Drunk History: Australia

30min

Comedy

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

Cast

Dame Nellie Melba/Burke and Wills

1. Dame Nellie Melba/Burke and Wills

34min

27th Mar 2020

Anne Edmonds and Harley Breen tell the stories of opera singer Dame Nellie Melba and explorers Burke and Wills.

The Cannibal Convicts/Beryl Mills - The First Miss Australia

2. The Cannibal Convicts/Beryl Mills - The First Miss Australia

32min

3rd Apr 2020

Darren McMullen and Nikki Osborne tell the stories of the Cannibal Convicts and Beryl Mills (the first Miss Australia)

Waltzing Matilda/The Dawn Fraser Heist

3. Waltzing Matilda/The Dawn Fraser Heist

27min

10th Apr 2020

Matt Okine and Em Rusciano tell the stories of the writing of Waltzing Matilda and how the Dawn Frazer Heist went down.

The Dismissal of Gough Whitlam/Emu Wars

4. The Dismissal of Gough Whitlam/Emu Wars

33min

17th Apr 2020

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

Abe Saffron aka Mr Sin/The Female Bushranger Mary Ann Bugg

5. Abe Saffron aka Mr Sin/The Female Bushranger Mary Ann Bugg

29min

24th Apr 2020

Brendan Fevola and Steph Tisdell tell the stories of Sydney underworld figure Abe Saffron and the female bushranger Mary Ann Bugg

The Story of Don Bradman/Australia's First Female Detective

6. The Story of Don Bradman/Australia's First Female Detective

30min

1st May 2020

Heath Franklin and Becky Lucas tell the stories of cricketer Don Bradman and Australia's first female detective

First air date

27th Mar 2020

Last air date

1st May 2020

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks