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65-402: Chris Lilley may refer to: Chris Lilley (comedian) (born 1974), Australian comedian Chris Lilley (computer scientist) (born 1959), technical director, W3C [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
130-497: A mobile app . ABC Television is one of five main free-to-air networks in Australia. The history of the ABC's television operations can be traced back to 1953, when the federal Television Act was passed, providing the initial regulatory framework for both the ABC and commercial television networks. Over the next three years, planning for the introduction of a national television service
195-505: A satellite channel broadcast to South-East Asia , partially funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and advertisers. Some radio channels are also broadcast via the television network. The ABC local stations in the capital cities carry opt-outs for local programming, used chiefly for nightly news broadcasts. ABC Television also broadcasts via its streaming and video-on-demand service, ABC iview , available via its website and
260-540: A stand-up comedian while also working as a childcare worker at Turramurra North Public School and a shop assistant. In 2003, Lilley made his debut in Big Bite , a Seven Network comedy programme, in which he portrayed extreme sports enthusiast Extreme Darren and the high-school drama teacher Mr G , a character that he continued in Summer Heights High . Big Bite was nominated for Best Television Comedy Series at
325-530: A 10-part series, with the titular character not yet disclosed. Filming began at the Bond University campus on the Gold Coast, Queensland . On 10 April 2019, a trailer surfaced online showing a number of new characters. The show is called Lunatics and features a group of eccentric characters with different talents or oddities. Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Lilley would star in
390-489: A 47-year-old housewife with a dream to roll on her side from Perth , Western Australia to Uluru , Northern Territory ; Daniel Sims , a teenage boy who donates an eardrum to his deaf twin brother, Nathan (both Daniel and Nathan later appeared in "Angry Boys"); and Ja'mie King , a narcissistic girl attending a private high school in Sydney (Ja'mie later appeared in "Summer Heights High" and "Ja'mie: Private School Girl"). Lilley
455-403: A HTTP stream to deliver video to the client. ABC Australia is an international satellite television service operated by the ABC, funded by advertising and grants from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade . The service is available via subscription to viewers across East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia and Pacific Islands, including India, Japan, Vietnam, Afghanistan,
520-507: A broadcast tower. It was only after considerable developments in technology and construction of further infrastructure, that in 1970/71 that test cricket was broadcast live in every state and the ACT. Colour television was introduced in Australia on 1 March 1975. Teletext services were introduced to ABC TV in 1983 to allow hearing-impaired viewers access to closed captions . International television service Australia Television International
585-506: A digital-only television channel, was launched on 7 March 2005, running on a budget of $ 3 million per year. Minister for Communications Helen Coonan inaugurated the channel at Parliament House three days later. Genre restrictions limiting the types of programming the channel could carry were lifted in October 2006; ABC2 was henceforth able to carry programming classified as comedy, drama, national news, sport and entertainment. The ABC Guide
650-481: A director, instead being split across several functional divisions, with different teams producing different genres of content for television, radio and digital platforms. The Entertainment & Specialist (E&S) team focussed on comedy, kids' programs, drama, Indigenous-related programs, music, other entertainment and factual content; the new ABC Specialist team created content across the arts, science, religion & ethics, education and society & culture; while
715-508: A few episodes. Lilley appeared in the film satire Ned , based on the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly . He appeared as the "MSN Butterfly" in a series of television advertisements and Cinema for MSN . He has also appeared on the Hamish & Andy radio show . In 2015, Lilley was the main actor for The Stafford Brothers , Rick Ross and Jay Sean 's " When You Feel This " music video. After
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#1732863329593780-418: A means of simultaneously airing programs across multiple stations. In 1963, using microwave transmission as a temporary measure, television programs from Adelaide were viewed simultaneously across the four eastern capitals. Videotape equipment, allowing the sharing of footage with much greater ease and speed, was installed in each state capital by 1962. The organisational structure and internal processes of
845-482: A new logo was launched, featuring a modification to a three-dimensional metallic design, to celebrate the introduction of digital terrestrial television in Australia , when digital television was introduced to most of the network's coverage area on 1 January 2001, soon followed by the gradual introduction of widescreen and high definition programming. Between 2001 and 2003, the ABC operated two separate digital channels, ABC Kids and Fly TV , which opened soon after
910-481: A non-White person, which was dubbed by certain media commentators as “ brownface ”, an act they have compared to blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century and early 20th century. The creators of the 2004 ABC TV documentary series Our Boys stated that Lilley drew inspiration for the Jonah character from their work. The subject of Our Boys recalled being "absolutely embarrassed, full of hate, angry and exploited" by
975-458: A second series, Lilley stated, "I never thought about it in the beginning because it was always a one-off thing. I'm not into just cashing in and rolling off into a second series that is not as good. I really enjoyed making the show, so the thought of writing and going back there again is really fun and exciting, but I haven't made a decision on what to do next." Angry Boys , Lilley's third mockumentary series, aired on ABC in Australia and BBC in
1040-447: A seven-day Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and give new logical channel numbers for all of ABC's television services. June 2010 saw ABC1's ABC HD , the high definition digital TV channel, terminated, to be replaced with a fourth channel, ABC News 24 (now ABC News). In the same month playout was moved to a new facility shared with WIN Television at Ingleburn . On 20 July 2014, ABC1 changed its name back to just "ABC TV" and at
1105-493: Is also a lesbian . Lilley collaborated with The Jonas Brothers and Paris Hilton with his Lunatics characters Keith Dick and Jana Melhoopen-Jonks. Lilley has been a vegetarian since the age of five. He dated Milly Gattegno from The Faders DJ from 2014 to 2016. Lilley's series Summer Heights High gained significant controversy, criticism and media scrutiny for its portrayal of such issues as mental disabilities, homosexuality, sexual abuse, and racism. Even before
1170-552: Is an Australian actor. He is known for his creation and portrayal of several characters in the mockumentary television series We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year (2005), Summer Heights High (2007), Angry Boys (2011), Ja'mie: Private School Girl (2013), Jonah from Tonga (2014), and Lunatics (2019). He is a two-time winner of the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor . He began his career in his twenties as
1235-455: Is composed of eight state- and territory-based centres, once separate stations with their own branding. In addition to the nightly 7 pm news, the stations used to broadcast weekly state editions of 7.30 on Friday evenings (until 5 December 2014), state election coverage and in most areas, live sport on Saturday and Sunday evenings. ABC iview is a video on demand and catch up TV service, which became available on 24 July 2008. This
1300-503: Is the general name for the national television services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Until an organisational restructure in 2017/2018, ABC Television was also the name of a division of the ABC. The name was also used to refer to the first and for many years the only national ABC channel, before it was renamed ABC1 and then again to ABC TV. The Australian public broadcaster 's television service
1365-661: The Australian Government (some revenue is earned by ABC Commercial ), but has suffered progressive funding cuts under Liberal governments since the 1996 Howard government , with particularly deep cuts in 2014 under the Abbott government , and an ongoing indexation freeze as of 2021 . In spite of these cuts, in April 2023 social media platform X (formerly Twitter) tagged ABC as "government-funded media"; in August 2023, ABC announced
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#17328633295931430-604: The Australian Government (then Liberal ) endorsed a proposal submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority by the ABC to launch a second digital channel targeted at children. The new channel, titled ABC Me , was to aim to provide at least 50% Australian-made content for children under 15. Unlike its predecessor, the ABC Kids channel, ABC Me would run from 6 am to 9 pm each day, and feature drama, comedy, animation and music. On 22 April 2009,
1495-586: The Labor government announced its commitment to the proposal as part of its response to the Australia 2020 Summit conducted in 2008, and ABC Me was launched on 4 December. At midday on 8 February 2008, the original ABC Television channel was rebranded as ABC1 , complementing the existing ABC2 (as of 2021 ABC TV Plus ) digital-only channel launched on 7 March 2005. As of 2009, the ABC announced an Australia-wide upgrade to its digital service, and that it would provide
1560-591: The NAACP , National Hispanic Media Coalition , American Indians in Film/TV, Empowering Pacific Islander Communities and The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (which itself includes the Asian American Justice Center, Asian Pacific American Advocates, Japanese American Citizens League , Media Action Network for Asian Americans, National Federation of Filipino American Associations, and more). In 2019, Lilley
1625-717: The Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program. The series was sold to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Lilley embarked on a promotional tour of the United States in October 2008 to promote the U.S. broadcast of the series, which began airing on HBO on 9 November 2008. The BBC began showing the programme on BBC Three in June 2008. When asked whether there would be
1690-463: The "racist" Jonah character that was based on him. The series' director, as well as a teacher at Canterbury Boys High School also felt that the character "exploited" the Tongan students who Lilley had met while visiting the school after seeing Our Boys on television in 2004. Many major US civil rights organisations wrote to HBO expressing their "deep concern" over Jonah From Tonga . These included
1755-491: The 2003 Australian Film Institute Awards , marking the first time a comedy programme from a commercial television network had ever been nominated at the Australian Film Institute Awards. It did not win. The producers co-credited Lilley; however, the show lasted only one series before being spun off into a comedy/variety programme. Lilley was a recurring guest on the programme, but it was cancelled after only
1820-453: The ABC as of 2021 operates five television stations within four channels, all of them non-commercial. These services are available nationally through digital terrestrial television , and all the digital TV services are also available through the VAST free-to-air satellite service. Although the ABC's headquarters in Sydney serve as a base for program distribution nationally, ABC Television network
1885-435: The ABC's television coverage of every state in 1971. Although radio programs could be broadcast nationally by landline , television relay facilities were not put in place until the early 1960s. This meant that news bulletins had to be sent to each capital city by teleprinter , to be prepared and presented separately in each city, with filmed materials copied manually and sent to each state. A purpose-built television studio
1950-561: The Black Lives Matter protests and movement . In the weeks following these events, Lilley posted multiple videos of content involving the Jonah character to his YouTube channel. The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia . They commenced in 1987. ABC Television (Australian TV network) ABC Television
2015-557: The Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu , and broadcasts a mixture of English-language programming, including general entertainment, sport, and current affairs. ABC television services within Australia carry no advertising by external sources; it is banned under the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 , which also ensures its editorial independence. The ABC receives most of its funding from
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2080-621: The Regional & Local team focussed on regional and local content. The 1975 ABC logo was reinstated in February 2019. On 3 September 2019, several additional ABC Digital Radio channels were added to complement the ABC Jazz and Double J services being simulcast on digital TV. In May 2023, ABC announced a major restructure starting in July, but would not reveal how many jobs were at risk. Within Australia,
2145-587: The UK in 2011, and HBO in the US in 2012. The 12-part comedy series features six vastly different new characters played by Lilley. The show introduces S.mouse! , a US rapper; Jen Okazaki, manipulative Japanese mother; Blake Oakfield, a champion surfer; Ruth "Gran" Sims, a guard at a juvenile detention facility; and her grandchildren, South Australian twins Daniel and Nathan Sims (who also featured in We Can Be Heroes ). Lilley won
2210-625: The cancellation of Big Bite , Lilley created We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year , a six-part series on the ABC , in which he portrayed various characters nominated for the Australian of the Year Award . The series was co-written with Ryan Shelton. Lilley portrayed several characters in the series : Phil Olivetti , a self-obsessed police officer; Ricky Wong , a Chinese Australian university physics student from Melbourne; Pat Mullins ,
2275-614: The channel continued to broadcast programmes on popular music, including the pop show Hitscene , performance specials by groups such as Tully and Max Merritt & The Meteors , as well as the magazine-style programme GTK , which premiered in 1969 and screened for 10 minutes, four nights per week at 6:30 pm, immediately prior to Bellbird and the 7:00 pm news bulletin. The hugely popular rock music program, Countdown began in 1974, produced at ABC Melbourne's Ripponlea studios and hosted by Molly Meldrum , and ran until 1987. The weekly current affairs program Four Corners
2340-403: The character S.mouse from Lilley's 2011 TV show, Angry Boys . The music video featured an Indigenous boy lying on the ground with his arms splayed. On 24 July 2017, the court case based on the death of Elijah Doughty had ended in controversy and was the subject of pro-Aboriginal protests. Just like the real case, Lilley's music video described an Aboriginal boy being run over and killed. It
2405-533: The closure of Fly and the ABC Kid's Channel. Also in 2002, to celebrate 70 years of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC TV's logo reverted to the "over and under" design seen in the previous decades; however it retained the three-dimensional metallic design. The channel's idents featured elements – fire, leaf and ice, and the slogan was updated to Everyone's ABC . The idents also featured
2470-403: The conclusion of that series, Jonah was expelled from Summer Heights High School. In the new series, his father, Rocky Takalua, has sent him back to his homeland of Tonga to live with his uncle and their family in order to get Jonah's life back on track. The six-part series was produced by Princess Pictures and Chris Lilley in conjunction with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . The show
2535-514: The end of each ident was changed to "Yours". The new 2014 idents are all very similar to that of the 1996–1998, 1998–2000, 2003–2005, 2008–2011 and 2011-2014 ABC station idents in the past. On 6 December 2016, ABC upgraded its HD picture resolution from 720p to 1080i . Between July 2017 and June 2018, the whole of the ABC underwent an organisational restructure, after which the Radio and Television Divisions were no longer separate entities each under
2600-405: The filming of the episode in question had been completed eleven days before her daughter's death. ABC thereafter began to display a message before each episode stating that there is no link between the series' characters and people in real life. On 29 July 2017, Lilley was the subject of criticism after posting a remix on his Instagram account of a music clip entitled " Squashed Nigga ", starring
2665-490: The inaugural AACTA Award in 2012 for Best Comedy Performance in Television for Angry Boys . Ja'mie: Private School Girl , which aired in 2013, is a six-part half-hour comedy series. It was produced by Melbourne-based production company Princess Pictures and Chris Lilley, and was a co-production between the ABC in Australia and HBO in the US. It was pre-sold to BBC Three in the UK. On 8 September 2013, Lilley revealed that
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2730-515: The launch of DTV. In 2002, the ABC launched ABC Asia Pacific (now ABC Australia), the replacement for the defunct Australia Television channel operated previously by the Seven Network. Much like its predecessor, and companion radio network Radio Australia , the service provided a mix of programming targeted at audiences throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Funding cuts in 2003, meanwhile, led to
2795-512: The lead role. Lunatics was released on 19 April 2019 exclusively on Netflix. Lunatics features six different characters, all played by Lilley, which include fashion retailer Keith Dick; estate agent Quentin Cook; 7-foot college student Becky Douglas; 12-year-old Gavin McGregor, who is an heir to an earldom ; ex-pornstar Joyce Jeffries; and South African Jana Melhoopen-Jonks, a celebrity pet psychic who
2860-442: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Lilley&oldid=932762920 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chris Lilley (comedian) Christopher Daniel Lilley (born 10 November 1974)
2925-554: The network developed and changed over time, with local coverage incorporated in a network structure, which allowed the ABC to build state-based audiences for coverage of sports and news. Live coverage of sports was still limited to the location of the studio, for example for the West Indies cricket series in 1960/61, live broadcasts were limited to the four cities which hosted the test matches. The separate production and broadcast centres could only reach about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from
2990-575: The returning character to the series was Ja'mie King , from We Can Be Heroes and Summer Heights High ; he also revealed the title of the show. Lilley won the 2014 Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor for his performance in Ja'mie: Private School Girl . On 26 November 2013, Lilley confirmed that he would be reviving Jonah Takalua for a new show in 2014, titled Jonah From Tonga . Jonah had been introduced in Lilley's 2007 series Summer Heights High . At
3055-439: The same time, they introduced new idents featuring the 1975 Lissajous curve logo being drawn by itself of videos of people doing activities (taken from ABC Open's video library). Then, the words "It's (Insert Words Here)'s ABC" (the words change depending on the ident) fade in on the left side of the logo. The words then change to "#OurABC", which is the network's new slogan. In 2018, these idents were updated. The "#OurABC" slogan at
3120-476: The series aired, some community groups complained about a "rape joke" and Mr G's inappropriate "touching" of a boy with Down syndrome . The Herald Sun reported that parents and some teachers have considered the possibility that the show is influencing children to misbehave at school. Students were reportedly imitating Jonah and Ja'mie, repeating lines that were bullying, racist, and homophobic. Education Union branch president Mary Bluett stated in response that
3185-422: The series, Lilley played the series' three main characters at a public school : Ja'mie King , Mr G and Jonah Takalua . In March 2008, Lilley released a single, " Naughty Girl ", based on the series, and performed in character as drama teacher Mr G. At the 2008 Logie Awards he was nominated for four awards including Most Outstanding Actor and Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Television , and won
3250-413: The show was "clearly tongue-in-cheek ". After episode three, in which a character called Annabel dies after taking ecstasy, the family of Annabel Catt, a 20-year old woman who died taking drugs at the 2007 Good Vibrations Festival in Sydney, complained that the program had been lampooning Annabel's death. ABC apologised to the family, stating that the situation was purely coincidental and assured them that
3315-456: The silver ring that morphs into the ABC logo. This however did not last, as later in 2003, the channel's idents were modified to feature everyday Australians. In 2005, the ABC switched from the Supertext logo to their own closed captioning logo. On 19 December that year, the channel's idents were revamped featuring a modified ABC logo transforming to a television. ABC2 , a second attempt at
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#17328633295933380-404: The time, with the use of light blue, orange, and white, with each slide using elements from the respective channel's on-air branding. It was removed from channel 20 on 1 January 2008 when ABC HD relaunched as a full-time simulcast of ABC TV, and closed on 8 February 2008 when ABC2 was moved from channel 21 to channel 22 and began 24-hour broadcasting. In the lead-up to the 2007 federal election ,
3445-540: Was a regular television broadcast shown during the off-air periods for both ABC HD and ABC2 on their respective channels. It was launched on 30 May 2006 and was initially available in Sydney, with all other digital ABC broadcast regions launching the guide at a later date. The channel provided a live audio-stream of DiG Radio , and also provided weather reports. The guide advertised new and popular television programs from both channels via informational slides. The design and colour scheme were based on ABC Online 's branding of
3510-471: Was again accused of blackface by journalists for his Lunatics character Jana Melhoopen-Jonks, a South African woman. This accusation was later acknowledged to have been unfounded, as this character is "clearly white." Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests , BBC iPlayer removed Jonah from Tonga from its online streaming service. On 11 June 2020, Netflix confirmed it had removed four of Lilley's series from its streaming service, also in response to
3575-454: Was broadcast from Sydney from 1961, and in 1967, the weeknightly television current affairs programme This Day Tonight began. In 1989, Aboriginal dancers Lillian Crombie and Malcolm Cole were the first co-presenters for Blackout , a program developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences. The ABC's television operations joined its radio and online divisions at the corporation's Ultimo headquarters in 2000. In 2001
3640-442: Was built in Sydney, and opened on 29 January 1958, replacing temporary sound studios used since the ABC's television services launched in 1956. In the same year, technical equipment was also moved to permanent locations, while main transmitters were introduced to Melbourne and Sydney in 1957 and 1958, respectively. Direct television relays between Sydney and Melbourne were established in 1961, replacing temporary microwave relays as
3705-469: Was established in 1993. Australia Television was sold to the Seven Network in 1998; however, the service continued to show content from ABC News until its closure in 2001. ABC Television was one of the first television networks in Australia to embrace the rock 'n roll revolution of the late 1950s, most notably with Six O'Clock Rock , hosted by Johnny O'Keefe . During the 1960s and early 1970s
3770-570: Was inaugurated by Prime Minister Robert Menzies at the Gore Hill studios in Sydney, and a couple of weeks later, ABV transmission began in Melbourne on 19 November 1956, in time to cover the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Outside broadcasting was also initiated on 5 November, from the ABC's first outside broadcast van. The van, now in the collection of the National Museum of Australia ,
3835-855: Was instrumental in the production of thousands of outside broadcasts. It was restored in time to be displayed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and was used to film the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the site of the National Museum in 2000. ABQ in Brisbane was the third ABC TV station to launch, in November 1959; it was followed in 1960 by counterparts in Perth ( ABW ), Hobart ( ABT ), and Adelaide ( ABS ). ABC (also known as ABC3) opened in Canberra in 1962, with ( ABD ) in Darwin (13 August 1971) finally completing
3900-692: Was launched in November 1956 from its first television station in Australia , ABN Sydney . This was the second one in the country, with the commercial channel TCN having launched two months earlier. An ABC television network covering every state and territory was completed by 1971, and in 2000 the television operations joined the ABC radio and online divisions at the Corporation's Ultimo headquarters in Sydney in 2000. The ABC as of 2021 provides five non-commercial channels within Australia, headed by its flagship ABC TV channel, as well as ABC Australia ,
3965-662: Was nominated for Best Comedy Series and Best Lead Actor in Television at the 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards, and won the Best New Talent and Most Outstanding Comedy Program awards at the Logie Awards of 2006 . He also received a Rose d'Or award in Switzerland for Best Male Comedy Performance. Following the series' success, it was sold to other countries under the new name The Nominees . Lilley's second mockumentary series, Summer Heights High , aired on ABC TV in 2007. In
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#17328633295934030-437: Was originally posted online on the ABC iView service, available for viewing by Australian residents, and on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom, from 2–4 May 2014, before airing on ABC1 from 7 May 2014 and BBC Three from 8 May 2014. In New Zealand Māori Television screened the first episode on 29 July 2017, but then withdrew later episodes. In March 2018, it was announced that Lilley had been signed by Netflix to create
4095-563: Was put in place, land for studios and transmitters in Sydney and Melbourne was acquired, and overseas tutors were brought to Australia to assist with training. The ABC's 1956 Annual Report stated that it aimed to create a “television service as truly national in character as its resources will permit”. Commercial station TCN-9 Sydney was the first to broadcast in Australia, in September 1956. The ABC's Sydney station, ABN , started transmission on 5 November 1956. Its first television broadcast
4160-403: Was reported that many who criticised Lilley's inopportune timing were blocked from his Twitter account, with Lilley later deleting his social media accounts. Lilley's series Jonah from Tonga was called "racist" and resulted in protests from academics and Tongan youth concerned at the inaccurate and demeaning portrayals of Tongan culture. The show received criticism for Lilley’s imitation of
4225-527: Was the next step after the podcasting of radio programmes from July 2006. Iview can only be viewed by users in Australia. The iview website streams video at 650 kbit/s in the H.264 format, and uses the RTMP protocol, which makes it accessible to web browsers installed with Adobe Flash . Iview is also available through native apps for iOS and Android smartphones , tablets , and HDMI devices, as well as on some brands of internet-connected TVs . These use
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