Aussie comedian Charlie Pickering takes a satirical look at the week's current affairs from politics to vaccinations. Features regular guest appearances by comedians like Kitty Flanagan and Tom Gleeson.
Where to Watch The Weekly with Charlie Pickering • Series 3
20 Episodes
Episode 1
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Episode 1Last year, The Weekly promised to put the sense back into the nonsense. In 2017, the nonsense has defeated us. Charlie Pickering, along with Kitty Flanagan, Tom Gleeson & Adam Briggs, will pick the news apart.
Episode 2
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Episode 2Charlie Pickering, along with Kitty Flanagan, Tom Gleeson & Adam Briggs pick apart the news from the nonsense. With special guests South Park creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone.
Episode 3
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Episode 3In 2017 The Weekly is making breaking news even brokener. Charlie Pickering, Kitty Flanagan, Tom Gleeson & Adam Briggs pick apart the news & try to put it back together, hoping no one will notice the bits they broke.
Episode 4
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Episode 4The Weekly newsvestigates the headlines: scare campaigns, Piegate, and the LOLing assassin. Tom Gleeson welcomes Chrissie Swan to the Hard Chat seat. Special guest: Hugo Weaving!
Episode 5
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Episode 5In a world changing at breakneck speed, The Weekly will hardly change at all. We continue to spend our Wednesday nights exposing the absurd, revelling in the ridiculous & throwing shoes at the hypocritical.
Episode 6
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Episode 6Charlie, Tom & Briggs explore WA's election, the NBN, Pauline Hanson & Trumpgate. Charlie meets Carmel Johnston, Commander of NASAs Mars Simulation Mission. Tom meets his Hard Chat match with Aus TV royalty.
Episode 7
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Episode 7Picking apart the week & hoping the kids don't walk in on them, Charlie & Tom tackle WA's election, Wikileaks, beers & Bibles. Guests: creators of South Park & The Book of Mormon, Trey Parker & Matt Stone.
Episode 8
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Episode 8The Weekly talks to the next Albert Einstein and walks through why young Lee swam with a crocodile to capture the heart of a girl! Tom Gleeson Hard Chats Grant Denyer and Kitty Flanagan bamboozles him with Soft Chat.
Episode 9
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Episode 9All the news you tried to avoid. Trump the dealmaker, eavesdropping phones, company tax cuts & The Weekly's Africa correspondent Loyiso Gola in studio. Tom Hard Chats Sarah Wilson. Special guest: Bob Odenkirk.
Episode 10
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Episode 10Charlie, Kitty, Tom & Briggs try to comprehend our universe: April Fools' Day, opinion polls & Mark Latham. Sophie Monk dares to sit in the Hard Chat chair. Special guest Maurice Gleeson explains blind tennis!
Episode 11
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Episode 11Charlie, Kitty, Briggs & Tom let fly at herd immunity, drugs at music festivals, Syria, seafood connoisseurs. Plus Tom rebrands The show & Hard Chats Dave Hughes.
Episode 12
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Episode 12Stop, drop & laugh as The Weekly targets the nuclear apocalypse. Kitty saves us from superbugs, Tom Hard Chats footy legend Chris Judd & Charlie visits old friend Sam Neill.
Episode 13
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Episode 13Charlie & Tom discuss science, the Logies, the citizenship test, and a terrorist child. Plus election watch with Andy Zaltzman, Tom Hard Chats James Blunt, and special guest forensic entomologist Paola Magni.
Episode 14
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Episode 14The Weekly unpacks the news & finds several kilos of jokes. 100 Days of President Trump, Kitty tries de-cluttering, Tom road-tests his new travel show, Mel Buttle shows us Real Australia. Guest: Geoffrey Rush.
Episode 15
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Episode 15The Weekly brings down a surplus of funny as Charlie, Tom & Briggs take on housing affordability, kids & gambling, plus Bill Shorten's latest ad campaign. Special guest: Wiggle Emma Watkins.
Episode 16
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Episode 16The Weekly takes on ransomware, baldness cures & current & future US Presidents. Tom Hard Chats physicist Lawrence Krauss; Kitty explains fidget spinners; comedian DeAnne Smith explains LGBQTI* to the uninitiated.
Episode 17
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Episode 17The Weekly dissects the Battle of Cocaine Cassie, Turkey's World's Strongest Man & the bulge that changed history. Tom launches a travel show; Kitty solves TV mascots. Guest: Today show doyenne Lisa Wilkinson.
Episode 18
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Episode 19
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Episode 19Needling the headlines to knit a news-beanie. This week: AirBnB, Russia's new stadium & the UK Election with Jonathan Pie. Tom Hard Chats Steve Price. Kitty takes on pandas. Guest: Data journalist Mona Chalabi
Episode 20
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Episode 20In the season final, Charlie, Tom, Kitty & Briggs take on the UK Election, Russia's World Cup, MasterChef, the Veronicas & the ABC. Special guests: Loyiso Gola, Andy Zaltzman & portrait artist Abdul Abdullah.
Cast of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering • Series 3
Charlie PickeringSelf - Host
Tom GleesonSelf - Correspondent
Kitty FlanaganSelf - Correspondent
Nick MaxwellHimself (voice)
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