, we have another unnerving country town that hasn’t seen so much the ‘Namer 3000’ a supercomputer lesson with the Driving Instructor, the as a single Aboriginal in generations, designed to overcome the shortage Tiddas appear to be on the verge of but with NAIDOC week approaching of Aboriginal names required to be something bigger than Troy’s big bent the local citizenry decide it’s time they given to parks, suburbs and riverside budhoo, and the Beachies ponder the did something about that. Something walkways – but is it everything it’s reasoning behind the ‘Ab’ in Aboriginal. unsettling. Something downright evil. cracked up to be? We also meet a first We also go back in time to revisit one Featuring guest appearances by contact woman whose first contact of the classic ‘lost’ Australian gothic Deborah Mailman, Matt Day, Anita with the white man has turned her horror movies of the early 70s, the Hegh, Bruce Spence, Chris Haywood, in to a beer swilling, darts playing, unforgettable ‘Wandaroorah’. Made Graham Rouse and Maggie Dence. Manchester United supporting Chav. in the tradition of ‘The Cars That Ate Meanwhile we drop by a traditional Paris’ and Wake In Fright’, only not as good, ‘Wandaroorah’ is about a small EPISODE 6 WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH AT 9PM In this, the final episode of the series be victims think that’s he’s going to kill come to realise was no more than a we drop in on the Housewives of them first just because they’re black, disempowering act of colonization Narromine, visit with Uncle Doctor and we watch as a young Indigenous driven by their White Saviour Complexes.