Bryan John Dawe is an Australian comedian and satirist.

He has been a regular collaborator fellow satirist John Clarke in the form of mock interviews, first for A Current Affair, and then for The 7.30 Report. Dawe would take on the role of interviewer, with Clarke playing the role of a prominent figure or politician. This generally involves Dawe trying to press for an answer and Clarke trying to evade the question. They began writing and presenting these in 1989, and switched to The 7.30 Report not long after leaving A Current Affair in 1997. As of 2004, the pair still present their interview segment approximately each week. The interviews have also been compiled into a book, and seen two CD releases, one of which won the pair the 1990 ARIA Award for 'Best Australian Comedy Record'. John Morrison Clarke (born July 29, 1948) is a comedian and writer. ... A Current Affair is a Fox network television show that ran for 10 years from 1986 to 1996 and is reappearing in 2005. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) is the Australian counterpart of the Recording Industry Association of America. ...

Dawe has number of other roles outside of his interview collaborations with Clarke. He is a musician and songwriter, and in the early 1970s he worked as an A&R manager for Astor Records and played a significant role in making the Neil Diamond LP Hot August Night a major hit in Australia. Essential Neil Diamond album cover. ...

In the 1980s he wrote and performed in a long-running radio comedy series centered on the characters of elderly couple, Roly and Sonja Parks. In 1990, he had a stint as both a writer and actor on the comedy series Fast Forward. Dawe had a minor role in the successful Australian film The Castle in 1997. However, of these, the most successful was his role as both writer and actor, along with Clarke, in the satirical series The Games. The series was a mockumentary about the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, and ran from 1998 to 2000. Dawe also had a minor role in the 2003 film The Honourable Wally Norman. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fast Forward was a long-running Australian commercial television sketch comedy show that ran for 75 episodes from April 1989 to November 1992. ... The Castle is a 1997 Australian film that gained widespread acclaim in Australia, but that was not well understood by those unfamiliar with Australian humour and values. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Games was a TV mockumentary, spoofing the Sydney Olympics in 2000. ... Mockumentary (portmanteau of mock documentary. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In addition to his interview commitments, Dawe regularly appears on ABC Radio as his two alter egos, Sir Murray Rivers and Roly Parks. Some of his Letters from Kalangadoo segments as Roly Parks have subsequently been released on CD. The ABC or Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the national, public broadcaster in Australia. ...

External link

• Watch John Clarke and Bryan Dawe on the 7:30 Report (http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/7.30_clarkedawe.htm)