# Black Comedy (TV series)

Black Comedy is an Australian television sketch comedy program produced by Scarlett Pictures which first screened on ABC on 5 November 2014. Black Comedy combines a mix of observational and physical sketches, historical sketches and parodies of TV, film and commercials, looking at Australian culture through the eyes of Indigenous Australians.
A second series screened in 2016, a third in 2018, and a fourth in 2020.

## Cast
### Main / regular

* Jon Bell
* Wayne Blair
* Adam Briggs
* Aaron Fa'aoso
* Nayuka Gorrie, who also wrote for seasons three and four
* Maci-Grace Johnson
* Rarriwuy Hick
* Nakkiah Lui
* Steven Oliver
* Bjorn Stewart
* Dalara Williams
* Gabriel Willie
* David Woodhead
* Elizabeth Wymarra
* Ian Zaro

### Guests

* Craig Anderson
* Christine Anu as Herself (4 episodes)
* Jimi Bani (2 episodes)
* Katie Beckett
* Luke Carroll
* Jack Charles
* Brendan Cowell as various roles (4 episodes)
* Matt Day as various roles (13 episodes)
* Maggie Dence as guest (2 episodes)
* Lasarus Ratuere
* Michael Dorman (1 episode)
* Guy Edmonds as guest (3 episodes)
* Bruce Spence
* Costa Georgiadis
* Chris Haywood as Elenco Invitado (1 episode)
* Anita Hegh as guest (5 episodes)
* Lisa Hensley as guest (7 episodes)
* Sacha Horler as guest (2 episodes)
* Jay Laga'aia as guest (1 episode)
* Robbie Magasiva as guest (1 episode)
* Deborah Mailman as guest (9 episodes)
* Jeff McMullen
* Leah Purcell
* Rupert Reid
* Brooke Satchwell
* Shari Sebbens
* Bruce Spence
* Miranda Tapsell
* Michael Veitch as guest (1 episode)
* Felix Williamson
* Meyne Wyatt

## Episodes

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 November 2014 (2014-11-05) | 10 December 2014 (2014-12-10) |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) | 9 March 2016 (2016-03-09) |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) | 24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 February 2020 (2020-02-05) | 11 March 2020 (2020-03-11) |

### Series 1 (2014)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Aus. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Beck Cole and Craig Anderson | Jon Bell, Steven Oliver, Elizabeth Wymarra, Nakkiah Lui and Bjorn Stewart | 5 November 2014 (2014-11-05) | 0.35 |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Beck Cole and Craig Anderson | Jon Bell, Steven Oliver, Nakkiah Lui, Elizabeth Wymarra, Moses Nelliman & Michael Passi | 12 November 2014 (2014-11-12) | 0.35 |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Beck Cole and Craig Anderson | Steven Oliver, Jon Bell, Elizabeth Wymarra, Nakkiah Lui and Bjorn Stewart | 19 November 2014 (2014-11-19) | 0.27 |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Beck Cole and Craig Anderson | Nakkiah Lui, Steven Oliver, Bjorn Stewart, Jon Bell and Elizabeth Wymarra | 26 November 2014 (2014-11-26) | 0.31 |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Beck Cole and Craig Anderson | Steven Oliver, Jon Bell, Nakkiah Lui, Moses Nelliman, Elizabeth Wymarra and Bjorn Stewart | 3 December 2014 (2014-12-03) | N/A |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Beck Cole and Craig Anderson | Steven Oliver, Nakkiah Lui, Jon Bell, Bjorn Stewart and Elizabeth Wymarra | 10 December 2014 (2014-12-10) | N/A |

### Series 2 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Aus. viewers (millions) |
| 7 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Beck Cole and Erica Glynn | Adam Briggs, Steven Oliver, Nakkiah Lui, Karen Edwards, Andy Williams and Kiara Milera | 3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) | 0.58 |
| 8 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Beck Cole and Erica Glynn | Adam Briggs, Steven Oliver, Nakkiah Lui, Paul Ryan and Kiara Milera | 10 February 2016 (2016-02-10) | 0.36 |
| 9 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Beck Cole and Erica Glynn | Adam Briggs, Steven Oliver, Nakkiah Lui and Kiara Milera | 17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) | 0.34 |
| 10 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Beck Cole and Erica Glynn | Nakkiah Lui, Adam Briggs, Steven Oliver, Ian Zaro, Dylan River and Kiara Milera | 24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) | N/A |
| 11 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Beck Cole and Erica Glynn | Nakkiah Lui, Steven Oliver, Ian Zaro and Kiara Milera | 2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) | 0.28 |
| 12 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Beck Cole and Erica Glynn | Steven Oliver, Nakkiah Lui, Paul Ryan, Ian Zaro, Adam Briggs and Kiara Milera | 9 March 2016 (2016-03-09) | 0.33 |

### Series 3 (2018)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Aus. viewers (millions) |
| 13 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2018 (2018-01-01) | N/A |
| 14 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2018 (2018-01-01) | N/A |
| 15 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2018 (2018-01-01) | N/A |
| 16 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2018 (2018-01-01) | N/A |
| 17 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2018 (2018-01-01) | N/A |
| 18 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2018 (2018-01-01) | N/A |

### Series 4 (2020)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Aus. viewers (millions) |
| 19 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) | N/A |
| 20 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) | N/A |
| 21 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) | N/A |
| 22 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) | N/A |
| 23 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) | N/A |
| 24 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) | N/A |

## Promotion

Prior to the premiere of Black Comedy in November, ABC released a sketch, "Race Card Platinum" on the Friday Night Crack Up on 10 October 2014 as part of the ABC's "MentalAs" campaign to raise money and awareness for mental health issues. The sketch was introduced by series writer/actor Elizabeth Wymarra and series actor Aaron Fa'aoso and featured actor, Kyas Sherriff in a mock-advertising campaign for the fictitious "Race Card Platinum".