Edgy, polished, and inventive, Charlie Pickering is a political junkie and law graduate who chose to pay his HECS debt by squandering his degree.
Host of ABC Drive’s Thank God It’s Friday! with Charlie Pickering, and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. Charlie’s main prerequisite for taking a gig is that his name be on the show title.
Charlie spent ten years travelling the world as an award-winning comic before settling into the closest thing he had to a day job. As a stand-up comedian, Charlie has scored nominations for Best Newcomer in Edinburgh and the Melbourne Comedy Festival Award, as well as scoring an invite to perform at the prestigious Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal.
As a founding host on The Project in 2009, Charlie was central to of one of Australian television’s most daring experiments, redefining the way that hundreds of thousands of Australians see the news. In 2015 he changed things up again and premiered The Weekly with Charlie Pickering on ABC TV, under the aegis of his production company, Thinkative Television.
If a weekly dose of Charlie wasn’t quite enough, he’s also had the monumental task of wrapping up the year that was with The Yearly with Charlie Pickering since 2015, and bringing in the New Year for the ABC since 2017.
And if you’re in the market for a u-turn – Charlie can also be heard on the Australian NFL podcast Any Given Sunday Australia, talking all things American football.
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Charlie Pickering - Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow 2018
Edgy, polished and inventive, Charlie Pickering is a political junkie and law graduate who chose to pay his HECS debt by squandering his degree. Charlie spent ten years travelling the world as an award-winning stand-up comedian before settling into the closest thing he had to a day job. As host of The Project for 5 years, Charlie was at the centre of one of Australian television's most daring experiments, re-defining the way that hundreds of thousands of Australians see the news.Charlie Pickering - 2016 The Big Three Oh!
Edgy, polished and inventive, Charlie Pickering is a political junkie and law graduate who chose to pay his HECS debt by squandering his degree. Charlie spent ten years travelling the world as an award-winning stand-up comedian before settling into the closest thing he had to a day job. As host of The Project for 5 years, Charlie was at the centre of one of Australian television's most daring experiments, re-defining the way that hundreds of thousands of Australians see the news.The Weekly: Halal Certification
Edgy, polished and inventive, Charlie Pickering is a political junkie and law graduate who chose to pay his HECS debt by squandering his degree. Charlie spent ten years travelling the world as an award-winning stand-up comedian before settling into the closest thing he had to a day job. As host of The Project for 5 years, Charlie was at the centre of one of Australian television's most daring experiments, re-defining the way that hundreds of thousands of Australians see the news.Dangerously funny. ... keep reading Cape Town Argus
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