Series synopsis
The Chaser Election Collection is an Australian comedy news television series that premiered on ABC TV on October 23, 2001. It was created by Charles Firth, Andrew Hansen, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, Chris Taylor. It stars Chris Taylor, Chas Licciardello, Craig Reucassel and Andrew Hansen.
The Chaser election specials are a number of Australian political satire based comedy programs produced by The Chaser. The shows, which have run under various titles, provide commentary on Australian federal election and has been produced since 2001 for ABC TV. The first show, The Election Chaser in 2001 was the first ever television production of the Chaser team. In 2004 and 2007 they produced The Chaser Decides which won the Logie Award for "Most Outstanding Comedy Program" for the 2004 series ...
Premise
The Chaser election specials are a number of Australian political satire based comedy programs produced by The Chaser. The shows, which have run under various titles, provide commentary on Australian federal election and has been produced since 2001 for ABC TV. The first show, The Election Chaser in 2001 was the first ever television production of the Chaser team. In 2004 and 2007 they produced The Chaser Decides which won the Logie Award for "Most Outstanding Comedy Program" for the 2004 series. In 2010, the Chaser team produced a 5-episode series about the 2010 election, called Yes We Canberra!. A new series was produced for the 2013 election, called The Hamster Decides. The Chaser's Election Desk aired in the six weeks prior to the 2016 federal election.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Episodes
This series spans 7 seasons with 28 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | September 19, 2011 | September 19, 2011 |
| Season 1 | 5 | October 23, 2001 | November 20, 2001 |
| Season 2 | 4 | September 24, 2004 | October 14, 2004 |
| Season 3 | 2 | November 21, 2007 | November 28, 2007 |
| Season 4 | 5 | July 28, 2010 | August 25, 2010 |
| Season 5 | 5 | August 14, 2013 | September 11, 2013 |
| Season 6 | 5 | June 8, 2016 | July 6, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot On the 3rd of December, 2010, a DVD titled The Chaser Election Collection was released. It contained every election special The Chaser had screened to date, as well as special features including the never-before-seen The Election Chaser pilot. |
September 19, 2011 |
| 2 |
Yes We Canberra! Extras Extras from the Yes We Canberra! DVD |
September 16, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
23 October 2001 Mal Award: Philip Ruddock |
October 23, 2001 |
| 2 |
30 October 2001 Mal Award: Jackie Kelly |
October 30, 2001 |
| 3 |
6 November 2001 Mal Award: Natasha Stott Despoja and Mark Latham |
November 6, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
24 September 2004 The Chaser team provide a humorous commentary of the week's events including the contenders Head to Head, The Ease the Squeeze Challenge, The key seats, The Greens Campaign, Save the Democrats and the Mal Award. |
September 24, 2004 |
| 2 |
30 September 2004 The Chaser team return with a humorous commentary of the week's events including Under a bus, Crean of the crop, Supersize Me + Pork Thunder, The Firth Files and the Big Prop Guarantee. |
September 30, 2004 |
| 3 |
7 October 2004 The Chaser team with a humorous commentary of the week's events including Medicare Old, Glamour photography, Baby stunt and the Janette Howard plate. |
October 7, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
21 November 2007 Mal Award: Lisa Milat and Tony Abbott |
November 21, 2007 |
| 2 |
28 November 2007 Mal Award: Jackie Kelly |
November 28, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Stare Off Julie Bishop appears in a staring contest with Chas Licciardello. |
July 28, 2010 |
| 2 |
Cash for Clunkers Special Guest: Tanya Plibersek Mal Award: Steve Fielding |
August 4, 2010 |
| 3 |
Don't Stop Believin' Special Guest: Maxine McKew Mal Award: Kevin Rudd |
August 11, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Special Guest: Bob Katter |
August 14, 2013 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Special Guest: Doug Cameron |
August 21, 2013 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Special Guest: Sarah Hanson-Young |
August 28, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Westeros. Daenerys Targaryen. Dragons. White Walkers. The Night's Watch. The Starks. Tyrion Lannister. Now we've got your attention, here's The Chaser's Election Desk. |
June 8, 2016 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Harold Holt and Kevin Rudd join The Chaser's Election Desk this week for a forum on Australia's foreign policy. Mandarin with English subtitles. Frequent coarse language. |
June 15, 2016 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Delta Goodrem & The Voice judges stormed parliament this week after a contentious decision went in favour of The Madden Brothers team. Catch up on the latest analysis of constitutional law with The Chaser's Election Desk. |
June 22, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 23, 2001 |
| Last aired | September 11, 2013 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |