A Quiet Word
Season 1
A Quiet Word With ... was an Australian conversation television series originally broadcast by ABC TV in 2010 and 2011. Each episode featured New Zealand comedian and writer Tony Martin engaging in a twenty-six minute conversation with a local or international entertainer, mainly other comedians.
Where to Watch Season 1
6 Episodes
- A Quiet Word with Bill Bailey
E1A Quiet Word with Bill BaileyIn this interview, Martin leads award-winning, stand-up comic Bill Bailey on a rambling conversation that takes in his entire career, from playing the foyer of the Hilton to packing out Wembley Stadium. Martin, who has followed Bailey’s career since just missing one of his early Edinburgh shows in 1991, drags a few skeletons out of the closet and attempts to prove that Bill is ‘comedy’s Andre Rieu’. - A Quiet Word with Alan Davies
E3A Quiet Word with Alan DaviesTony Martin interviews his British counterpart Alan Davies. Not only are both men funny, they patently have a long-standing friendship. Accordingly, their chit-chat is much more than a series of platitudes. To start, Martin quizzes Davies about his early days as a stand-up, with an emphasis on his first shows in Australia nearly 20 years ago. Davies, currently seen on QI and Whites, explains why he always opened in a shambolic manner. Just as the audience started to become uneasy, he would say, ''I haven't started yet. Don't worry, I'm not shit.'' - A Quiet Word with Rhys Darby
E4A Quiet Word with Rhys DarbyQuiet is right - there's nothing that is going to set the heart racing when Tony Martin interviews fellow Kiwi and Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby. The interview meanders along pleasantly enough, stopping just short of becoming a tedious mutual appreciation society. Darby is a genius in the guise of the Conchords' Murray and it's interesting to get some of his backstory (such as his time in the army). Just don't expect too many belly laughs. - A Quiet Word with Lily Tomlin
E6A Quiet Word with Lily TomlinIn A Quiet Word With Lily Tomlin, comedian Tony Martin leads the Oscar-nominated actress and comedienne on an entertaining meander through her remarkable career; from her breakthrough on TV's Laugh-In, to classic movies like Nashville, Nine to Five and All of Me, and her return to TV, with roles in The West Wing and Damages. Tomlin talks about her early influences, recalls her many collaborations with Robert Altman and discusses the process of building comedy characters from the ground up. Along the way, there are stories of working with Orson Welles, Tom Waits and Martin Short, the news that one of her most famous characters has come out of the closet and, yes, the truth behind that clip on YouTube.
