The Hamster Decides
| The Chaser election specials | |
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| Also known as | 'The Election Chaser (2001) The Chaser Decides (2004, 2007) Yes We Canberra! (2010) The Hamster Decides (2013) The Chaser’s Election Desk (2016) |
| Genre | Political satire |
| Created by | The Chaser |
| Presented by |
Charles Firth (2001, 2004) Andrew Hansen (2004-) Dominic Knight (2001) Chas Licciardello Julian Morrow Craig Reucassel Chris Taylor |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Running time | Approx. 27 minutes per episode |
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| Original network | ABC TV |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 23 October 2001 |
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| Related shows |
CNNNN The Chaser's War on Everything The Hamster Wheel |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
The Chaser election specials are a number of Australian political satire based comedy programs produced by The Chaser. The shows, which have run under various titles, provide commentary on Australian federal election and has been produced since 2001 for ABC TV. The first show, The Election Chaser in 2001 was the first ever television production of the The Chaser team. In 2004 and 2007 they produced The Chaser Decides which won the Logie Award for "Most Outstanding Comedy Program" for the 2004 series. In 2010, the Chaser team produced a 5-episode series about the 2010 election, called Yes We Canberra!. A new series was produced for the 2013 election, called The Hamster Decides. The Chaser’s Election Desk aired in the six weeks prior to the 2016 federal election.
The show was the first television production of The Chaser team, which had been running their satirical newspaper The Chaser since 1999. An ABC personality, Andrew Denton, offered the Chaser, as a collective, a contract with the ABC and they went on to produce The Election Chaser, which first aired on 23 October 2001. It was based around the 2001 federal election and was presented in the form of an election tally room, similar to the regular ABC election coverage. The presenters (panelists) were Charles Firth, Julian Morrow, Chris Taylor, Craig Reucassel, Chas Licciardello and Dominic Knight. The show was nominated for "Most Outstanding Comedy Program" in the 2002 Logies but lost to The Micallef Program, which also ran on the ABC.
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