''Punter to Punter'' is a 1980s Australian radio show that ran on
3RRR
3RRR (pronounced "Three Triple R", or simply "Triple R") is an Australian community radio station, based in Melbourne.
3RRR first commenced broadcasting in 1976 from the studios of 3ST, the student radio station of the Royal Melbourne Institut ...
for five years and then on
3XY for three
and was reformed in 1990 on
FOX-FM as ''The Punters''. The main cast was Mitchell Faircloth as Slim Whittle, John Rothfield as Dr. Turf and
Tony Rickards as Con Marasco.
The show grew out of a 1980 racing tips segment on a morning sports show that featured Simon Thorpe and Rickards as Vince and Con Marasco. Faircloth joined them and they got their own show which began in 1981
by Thorpe, Rickards and Faircloth, with Rothfield joining as a special guest and soon moving up to being a regular.
Other cast members have included Jason van de Velde as
Trevor Marmalade
Trevor Marmalade (born Jason van de Velde, 26 April 1962) is an Australian comedian and radio and television presenter. Marmalade is of Dutch people, Dutch descent and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills, Victoria, Surrey Hills.
C ...
,
Tracy Harvey
Tracy Harvey is a comedian, TV presenter, actor and writer from Melbourne, Australia.
Biography
Harvey appeared in 'Movement' a web series, ''The Comedy Company'', ''The Gillies Report'', ''The Big Gig'', '' Hey Hey It's Saturday'' ''Smallest ...
as Tammy Whittle, Graeme Sefton as Young Graeme and David Shephard as Yonny Stone.
References
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Australian comedy radio programs