Black Comedy (TV series)

Black Comedy
Also known asDon't Be Afraid of the Darkies[1]
GenreSketch comedy[2]
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Composers
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producerSally Riley
Producers
CinematographyEric Murray Lui
Production companyScarlett Pictures
Original release
NetworkABC
Release5 November 2014 (2014-11-05) –
11 March 2020 (2020-03-11)
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Black Comedy is an Australian television sketch comedy program produced by Scarlett Pictures which first screened on ABC on 5 November 2014. Black Comedy combines a mix of observational and physical sketches, historical sketches and parodies of TV, film and commercials, looking at Australian culture through the eyes of Indigenous Australians.[3][4]

A second series screened in 2016,[5] a third in 2018,[6] and a fourth in 2020.[7]

  1. ^ Knox, David (2 December 2012). "ABC 2013: full programming". Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ Yu, Juliana (4 February 2016). "Indigenous sketch show Black Comedy "bigger and blacker" for second season". Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. ^ Houston, Melinda (November 2014). "Black Comedy a super comedy for ABC television". Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  4. ^ Yu, Juliana (3 February 2016). "Indigenous sketch show Black Comedy "bigger and blacker" for second season". Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. ^ Knox, David (24 August 2015). "Renewed: Black Comedy". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Black Comedy series 3 (2018) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Black Comedy". ABC TV. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 January 2020.