''Randling'' was an Australian comedic word-based television quiz show hosted by
Andrew Denton
Andrew Christopher Denton (born 4 May 1960) is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie-nominated television presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program ''Enough Rope'' and ...
. It aired on
ABC1
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at 8:30 on Wednesday nights, with the show repeated on Fridays on
ABC2
ABC TV Plus (formerly ABC2 and ABC Comedy) is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and part of its ABC Television network. The channel broadcasts a range of general entertainment progra ...
at 11pm.
The show was hosted by
Andrew Denton
Andrew Christopher Denton (born 4 May 1960) is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie-nominated television presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program ''Enough Rope'' and ...
who posed questions to two teams of two guest panellists. The panellists included
Merrick Watts
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Career
Stand up
Watts ...
,
Julia Zemiro
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,
Annabel Crabb
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,
Jennifer Byrne
Jennifer Victoria Byrne (born 5 March 1955) is an Australian journalist, television presenter and former book publisher. She hosted the monthly ABC television program '' The Book Club'', originally titled ''First Tuesday Book Club''.
Early li ...
,
Rob Carlton
Rob Carlton (born 4 May 1971) is a Logie Award winning Australian actor and writer. He is best known for writing and starring in the comedy series ''Chandon Pictures''. He also had starring roles in the comedy satire ''The Hollowmen'' and the chi ...
,
Angus Sampson
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Early life
Samp ...
,
Robyn Butler
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,
Genevieve Morris
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She has also had recurring role ...
,
Wendy Harmer
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,
Dave O'Neil
David O'Neil (born 8 May 1965) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, bass guitarist, writer, television and radio presenter with unusually large thumbs.
Early career
Dave was a Cub, Scout, Venturer and Rover. His late father Kevin was th ...
,
Toby Schmitz
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He was born in Perth, Western Australia, attended Perth's Scotch College and briefly studied law at the University of Western Australia. He graduated from the acting course ...
,
Benjamin Law,
Heath Franklin
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Career
He appeared on ''The Ronnie Johns Half Hour'' sketch comedy show, ABC TV's ''Spicks and Specks (TV series), Spicks and Specks'', Working Do ...
,
Felicity Ward
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,
Toby Truslove
Toby Truslove is an Australian film, theatre and television actor.
Career
In 2001, Truslove appeared on the television drama series '' Crash Palace'' as Bryan Rossiter. He has since made guest appearances on Australian TV series including '' All ...
,
Anthony Morgan,
David Marr,
Jonathan Biggins
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He was born in Newcast ...
,
Chris Taylor and Michael Williams.
The guests competed in teams such as the Fitzroy Fireballs, The Southern Furies, Manchester & Haberdashery United, Northern Thrusters, The Argopelters, West Coast Odd Sox, The Bette Davis Cup Squad, Roget's Ramjets, The Ducks of War and The Help RC. The teams battled it out over 27 weeks to win the Randling trophy.
The show concluded on 31 October 2012 with The Fitzroy Fireballs, consisting of
Dave O'Neil
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Early career
Dave was a Cub, Scout, Venturer and Rover. His late father Kevin was th ...
and
Anthony Morgan winning the Grand Final defeating The Ducks of War, consisting of
Heath Franklin
Heath Franklin (born 23 December 1980) is an Australian comedic performer, improviser and writer.
Career
He appeared on ''The Ronnie Johns Half Hour'' sketch comedy show, ABC TV's ''Spicks and Specks (TV series), Spicks and Specks'', Working Do ...
and
Felicity Ward
Felicity Ward (born 26 September 1980) is an Australian comedian, best known for her TV appearances on '' Spicks and Specks'', ''Thank God You're Here'', ''Good News Week'' and as a writer/performer in the Channel 10 Network television program ...
.
The show did not return in 2013.
References
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
Australian panel games
2010s Australian game shows
Australian comedy television series
2012 Australian television series debuts
2012 Australian television series endings
English-language television shows