Good News Week (1996)
Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points. The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend, Ten's GNW Night Lite and Ten's skit-based Good News World.
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Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9
Episodes season 0
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0x1
Best in show
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0x2
Melbourne international comedy festival - 20th annual great debate
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0x3
The couch (2011)
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0x4
The mime (2011)
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0x5
Mikey's pubs & beernuts
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0x6
Mikey's pubs 2 - surf & turf
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0x7
Mikey's pubs 3 - irish, very irish
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0x8
Gnw debate - happy days are here again (1999)
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0x9
Gnw debate - all's fair in love and war (1999)
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0x10
Great debate - love makes the world go round (2000)
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0x11
Great debate - bigger is better (2000)
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0x12
Gnw debate - always look on the bright side (2000)
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0x13
Gnw debate - the olympics are fools gold (2000)
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0x14
Gnw debate - science should get out of my genes (2000)
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0x15
Flacco & sandman unspectacular
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0x16
Paul & the fatman
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0x17
The final farewell tour
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0x18
Unseen and obscene
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0x19
Good news year
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0x20
Good news year - eastern version
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0x21
Good news year - western version
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0x22
Over and outtakes
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0x23
Gnw debate - sex is never safe
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0x24
Good news week: the closing ceremony
Episodes season 1
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1x1
12 april 1996
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1x2
19 april 1996
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1x3
26 april 1996
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1x4
3 may 1996
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1x5
10 may 1996
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1x6
17 may 1996
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1x7
24 may 1996
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1x8
31 may 1996
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1x9
7 june 1996
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1x10
14 june 1996
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1x11
21 june 1996
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1x12
28 june 1996
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1x13
5 july 1996
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1x14
12 july 1996
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1x15
19 july 1996
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1x16
26 july 1996
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1x17
2 august 1996
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1x18
9 august 1996
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1x19
16 august 1996
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1x20
23 august 1996
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1x21
30 august 1996
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1x22
6 september 1996
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1x23
13 september 1996
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1x24
20 september 1996
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1x25
27 september 1996
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1x26
4 october 1996
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1x27
11 october 1996
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1x28
18 october 1996
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1x29
25 october 1996
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1x30
1 november 1996
Episodes season 2
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2x1
14 february 1997
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2x2
21 february 1997
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2x3
28 february 1997
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2x4
7 march 1997
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2x5
14 march 1997
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2x6
21 march 1997
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2x7
28 march 1997
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2x8
4 april 1997
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2x9
11 april 1997
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2x10
18 april 1997
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2x11
25 april 1997
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2x12
2 may 1997
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2x13
9 may 1997
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2x14
16 may 1997
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2x15
23 may 1997
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2x16
30 may 1997
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2x17
13 june 1997
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2x18
20 june 1997
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2x19
27 june 1997
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2x20
4 july 1997
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2x21
11 july 1997
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2x22
18 july 1997
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2x23
25 july 1997
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2x24
1 august 1997
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2x25
8 august 1997
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2x26
15 august 1997
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2x27
22 august 1997
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2x28
29 august 1997
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2x29
5 september 1997
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2x30
12 september 1997
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2x31
19 september 1997
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2x32
26 september 1997
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2x33
3 october 1997
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2x34
10 october 1997
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2x35
17 october 1997
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2x36
24 october 1997
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2x37
31 october 1997
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2x38
7 november 1997
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2x39
14 november 1997
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2x40
21 november 1997
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2x41
28 november 1997
Episodes season 3
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3x1
6 march 1998
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3x2
13 march 1998
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3x3
20 march 1998
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3x4
27 march 1998
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3x5
3 april 1998
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3x6
10 april 1998
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3x7
17 april 1998
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3x8
24 april 1998
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3x9
1 may 1998
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3x10
8 may 1998
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3x11
15 may 1998
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3x12
22 may 1998
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3x13
29 may 1998
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3x14
5 june 1998
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3x15
12 june 1998
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3x16
19 june 1998
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3x17
26 june 1998
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3x18
3 july 1998
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3x19
10 july 1998
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3x20
17 july 1998
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3x21
24 july 1998
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3x22
31 july 1998
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3x23
7 august 1998
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3x24
14 august 1998
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3x25
4 september 1998
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3x26
11 september 1998
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3x27
18 september 1998
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3x28
25 september 1998
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3x29
2 october 1998
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3x30
9 october 1998
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3x31
16 october 1998
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3x32
23 october 1998
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3x33
28 october 1998
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3x34
30 october 1998
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3x35
6 november 1998
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3x36
13 november 1998
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3x37
20 november 1998
Episodes season 4
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4x1
21 march 1999
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4x2
28 march 1999
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4x3
4 april 1999
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4x4
11 april 1999 (melbourne comedy festival)
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4x5
18 april 1999 (melbourne comedy festival)
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4x6
25 april 1999 (melbourne comedy festival)
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4x7
2 may 1999
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4x8
9 may 1999 (australian science festival)
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4x9
16 may 1999
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4x10
23 may 1999
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4x11
30 may 1999
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4x12
6 june 1999
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4x13
13 june 1999
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4x14
20 june 1999
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4x15
27 june 1999
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4x16
4 july 1999
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4x17
11 july 1999
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4x18
18 july 1999
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4x19
25 july 1999
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4x20
1 august 1999
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4x21
8 august 1999
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4x22
15 august 1999
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4x23
30 august 1999
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4x24
17 september 1999
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4x25
27 september 1999
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4x26
4 october 1999
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4x27
11 october 1999
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4x28
18 october 1999 (brisbane writers festival)
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4x29
25 october 1999 (brisbane writers festival)
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4x30
1 november 1999
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4x31
8 november 1999
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4x32
15 november 1999
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4x33
22 november 1999
Episodes season 5
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5x1
26 february 2000
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5x2
4 march 2000
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5x3
11 march 2000
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5x4
18 march 2000
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5x5
25 march 2000
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5x6
1 april 2000
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5x7
8 april 2000
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5x8
15 april 2000 (melbourne comedy festival)
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5x9
29 april 2000
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5x10
6 may 2000 (australian science festival)
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5x11
13 may 2000
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5x12
20 may 2000
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5x13
27 may 2000
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5x14
3 june 2000
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5x15
10 june 2000
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5x16
17 june 2000
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5x17
24 june 2000
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5x18
1 july 2000
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5x19
8 july 2000
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5x20
15 july 2000
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5x21
22 july 2000
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5x22
29 july 2000
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5x23
5 august 2000
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5x24
12 august 2000
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5x25
19 august 2000
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5x26
26 august 2000
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5x27
2 september 2000
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5x28
9 september 2000
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5x29
21 november 2000 (the closing ceremony)
Episodes season 6
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6x1
11 february 2008
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6x2
18 february 2008
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6x3
25 february 2008
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6x4
3 march 2008
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6x5
10 march 2008
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6x6
17 march 2008
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6x7
7 april 2008
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6x8
14 april 2008
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6x9
21 april 2008
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6x10
28 april 2008
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6x11
5 may 2008
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6x12
12 may 2008
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6x13
26 may 2008
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6x14
2 june 2008
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6x15
9 june 2008
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6x16
16 june 2008
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6x17
23 june 2008
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6x18
30 june 2008
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6x19
7 july 2008
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6x20
14 july 2008
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6x21
28 july 2008
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6x22
4 august 2008
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6x23
13 october 2008
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6x24
20 october 2008
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6x25
27 october 2008
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6x26
3 november 2008
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6x27
10 november 2008
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6x28
17 november 2008
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6x29
24 november 2008
Episodes season 7
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7x1
9 february 2009
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7x2
16 february 2009
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7x3
23 february 2009
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7x4
2 march 2009
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7x5
9 march 2009
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7x6
16 march 2009
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7x7
23 march 2009
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7x8
19 april 2009
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7x9
4 may 2009
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7x10
11 may 2009
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7x11
18 may 2009
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7x12
25 may 2009
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7x13
1 june 2009
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7x14
8 june 2009
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7x15
15 june 2009
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7x16
22 june 2009
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7x17
29 june 2009
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7x18
6 july 2009
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7x19
27 july 2009
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7x20
3 august 2009
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7x21
10 august 2009
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7x22
17 august 2009
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7x23
24 august 2009
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7x24
31 august 2009
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7x25
7 september 2009
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7x26
14 september 2009
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7x27
21 september 2009
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7x28
28 september 2009
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7x29
5 october 2009
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7x30
12 october 2009
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7x31
19 october 2009
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7x32
26 october 2009
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7x33
2 november 2009
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7x34
9 november 2009
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7x35
16 november 2009
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7x36
Finale 23 november 2009
Episodes season 8
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8x1
1 february 2010
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8x2
8 february 2010
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8x3
15 february 2010
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8x4
22 february 2010
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8x5
1 march 2010
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8x6
8 march 2010
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8x7
15 march 2010
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8x8
12 april 2010 (melbourne comedy festival)
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8x9
19 april 2010 (melbourne comedy festival)
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8x10
26 april 2010
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8x11
3 may 2010
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8x12
10 may 2010
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8x13
17 may 2010
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8x14
24 may 2010
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8x15
31 may 2010
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8x16
7 june 2010
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8x17
14 june 2010
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8x18
21 june 2010
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8x19
28 june 2010
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8x20
5 july 2010
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8x21
26 july 2010
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8x22
2 august 2010
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8x23
9 august 2010
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8x24
16 august 2010
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8x25
23 august 2010
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8x26
30 august 2010
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8x27
6 september 2010
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8x28
13 september 2010
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8x29
21 september 2010
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8x30
27 september 2010
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8x31
3 october 2010
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8x32
18 october 2010
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8x33
25 october 2010
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8x34
1 november 2010
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8x35
8 november 2010
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8x36
16 november 2010
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8x37
22 november 2010
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8x38
13 december 2010 - best of special
Episodes season 9
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9x1
7th february 2011
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9x2
14th february 2011
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9x3
21st february 2011
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9x4
28th february 2011
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9x5
7th march 2011
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9x6
14th march 2011
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9x7
21st march 2011
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9x8
28th march 2011
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9x9
11th april 2011
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9x10
18th april 2011
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9x11
9th may 2011
