The Gillies Report

About

The Gillies Report was an Australian satirical television series that was broadcast on the ABC between 1984 and 1985. The program was notorious for sending up politicians and media personalities of the day such as Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Opposition Leader Andrew Peacock. The show starred Max Gillies, John Clarke, Wendy Harmer, Phillip Scott, Tracy Harvey, Patrick Cook, Marcus Eyre, Geoff Kelso and Peter Moon. The Gillies Report was followed by sequels The Gillies Republic and Gillies and Company. Cook, Scott and Kelso would go on to make a similar program for the ABC called The Dingo Principle.

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Cast

Max Gillies Various including Robert Hawke, Margaret Thatcher, Donald Chipp, John Howard, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bob Santamaria, Gough Whitlam, Francois Mitterand, Queen Elizabeth II, Pope John Paul II, Malcolm Fraser, Billy McMahon, Noboru Takeshita, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Alan Bond, Ian Sinclair, Andrew Peacock, Sir David Attenborough, Paul Hogan, Sir John Kerr, Pik Botha, Phillip Adams, Sir Robert Menzies, Neville Wran, Russ Hinze, David Lange, Tony Barber, Kerry Packer

John Clarke Various including Farnarkeling Expert

Phillip Scott Various Roles

Wendy Harmer Various Roles

Tracy Harvey Various Roles

Geoff Kelso Various Roles

Patrick Cook Various Roles

Peter Moon Various Roles

Marcus Eyre Various Roles

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