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The Roast
''The Roast'' was a flagship Australian satirical news show that screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television channel ABC2. The daily ten-minute show was hosted by Tom Glasson and featured Mark Humphries, Clarke Richards, Alex Lee, Jazz Twemlow and Nich Richardson. ''The Roast'' began life online as a one-minute, news headlines show in 2011. It expanded to a two-minute series in 2012 which also screened on ABC2. From 8 April 2013, it began screening on ABC2 in a regular timeslot at 7.30pm weeknights as a 10-minute program. It was then renewed for another season in 2014, again as a 10-minute daily show, with the addition of ABC News 24 presenter Alex Lee, replacing Rachel Corbett. On 4 November 2014, David Knox of ''TV Tonight'' reported that ''The Roast'' had been axed and would not return in 2015. On 29 December 2014, the Australian online wing of the British national daily newspaper, ''The Guardian'' presented an exclusive end of year wrap-up episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Humphries (television Personality)
Mark Ian Humphries (born 4 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Humphries was a left-handed batsman (cricket), batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Highley, Shropshire. Humphries made his debut for Staffordshire County Cricket Club, Staffordshire in the 1990 Minor Counties Championship against Northumberland County Cricket Club, Northumberland. Humphries played Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1990 to 2003, which included 115 Minor Counties Championship matches and 41 MCCA Knockout Trophy. Humphries made 114 consecutive appearances in the Minor Counties Championship, which is a Staffordshire record. He also played every MCCA Knockout Trophy fixture during that period. In 1990, he made his List A cricket, List A debut against Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Northaptonshire in the 1990 NatWest Trophy, NatWest Trophy. He played 17 further List A matches for Staffordshire, the last coming agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |