We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year
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| Genre | Comedy, Mockumentary |
| Created by | Chris Lilley |
| Starring | Chris Lilley |
| Narrated by | Jennifer Byrne |
| Theme music composer | Bryony Marks |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Bruce Kane |
| Producer(s) | Laura Waters |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Princess Pictures |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 27 July – 31 August 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Big Bite |
| Followed by | Summer Heights High |
| Related shows |
Summer Heights High Ja'mie: Private School Girl |
We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year (often shortened to We Can Be Heroes and mostly known as The Nominees outside of Australia) is an Australian mockumentary TV series starring and created and co-written by Chris Lilley and Ryan Shelton and directed by Matthew Saville.
It follows the story of five unique Australians, who have each made a large achievement and been nominated by friends and family for the Australian of the Year award.
It premiered on 27 July 2005, and concluded on 31 August 2005. It was shown on the ABC on Wednesday nights at 9:00pm. There are six episodes, with each episode running for 30 minutes. The show is broadcast in the United Kingdom on FX, in the United States on the Sundance Channel, and in Canada on The Comedy Network. In Australia, The Comedy Channel currently airs the series as part of their Aussie Gold block hosted by Frank Woodley.
The show won a Logie Award for most outstanding comedy and Chris Lilley won the Best New Talent Logie for his performance in the show.
All of the Australian of the Year nominees are played by Chris Lilley.
Daniel Sims lives in Dunt, South Australia, which is the only fictional location in We Can Be Heroes and is based on the town of Lara, Victoria. He is 17 years old, and largely a parody of rural, country people. He lives with his mother; his hearing impaired twin brother, Nathan; and his two younger brothers and sister. His father died in a car crash many years ago.
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