Best Television Comedy Series
Subcategory of Australian Film Institute Awards
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2010

winner form y separately published work icon Review with Myles Barlow Trent O'Donnell , Phil Lloyd , ( dir. Trent O'Donnell ) 2008 Australia : ABC Television Starchild Productions , 2008-2010 Z1643510 2008 series - publisher film/TV humour

Satirical black comedy in which Myles Barlow pushes the limits of criticism as a form by reviewing such things as 'armed robbery', 'starting a cult', and 'meeting your ex-wife's new partner'.

For a full list of episodes, see Film Details.

For series two.

Year: 2009

winner form y separately published work icon Review with Myles Barlow Trent O'Donnell , Phil Lloyd , ( dir. Trent O'Donnell ) 2008 Australia : ABC Television Starchild Productions , 2008-2010 Z1643510 2008 series - publisher film/TV humour

Satirical black comedy in which Myles Barlow pushes the limits of criticism as a form by reviewing such things as 'armed robbery', 'starting a cult', and 'meeting your ex-wife's new partner'.

For a full list of episodes, see Film Details.

Year: 2008

winner form y separately published work icon Summer Heights High Chris Lilley , Sydney : ABC Books , 2007 Z1424063 2007 single work film/TV humour (taught in 1 units)

'Summer Heights High explores what happens over one school term in an average Australian high school.'

Source: ABC website, http://www.abc.net.au/tv/summerheightshigh/
Sighted: 03/09/2007

Year: 2007

winner form y separately published work icon Wilfred Adam Zwar , Jason Gann , ( dir. Tony Rogers ) 2007 Australia : Renegade Films SBS Television , 2007- Z1744747 2007 series - publisher film/TV humour fantasy

When Adam meets Sarah at a Powderfinger concert, he doesn't realise that he will have to contend with the jealousies of her 'special little man': Wilfred, her foul-mouthed, bad-tempered, hard-partying dog.

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