''Shaun Micallef's World Around Him'' was an Australian

sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in ...

television special. Its title is a parody of the Australian documentary series '' The World Around Us''. Airing on the

Seven Network Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, ...

in 1996, the special provided a major stepping stone for comedian

Shaun Micallef Shaun Patrick Micallef (; born 18 July 1962) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, television presenter, and formerly a lawyer. He was the host of the satirical news comedy series '' Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell'' on the ABC. He also hoste ...

. The show helped to develop much of the style and content of Micallef's successful sketch-comedy series ''

The Micallef Program ''The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)'' is an Australian sketch comedy television series hosted by Shaun Micallef, and written by Micallef and Gary McCaffrie, that ran from 1998 to 2001 on ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV. It was known as ''The ...

'' which began airing on the ABC in 1998.

DVD

The show was released as a bonus extra on the 2011 DVD ''The Incompleat Shaun Micallef'' which featured highlights of Micallef's work on the comedy series ''Full Frontal'' 1995-1997.

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0215182, Shaun Micallef's World Around Him Australian television sketch shows 1996 Australian television series debuts 1996 Australian television series endings