McPhail and Gadsby
Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi's interest in the Pacific 2. A doctor who made assumptions about a patient's homosexuality 3. Low morale in the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) 4. Spoof of singer Tina Turner 5. Doctors and Nurses of St Lazarus 6. Spycorp - the new State owned enterprise, formerly known as the SIS 7. I Like That One 2 - Robin Kora reading the sharemarket report on Eyewitness News and the "Incompatible Quartet".
Satirical comedy sketch show which pokes fun at topical political and social issues.
Primary Title
- McPhail and Gadsby
Date Broadcast
- Monday 4 May 1987
Start Time
- 20 : 00
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- TV2
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Owning Organisation
- Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
- Satirical comedy sketch show which pokes fun at topical political and social issues.
Episode Description
- Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi's interest in the Pacific 2. A doctor who made assumptions about a patient's homosexuality 3. Low morale in the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) 4. Spoof of singer Tina Turner 5. Doctors and Nurses of St Lazarus 6. Spycorp - the new State owned enterprise, formerly known as the SIS 7. I Like That One 2 - Robin Kora reading the sharemarket report on Eyewitness News and the "Incompatible Quartet".
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Comedy
Hosts
- David McPhail (Host)
- Jon Gadsby (Host)