Black Comedy

This sketch comedy series for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is written by and starring some of the funniest and most talented Indigenous performers in Australia. Ably supported by an array of talented Indigenous and non-Indigenous performers, the core team use comedy to explore what it means to be Indigenous in contemporary Australia. Comprising observational and physical sketches, historical pieces and parodies of TV, film and commercials, each episode of ‘Black Comedy’ is held together by a longer ‘spine’ sketch that gives the episode a sense of cohesion and narrative drive. This second series of Black Comedy sees the return of many favourites from the first series, plus new characters including Uncle Doctor, a medico whose methods are more than just a little unconventional, the Thong Mum, a woman whose ability with a boomerang thong is deadly, and the Beachies, a father and son who spend their days sitting on a log on their Torres Strait Island home staring out to sea and pondering the imponderable. In the first episode we meet Ray, a recent parolee and menacing new member of the Black Comedy team, recruited as part of the ABC’s Bridging The Gap Programme.