Full Frontal (Australian TV series)
| Full Frontal | |
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| Also known as | 'Fast Forward Presents Full Frontal (1993 only) |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Steve Vizard |
| Written by |
Sarah Adams Sean Dooley |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 140 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | |
| Location(s) | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Release | |
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| Original release | 13 May 1993 – 15 September 1997 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Fast Forward |
| Followed by | Totally Full Frontal |
Full Frontal was an Australian sketch comedy series which debuted in 1993. The show first aired on the Seven Network on 13 May 1993, and finished on 15 September 1997. Full Frontal is also known for launching the television careers of Eric Bana and Shaun Micallef.
In 1998 a spin-off of the show moved to Network Ten under the name Totally Full Frontal, losing most of the original cast in the process (including standouts Bana and Micallef) and finished in 1999.
Since 2008, re-runs have begun screening on The Comedy Channel as part of the channel's "Aussie Gold" block of locally made, classic comedy programming.
The series began screening shortly after the similar sketch comedy program Fast Forward (from which Full Frontal derived) ended. Full Frontal retained the same general format of Fast Forward. It was formatted in a way such as to create the effect of someone continuously channel surfing; after the punchline of each sketch, it would abruptly switch to the next as if the viewer had switched channels. However, the new show had an all-new regular cast. Initially, some members of the Fast Forward cast made guest appearances in occasional Full Frontal sketches, easing the transition into the new series. Several members of the new cast had appeared in the earlier The Comedy Company, including Kym Gyngell and Glenn Butcher.
"Eddie is the sort of guy who could walk through the Mardi Gras and not realise it was gay. He would just see it as coincidental that there were so many men there."
The show also famously satirised many prominent celebrities including:
Full Frontal has won several Logie Awards in its time. It has been nominated for several as well. It has won:
Nominated for:
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