Huw Parkinson

All Episodes 2013 - 2018

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  • 2013-09-13T04:00:00Z
  • 3m
  • 2h (40 episodes)
  • United States
  • Comedy
Mixing together politics, films, 4 ounces of newt, a dash of spider maths, a Thermomix and 3 bags of kitten fear. With his snappy video mash-ups – inserting Aussie political figures into popular films and TV shows – Huw Parkinson presents a funny and distinctive way to digest the hot political topics of the week.

40 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

1x01 Joe Hockey - True Deceptive

Series Premiere

1x01 Joe Hockey - True Deceptive

  • 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z3m

The fact of the matter is that he can only get the facts out there and explain the facts, how people interpret them is up to them.

Following the adventures of the Bluth family as they work through complications with their overseas business deals.

2013-09-13T04:00:00Z

1x03 The Darjeeling Abbotted

1x03 The Darjeeling Abbotted

  • 2013-09-13T04:00:00Z3m

While recently in India forming agreements that were agreements to agree (as it were) Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott reflected on his previous time in the country over thirty years ago.

1x04 Ghostbusters with Jacqui Lambie

  • 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z3m

Bustin' terror by restoring fear.

1x05 The Untouchables with Tony Abbott

  • 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z3m

Shirtfront first... Ask questions later. That's the Abbott way!

2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

1x06 Seinfeld in Parliament

1x06 Seinfeld in Parliament

  • 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z3m

A parliament about nothing.

1x07 Goodbye Margaret and David

  • 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z3m

There's no better way to say farewell than through the tender touch of Michael Bay.

Reshuffling the Cabinet to help get an outcome and avoid absolute distractions and getting an outcome by getting on with the business of governing to get an outcome.

As usual, Simon Callow sums it up best.

1x10 The Great Spill of February 9, 2015

  • 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z3m

It was EPIC.

Having trouble with rowdy rebels and a stubborn senate? Time to call in The Fixer.

1x12 David Cameron does the Spidey Strut

  • 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z3m

Having just claimed a majority government and after recently seeing Spider-Man 3, David Cameron decides he has only one thing left to do... Strut!

The continuing adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow as he encounters his fiercest adversary yet, Commodore Barnaby Joyce.

2015-05-30T04:00:00Z

1x14 Forgetting Ed Miliband

1x14 Forgetting Ed Miliband

  • 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z3m

After a crushing defeat in the polls, Ed is left to pick up the pieces alone and broken hearted as Russ comes to terms with his brief dalliance with democracy.

1x15 The Breakfast Clubbing Season

  • 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z3m

Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd spend some time in detention to ponder the error of their ways and dance to rad 80's music.

Michael Bluth returns to the model home as another family member is once again embroiled in a scandal.

2015-09-01T04:00:00Z

1x17 Yes We Kanye

1x17 Yes We Kanye

  • 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z3m

Yeezus! Kanye West takes the stage at the Republican Presidential Debate.

1x18 Indiana Abbott and the Last Crusade

  • 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z3m

Let's take one last inflatable raft ride out of a plane as we bid farewell and look back at some of the adventures of Australia's 28th Prime Minister, Anthony John Abbott.

Christopher "The Fixer" Pyne visits an old friend to chat about his recent promotion to Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science.

1x20 Bill Shorten’s Zoolander

  • 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z3m

Opposition Leader Bill "Shorten" Zoolander's polling fortunes hit a road block with the emergence a new rival in the fashion world, Prime Minister Malcolm Hansel.

2015-12-05T05:00:00Z

1x21 ScoMo V Beaker

1x21 ScoMo V Beaker

  • 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z3m

This has been an incredible year in politics. There has apparently never been a more exciting time to be an Australian... but what happens if you're a muppet?

1x22 iSteve Jobs of Silicon Valley

  • 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z3m

After four bio films, with three since 2013, Steve Jobs' Hollywood personifications gather and get on more or less as you'd expect.

2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

1x23 Winter is Trumping

1x23 Winter is Trumping

  • 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z3m

Armed with a Valyrian steel sword named Deal-Maker, Donald Trump embarks on a quest through Westeros to take care its border policies.

It's nine o'clock on a sitting day, the regular crowd shuffles in. It's been a long week in Parliament, we all need a tonic and gin.

2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

1x25 Malcolm in the Club

1x25 Malcolm in the Club

  • 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z3m

"There has never been a more exciting time to be an AFL"

2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

1x26 It’s Happening

1x26 It’s Happening

  • 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z3m

And lo, it was foretold that an election campaign longer than any other would bring upon the end times.

2016-05-07T04:00:00Z

1x27 Carp - with Barnaby Joyce

1x27 Carp - with Barnaby Joyce

  • 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z3m

The Deputy Prime Minister sets sail with Brody and Hooper to take on the scourge of the waterways... Carp.

1x28 The Battle for Middle-Ground

  • 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z3m

The hustings go ever on and on... With the epic adventure of AusVotes 2016 finally over for hobbits Turnbull and Shorten, the people of Middle-Ground voted in a single voice, 'We saw them... and we pitied them'

2016-08-14T04:00:00Z

1x29 Indecensus Day

1x29 Indecensus Day

  • 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z3m

"Attack"... That word should have new meaning for all of us today.

Mr Kimble is sent to Canberra to manage some early discipline problems in the Federal Parliament...But is he up to the task?

1x31 Presidential Avengers - Uncivil War

  • 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z3m

Captain Clinton and Iron Trump fight it out to decide who will prevail in Earth's darkest hour.

1x32 Rod Culleton in What's Up, Rod?

  • 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z3m

After an eventful week in Parliament, Rod Culleton is summoned by the judge from the 1972 film "What's Up, Doc?", to help bring some clarity to the whole situation.

Australian politicians scatter across the globe during the holiday season, seeking out watering holes to vent frustrations and let their hair down after a tumultuous 2016.

2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

1x34 Life Accordion to Trump

1x34 Life Accordion to Trump

  • 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z3m

Sit back to the soothing tunes.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is sent deep into the jungle of the United States of America to try and smooth things over with newly elected President Donald Trump and quickly discovers how things get… ‘confused out there’.

2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

1x36 The Hateful Eighteen-C

1x36 The Hateful Eighteen-C

  • 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z3m

The Australian Government stops by Minnie's Haberdashery from Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight to attempt to sell their proposed changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act to the denizens within.

1x37 Life Accordion To Trump #2

  • 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z3m

Return to the soothing tunes.

Continuing the story of Christopher "The Fixer" Pyne and Darth Vader as they contemplate the Australian Conservatives and Family First merger by Cory "The Rogue One" Bernardi and what possible impacts it may have on the electorate.

1x39 Life Accordion to Trump #3

  • 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z3m

Merry Covfefe and a Soothing New Year

1x40 Solo - A Thirst Crushing Story

  • 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z3m

Crushingly so

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