Gus Worland is an Australian television and radio personality. He worked on Triple M breakfast radio from 2009 - 2019 and a series of reality television programs '' Man Up'' on the ABC, ''

An Aussie Goes Barmy ''An Aussie Goes Barmy'' is an Australian reality television series which aired on the pay TV channel FOX8 in 2006. The series featured Australian cricket fan Gus Worland infiltrating the Barmy Army, an organised group of supporters of the Eng ...

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An Aussie Goes Bolly ''An Aussie Goes Bolly'' is an Australian reality television series which aired on the pay TV channel FOX8 in 2008. The six-part series featured Australian cricket fan Gus Worland following the Australian cricket team during their 2007 tour of ...

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An Aussie Goes Calypso ''An Aussie Goes Calypso'' is an Australian reality television series which airs on the pay TV channel FOX8. The series features Australian cricket fan Gus Worland following the Australian cricket team during their 2008 tour of The West Indies ...

'' which aired on Fox8.

Early life

Worland grew up in Sydney, Australia. He attended

Knox Grammar School , motto_translation = The Manly Thing Is Being Done , established = , founder = John Gilmore, William McIlrath, Robert Gillespie and Andrew Reid , type = Independent school, Independe ...

, where he met lifelong friend

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. During his schooling, Worland played a number of sports and was heavily involved with the extra curricular activities at Knox Grammar School. After graduating from high school, he worked in sales with Toshiba. After marrying wife Vicky in England, they returned to Australia and later had three children and Gus' media career began. Gus graduated from Knox with honours.

Media career

Television

With Hugh Jackman, Worland co-created and starred in Fox8's ''An Aussie Goes'' series, following the Australian cricket team around the world. The first series in 2006 was ''

''. His mission was to follow the Barmy Army from England to Australia for all five cricket test matches. The next series was ''

'' in India. The third series brought Worland to the

West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greate ...

for ''

''. Worland had a program on

A&E Australia A&E is an Australian subscription television channel which launched on Thursday 16 February 2012. A&E is a male-skewed channel that focuses on 'real life' content, similar to that of its American counterpart. On 23 February 2012, Austar annou ...

called Gus Worland: Marathon Man. Together with Julia Morris he hosted The Singing Office which won an ASTRA Award for Best Entertainment Program that year.

Radio

Gus spent 10 years in breakfast radio on Triple M. Starting on The Grill Team in 2009. Gus was awarded ‘Best On Air Newcomer’ at the 2010 Australian Commercial Radio Awards. The Grill Team changed to Moon Man in the Morning in 2019. In 2020, Gus joined The Deadset Legends with

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and

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live each Saturday morning on Triple M. Gus is also a regular contributor on The Today Show often appearing alongside Government Services Minister

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Charity - Gotcha4Life

Gus founded Gotcha4Life in 2017, following the success of the ABC series ''Man Up''.

Awards

Worland has won two

ASTRA Awards The ASTRA Awards were the annual awards for the Australian subscription television industry. According to the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA), the awards "recognise the wealth of talent that drives the Australi ...

: one for Best Entertainment Show in 2007 for his role as Team Leader in Fox8's ''The Singing Office'' and the second in 2008 when he was awarded Best Sports Show on Pay TV for ''An Aussie Goes Bolly''. Worland was recognised as the Best Newcomer On-Air in the Metropolitan Division at the 2010

Australian Commercial Radio Awards The Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs), previously known as the rAWARDS, are an Australian award ceremony held to recognise outstanding achievements in the radio industry. They were first held in 1989, and recognise excellence in all area ...

. Gus has won the Best Documentary on Australian Radio twice, in 2015 and 2019.

References

External links

Gus Worland - Harry M Miller Group

Gotcha4Life
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Worland, Gus Living people Triple M presenters Australian television presenters Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at Knox Grammar School