The Weekly with Charlie Pickering - Series 1
1 - Episode 1
Air Date: April 22, 2015
Topics: Star Wars trailer reactions, Tony Abbott skols a beer, Internet piracy in Australia, question time, Anzac Day (with Sam Neill), anti-vaccination religious exemptions, Australian Democrats lose party status.
2 - Episode 2
Air Date: April 29, 2015
3 - Episode 3
Air Date: May 6, 2015
4 - Episode 4
Air Date: May 13, 2015
The Federal Budget, Kim Jong Un, and coffee snobs are in The Weekly's sights this week. Hosted by Charlie Pickering, with Kitty Flanagan, Tom Gleeson, and special guest, Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor.
5 - Episode 5
Air Date: May 20, 2015
Comedy meets current affairs to bring you the news you need a few days after you need it. With Charlie Pickering, Kitty Flanagan & Tom Gleeson plus journalist Nick Davies, who exposed the UK phone hacking scandal.
6 - Episode 6
Air Date: May 27, 2015
Comedy meets current affairs to bring you the news you need a few day after you need it. With Charlie Pickering, Kitty Flanagan, Tom Gleeson, Africa correspondent Loyiso Gola, and guest Todd Sampson.
7 - Episode 7
Air Date: June 3, 2015
8 - Episode 8
Air Date: June 10, 2015
Comedy meets current affairs. Hosted by Charlie Pickering, with Tom Gleeson, US correspondent Wyatt Cenac, and special guest, double Logie winner Miranda Tapsell.
9 - Episode 9
Air Date: June 17, 2015
Comedy meets news as Charlie Pickering, Kitty Flanagan & Tom Gleeson tee off on sport betting ads, housing affordability, people smugglers & more. Special guest: Oscar winnning filmmaker Alex Gibney.
10 - Episode 10
Air Date: June 24, 2015
Comedy takes on news, and wins. Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson and Kitty Flanagan talk ABC Terror, the Pope, and Obama; Psychic Medium John Edward hears from the living for a change.
11 - Episode 11
Air Date: July 1, 2015
Comedy gets news in a headlock; Charlie Pickering & Tom Gleeson tackle the Greek debt crisis, prison riots & Uber; Plus theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss & US correspondent Wyatt Cenac on marriage equality.
12 - Episode 12
Air Date: July 8, 2015
13 - Episode 13
Air Date: July 15, 2015
14 - Episode 14
Air Date: July 22, 2015
Comedy and News fight for custody of Facts. Charlie Pickering, Kitty Flanagan & Tom Gleeson tackle sex tapes, flying Bishops and the war on our roads. Special guests: comedy legends Amy Schumer and Bill Hader.
15 - Episode 15
Air Date: July 29, 2015
Dollops of comedy made with morsels of real news. Charlie, Tom and Kitty tackle organ donation & the ALP conference, with a side order of the Devil & the House of Lords. Guest: death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson.
16 - Episode 16
Air Date: August 5, 2015
Comedy marries news & has punch line babies. Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson & Kitty Flanagan take on Cecil the lion, cash for access & runaway grooms. Guest Molly Carlile talks about death, in a good way.
17 - Episode 17
Air Date: August 12, 2015
Charlie Pickering & chums polish raw news into shiny comedy. Marriage equality, the new Speaker & network wars; Kitty tackles customer service & Tom chats hard with Lee Lin Chin. Special guest: Bill Bryson.
18 - Episode 18
Air Date: August 19, 2015
News & comedy: they go together like current events & punchlines. Charlie & Tom tackle Paleo, celebrate the Diamonds' win, & talk Oscar Pistorius. Special guests: Loyiso Gola, & Neil deGrasse Tyson.
19 - Episode 19
Air Date: August 26, 2015
Comedy bites the hand of the news that feeds it. Charlie, Tom & Kitty take on the stock market, saucy data leaks, & stuff you're not meant to know. With UK correspondent Tiff Stevenson, & guest Graeme Innes.
20 - Episode 20
Air Date: September 2, 2015
News! Jokes! In the season one finale, Charlie, Kitty & Tom take on Dyson Heydon, media attitudes to mental illness, & Donald Trump. With Josh Frydenberg & Hugh Jackman. Yeah, you heard, Hugh Jackman!