Australian Television Writers

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Andrew Hansen, Bradley Trevor Greive, Chris Taylor, Susan Bower, Chas Licciardello, Joanna Murray-Smith, Chris Lilley, Kenneth G. Ross, Craig Reucassel, Mal Fletcher, Ian Smith, Lynn Bayonas, Charles Firth, Julian Morrow, Catherine Deveny, Dominic Knight, Peter Kenna, Abe Forsythe, Greg Haddrick, Dan Schreiber, Rick Kalowski, G K Saunders, Esben Storm, Gary Reilly, Tristan Jepson, Ian Jones, Patrea Smallacombe, Marty Fields, Cliff Green, Gary McCaffrie, Gordon Wellesley, Geoffrey Atherden, Bob La Castra, Christopher Lee, Betty Quin, Marcia Gardner, Vanessa Yardley. Excerpt: Andrew John Hansen (born 18 September 1974) is an Australian comedian and musician, best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser. As a member of The Chaser, Hansen's television work includes co-writing and appearing in ABC Television shows CNNNN (2002-2003), The Chaser Decides (2004, 2007), Chaser News Alert (2005), The Chaser's War On Everything (2006-07, 2009), and Yes We Canberra! (2010). He has also co-written and performed in The Chaser's stage shows, Cirque du Chaser (2005) and The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour (2008). With Chaser colleague Chris Taylor, Hansen starred in a scripted radio comedy series on triple j titled The Blow Parade, which was released on CD and through iTunes Store Australia. Hansen was School Captain of the The Hills Grammar School in Kenthurst, New South Wales and is a graduate of the University of Sydney with honours in Australian literature and Australian history. In 1995 he appeared as a subject in Simon Target's documentary Uni about three students studying at the University of Sydney (Hansen later satirised Target in CNNNN where he played the network's British correspondent who was also called Simon Target). Soon-to-be fellow Chaser member Charles Firth was one of the other two students featu...