Big Bite's opening title.

Big Bite was an Australian sketch comedy broadcast on the Seven Network in an evening timeslot. The show starred Chris Lilley of We Can Be Heroes and Andrew O'Keefe, who would go on to fame as host of the Seven Network's Deal or No Deal, Dragons' Den, The Rich List and Weekend Sunrise. Other performers on the show included world champion impro comedian Rebecca DeUnamuno, who would go on to become a regular cast member on many of The Chaser team's television programs, and Kate McCartney, who has gone to success as an award-winning animator. Among the show's co-creators were Andrew Jones and head writer Rick Kalowski, who have gone on to success as a sought-after comedy writing team. Image File history File links Bigbite. ... Image File history File links Bigbite. ... Sketch Show redirects here. ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. ... Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) is a technology for shared medium (usually radio) networks. ... Chris Lilley as Mr. ... We Can Be Heros - Finding the Australian of the Year We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year is a mockumentary created by Chris Lilley produced by Laura Waters and directed by Matthew Saville. ... Andrew O’Keefe (born 1 October 1971) is a television personality and gameshow host who formerly worked as an intellectual property lawyer. ... Deal or No Deal is a game show which airs in Australia on the Seven Network. ... Dragons Den is a television programme which originated in Japan where the format is owned by Sony. ... The Rich List is a game show which has the following versions: The Rich List (Australia): The Australian version which currently airs on Channel Seven and is hosted by Andrew OKeefe. ... Weekend Sunrise An Australian television news program was created in 2005 to replace the Seven Networks Sunday Sunrise. ... This article is about the Australian comedy team. ... There are several notable people by the name Andrew Jones: Andrew Thomas Jones (b. ... Rick Kalowski is a Sydney-based Australian film and television writer. ...

Big Bite was a 2003 Australian Film Institute Awards nominee for Best Television Comedy Series, marking the first time a comedy programme from a commercial television network had ever been nominated at the Australian Film Institute Awards in any category.

Despite high ratings and critical acclaim, the show lasted only one series before being spun-off into the comedy/variety programme Hamish and Andy, a show that would be axed after only a handful of episodes aired.

Many of the cast, directors and writers of Big Bite have, however, gone on to work on many other successful comedy series on Australian television, most notably Comedy Inc - The Late Shift (2005- ), We Can Be Heroes (2005) and Summer Heights High (2007). Popular and critically acclaimed Australian television sketch comedy series, advertised to feature send-ups of celebrities and television shows, but mostly comprised of general comedy sketches. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... We Can Be Heros - Finding the Australian of the Year We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year is a mockumentary created by Chris Lilley produced by Laura Waters and directed by Matthew Saville. ... Summer Heights High is an Australian television mockumentary series created and performed by comedian Chris Lilley. ...

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Another of the show's regular cast members, Tristan Jepson, who played Tom Gleisner in the show's acclaimed parodies of The Panel died tragically at the age of 26 in late 2004, a victim of clinical depression. During the television broadcast of the 2005 Australian Film Institute Awards, Jepson was honoured among the roll call of performers to have passed away in the previous year. The Panel is an Australian television show, first aired in 1998, and was very popular in its first few years. ... The Australian Film Institute Awards (often abbreviated to AFI Awards) is an annual awards ceremony administered by the Australian Film Institute, held in late November or early December. ...

Despite an initially mixed critical reception to the show, it has recently begun to develop something of a cult following, due both to the success of Chris Lilley's We Can Be Heroes, and to repeats of the show, that have aired on Foxtel's The Comedy Channel, and, most recently, on the Seven Network that originally aired the show. Chris Lilley as Mr. ... We Can Be Heros - Finding the Australian of the Year We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year is a mockumentary created by Chris Lilley produced by Laura Waters and directed by Matthew Saville. ... Foxtel is a subscription television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... The Comedy Channel (promoted on air as comedy) is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television. ...

A 2 DVD-set of the entire series (13 half-hour episodes) was released on DVD in Australia on November 6, 2006. The DVD included the so-called 'lost' final episode of the series, which had not aired on Australian television during the series' original run.

See also

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External links

• Big Bite at the Internet Movie Database