All Aussie Adventures
| All Aussie Adventures | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Tom Gleisner |
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| Starring | Glenn Robbins |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 (including 1 telemovie) |
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| Producer(s) | Susannah Mott |
| Cinematography | Santo Cilauro |
| Editor(s) | Roberta Horslie |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Original network | Network Ten |
| Picture format | 4:3 PAL (2001-04) 576i (SDTV) (2017- ) 1080i (HDTV) (2017- ) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release |
Original Series: 5 August 2001 – 29 September 2002 TV Movie: 14 November 2004 Revival Series: 2017 |
| External links | |
| Russell Coight Official Website | |
All Aussie Adventures (also known as Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures), is an Australian mockumentary television series that parodied the travel-adventure genre. Comedian Glenn Robbins plays Russell Coight, a survival and wildlife expert who charts his disastrous travels through Australia, spreading misinformation and causing accidents. The series ran on the Ten Network from 5 August 2001 to 29 September 2002. There was also a 14 November 2004 telemovie, Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge, which featured minor (fictional) celebrities joining Coight in the outback.
On 4 November 2016, All Aussie Adventures was renewed for a third season and will return in 2017 after 15 years off screen.
The series parodies the adventure genre, which included the travels of the Leyland Brothers, The Bush Tucker Man, Malcolm Douglas, Steve Irwin, Ben Cropp, Harry Butler and Alby Mangels. In these programs the host travels the wilderness meeting local people and providing insight into the flora and fauna of the country.
The narration (typically provided by the host) often verges on hyperbole.
Episodes of All Aussie Adventures generally follow a similar format. Coight greets the audience and explains his latest reason for outback travel – often to help out a "mate". He ends each introduction with the tagline "So what are we waiting for, let's get cracking on another All Aussie Adventure".
The series is presented as if Russell Coight were a real person, eschewing screen credit for his portrayer Glenn Robbins. The only mention of Robbins is at the end of the credits, when he is thanked "for his directorial assistance".
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