Big Bite

Big Bite
Genre	Sketch comedy
Directed by	Adam Brannigan
Starring	Chris Lilley Andrew O'Keefe Andrew Dyer Jo Gill Richard Pyros Rebecca De Unamuno Melissa Madden-Gray Kate McCartney Jake Stone
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	8 May 2003 – 4 March 2004
Chronology
Followed by	We Can Be Heroes

Big Bite was an Australian sketch comedy television series, which ran on the Seven Network from 8 May 2003 to 4 March 2004 in a prime time timeslot on Thursdays. Since the end of the series episodes have been repeated on the Foxtel cable channel, The Comedy Channel and recently, reruns were shown on 7Two.

Only moderately successful on its initial broadcast and despite an initially mixed reception, the show has gradually begun to develop something of a cult following, due to having began the careers of a number of now prominent performers, directors and writers such as Andrew O'Keefe who started his television career on the show and went on to host Deal or No Deal, Dragons' Den, The Rich List, Weekend Sunrise and The Chase Australia among others, Chris Lilley, whose character Mr G first appeared here; he subsequently appeared in Summer Heights High and released a novelty single.

In addition to Lilley and O'Keefe, other performers on the show included improvisational comedian Rebecca De Unamuno, experimental theatre star Melissa Madden Gray (now known internationally for her cabaret character 'Meow Meow'), Kate McCartney (who would go on to success as an award-winning animator), Richard Pyros (today a member of The Sydney Theatre Company's 'Residents' acting ensemble) and Jake Stone, now lead singer of popular Australian funk pop rock band Bluejuice. Other television personalities associated with the show included now The Comedy Channel presenter Cameron Knight, comedian Charlie Pickering and actor Charlie Clausen. Many of the actors from this series would later appear on The Hamish and Andy Show.

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