About this season
An Australian educational comedy television series based on the American series (and earlier web series) of the same name. In each episode, an inebriated celebrity struggles to recount a historical event, while actors reconstruct and enact the narrator's anecdotes while lip syncing the dialogue.
Episodes (6)
1. Dame Nellie Melba/Burke and Wills
Aired 27 March 2020 • 34 min
Anne Edmonds and Harley Breen tell the stories of opera singer Dame Nellie Melba and explorers Burke and Wills.
2. The Cannibal Convicts/Beryl Mills - The First Miss Australia
Aired 3 April 2020 • 32 min
Darren McMullen and Nikki Osborne tell the stories of the Cannibal Convicts and Beryl Mills (the first Miss Australia)
3. Waltzing Matilda/The Dawn Fraser Heist
Aired 10 April 2020 • 27 min
Matt Okine and Em Rusciano tell the stories of the writing of Waltzing Matilda and how the Dawn Frazer Heist went down.
4. The Dismissal of Gough Whitlam/Emu Wars
Aired 17 April 2020 • 33 min
James Mathison and Joel Creasey tell the stories of the constitutional crisis of the Dismissal of Gough Whitlam and the inglorious defeat of the Australian Army in the Emu Wars
5. Abe Saffron aka Mr Sin/The Female Bushranger Mary Ann Bugg
Aired 24 April 2020 • 29 min
Brendan Fevola and Steph Tisdell tell the stories of Sydney underworld figure Abe Saffron and the female bushranger Mary Ann Bugg
6. The Story of Don Bradman/Australia's First Female Detective
Aired 1 May 2020 • 30 min
Heath Franklin and Becky Lucas tell the stories of cricketer Don Bradman and Australia's first female detective