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The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

2015 - 2026

Episode 1

22nd April 2015
Episode 1
Topics: Star Wars trailer reactions, Tony Abbott skols a beer, Internet piracy in Australia, question time, Anzac Day (with Sam Neill), anti-vaccination religious exemptions, Australian Democrats lose party status.

Episode 2

29th April 2015
Episode 2
No overview available.

Episode 3

6th May 2015
Episode 3
No overview available.

Episode 4

13th May 2015
Episode 4
The Federal Budget, Kim Jong Un, and coffee snobs are in The Weekly's sights this week. Hosted by Charlie Pickering, with Kitty Flanagan, Tom Gleeson, and special guest, Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor.

Episode 5

20th May 2015
Episode 5
Comedy meets current affairs to bring you the news you need a few days after you need it. With Charlie Pickering, Kitty Flanagan & Tom Gleeson plus journalist Nick Davies, who exposed the UK phone hacking scandal.

Episode 6

27th May 2015
Episode 6
Comedy meets current affairs to bring you the news you need a few day after you need it. With Charlie Pickering, Kitty Flanagan, Tom Gleeson, Africa correspondent Loyiso Gola, and guest Todd Sampson.

Episode 7

3rd June 2015
Episode 7
No overview available.

Episode 8

10th June 2015
Episode 8
Comedy meets current affairs. Hosted by Charlie Pickering, with Tom Gleeson, US correspondent Wyatt Cenac, and special guest, double Logie winner Miranda Tapsell.

Episode 9

17th June 2015
Episode 9
Comedy meets news as Charlie Pickering, Kitty Flanagan & Tom Gleeson tee off on sport betting ads, housing affordability, people smugglers & more. Special guest: Oscar winnning filmmaker Alex Gibney.

Episode 10

24th June 2015
Episode 10
Comedy takes on news, and wins. Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson and Kitty Flanagan talk ABC Terror, the Pope, and Obama; Psychic Medium John Edward hears from the living for a change.

Episode 11

1st July 2015
Episode 11
Comedy gets news in a headlock; Charlie Pickering & Tom Gleeson tackle the Greek debt crisis, prison riots & Uber; Plus theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss & US correspondent Wyatt Cenac on marriage equality.

Episode 12

8th July 2015
Episode 12
No overview available.

Episode 13

15th July 2015
Episode 13
No overview available.

Episode 14

22nd July 2015
Episode 14
Comedy and News fight for custody of Facts. Charlie Pickering, Kitty Flanagan & Tom Gleeson tackle sex tapes, flying Bishops and the war on our roads. Special guests: comedy legends Amy Schumer and Bill Hader.

Episode 15

29th July 2015
Episode 15
Dollops of comedy made with morsels of real news. Charlie, Tom and Kitty tackle organ donation & the ALP conference, with a side order of the Devil & the House of Lords. Guest: death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson.

Episode 16

5th August 2015
Episode 16
Comedy marries news & has punch line babies. Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson & Kitty Flanagan take on Cecil the lion, cash for access & runaway grooms. Guest Molly Carlile talks about death, in a good way.

Episode 17

12th August 2015
Episode 17
Charlie Pickering & chums polish raw news into shiny comedy. Marriage equality, the new Speaker & network wars; Kitty tackles customer service & Tom chats hard with Lee Lin Chin. Special guest: Bill Bryson.

Episode 18

19th August 2015
Episode 18
News & comedy: they go together like current events & punchlines. Charlie & Tom tackle Paleo, celebrate the Diamonds' win, & talk Oscar Pistorius. Special guests: Loyiso Gola, & Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Episode 19

26th August 2015
Episode 19
Comedy bites the hand of the news that feeds it. Charlie, Tom & Kitty take on the stock market, saucy data leaks, & stuff you're not meant to know. With UK correspondent Tiff Stevenson, & guest Graeme Innes.

Episode 20

2nd September 2015
Episode 20
News! Jokes! In the season one finale, Charlie, Kitty & Tom take on Dyson Heydon, media attitudes to mental illness, & Donald Trump. With Josh Frydenberg & Hugh Jackman. Yeah, you heard, Hugh Jackman!
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News comedy show, tonight show and chat show all in one, allowing Charlie to return to his comedy roots while being a general nuisance to newsmakers, politicians and other charlatans.

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