SUNDAY JUNE 4 2017 TV GUIDE 25 TV this week Sunday, June 4, 2017 about a few years ago when harrowing things that hap- Hamish and Andy were dis- pen, but all with a comic cussing the rise of disaster slant,” he says. documentaries and true “There’s one story about a Funnier than fiction crime and they noticed how girl called Sammy who was obsessed people were with going through an IVF pro- While we’re used to seeing Hamish and Andy jet around the globe, trying out crazy stunts true tales. cess and had to have … an “It was an amalgamation of amniocentesis where they and testing their limits on Gap Year, the pair are taking more of a passive role in their a lot of ideas. But it stemmed have to put a needle in and from our love of true stories take in fluid from alongside upcoming show True Story. Andy Lee tells DAnieLLe McGrAne what it’s all about. and we’ve always found the baby. Her husband is truth funnier than fiction. very afraid of needles and hey say truth can be audience in Hamish and tirely in their hands. It’s “Craig McLachlan is in People are fascinated by this his phobia turns that whole stranger than fiction Andy, while professional ac- definitely Australia’s show episode two, Kat Stewart is rise of true stories, there just operation into quite a disas- Tand, to go one further, tors re-enact them. more than ours,” he says. another lead who does an hasn’t been a comedy one,” ter … so you certainly get real-life events can be funni- “They sit in front of us on a The pair then gathered amazing job, and there are Lee says. the shock and the worry, er than anything that could chair in the studio. Hamish some famous faces from the heaps and heaps of tiny cam- The production team but all through the eyes of a ever be dreamt up. and I are in comfy leather world of Australian TV and eos, from Mick Molloy … to trawled the country looking comic slant.” Anyone who’s found them- chairs, we’ve got our listen- film to play the roles of real Sam Pang. for these real and hilar- The overall result is a show selves doubled over at their ing jackets on … and you’re people in their real-life “We’ve been so ious stories. that celebrates storytelling, local pub after hearing a seeing us hear these stories sagas. thrilled with “They had to be the storyteller and even the particularly hilarious real- how many true, funny sto- art of listening. life tale from one of their people ries – that was the “We love the fact that some mates can probably attest to Lee: “Hamish and i are in comfy agreed to whole point to the people forget characters and this, and this is the premise come and show. There are suddenly they say, ‘Actually on which Hamish Blake and leather chairs, we’ve got our play. It’s certainly, within I forgot to tell you that Dad Andy Lee have based their listening jackets on …and you’re amazing. “The all these stories, was there’, and then sud- new show True Story. premise for the parts that hit you denly Dad appears – we are “That’s where this whole seeing us hear these stories show emotionally, truly led by their tales,” he concept comes from, it came there are says. comes from the fact that for the very first time.” While the stories are all when you’re at the pub and different, there are elements you hear a story for the very for the very first time, and that made them stand out first time it’s not only fun that’s what’s exciting about from others. watching the storyteller but the show,” Lee says. “All these stories had a I love watching my mates For months before they start, middle and end, and react, and question, and spit filmed, the pair had to some surprises – that was out their food in shock, de- avoid hearing anything the difficulty with finding pending on what kind of sto- about these people or the right ones,” Lee says. ry’s being told, and so that’s their tales, gathered by “But now I’m good to invite what we try and achieve in their production team, to a dinner because I’ve been this show,” Lee says. to capture that initial stealing their stories.” In the pair’s upcoming reaction for the show. show, real people will get to “So it’s truly story- n True Story With Hamish & tell their tales to a captive teller-led, we’re en- Andy Monday, 7.30pm on Nine SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2017 NINE SCTV DARWIN ABC SBS TEN DIGITAL 6.00 PAW Patrol (R, CC) 6.30 Dora (R, CC) 7.00 6.00 NBC Today (CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise (CC) 6.00 Rage (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast (CC) 6.00 Soccer. 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