Double Take (TV series)

Double Take (TV series)
Double Take
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Season One Title Card
Format Sketch comedy
Created by David McDonald
Rick Kalowski
Starring Paul McCarthy
Helen Dallimore
Guy Edmonds
Amanda Bishop
Robin Goldsworthy
Darren Weller
Hollie Andrew
Country of origin Australia
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Producer(s) FremantleMedia Australia
Location(s) HSV7 Melbourne
7Two (new & repeats)
7mate (reruns)
Running time 22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Seven Network
Picture format 16:9
Original run July 23, 2009 (2009-07-23) – September 24, 2009 (2009-09-24)
External links
Website

Double Take is an Australian sketch comedy series which premiered on the Seven Network on 23 July 2009. The first series of the show ended in 24 September 2009.

Contents

Cast

Format

Double Take involves the presentation of a variety of skits, parodying famous people and television shows. Instead of fewer, longer sketches, episodes are usually structured to include many skits with longer sketches broken up into segments often concluding after a second or third run.

Impersonations

McCarthy Dallimore Bishop Weller Goldsworthy Andrew Edmonds
*Kevin Rudd
*David Koch
*Bernie Fraser
Brad McEwan
*Bert Newton
*Woody Allen
*Prince Phillip
*John Howard
*Wayne Swan
*Dalai Lama
*Peter Costello
*Greg Dee
*Rove McManus
*Bob Hawke
*Natalie Bassingthwaite
*Melissa Doyle
*Ajay Rochester
*Britney Spears
*Kerri-Anne Kennerley
*Kim McCosker
*Uma Thurman
*Angelina Jolie
*Nicole Kidman
*Judi Dench
(unaired)
*Margaret Pomeranz
*Kerry Armstrong
*Julia Gillard
*Roslyn Packer
*Tracy Grimshaw
Sarah Jessica Parker
*Kate Miller-Heidke
*Amy Winehouse
*Bonnie Lythgoe
*Rachael Bermingham
*Queen Elizabeth II
*Gabriella Cilmi
*James Packer
*Peter Garrett
*Kid Rock
*Jason Coleman
*Daniel Craig
*Sam Newman
*Prince Charles
*Andrew O'Keefe
*Tony Jones
*Richie Benaud
*Chris Martin
*Julie Bishop
*Anthony Hopkins
*Dustin Hoffman
*Prince Harry
*Jules Lund
*Brad Pitt
*Ricky Ponting
*Paul McDermott
*Kerry O'Brien
Shannon Noll
*The Veronicas
*Beyonce
*Katie Holmes
*Osama Bin Laden
*John Travolta
*Caleb Followill
*Andrew Symonds
(unaired)
*David Stratton
*Richard McLelland
*James Dibble

Notable programs

Double Take features original skits, parodies of other television programmes and films

There are parodied of Community Television's Channel 31 or many TV shows on other networks (such as Channel 7, 9, 10, SBS and the ABC). as well as Various sport coverage or news bulletin. with also from Australian films to classic movies.

Reception

The debut episode of Double Take rated reasonably well, attracting an audience of 1.084 million people and winning the night among the coveted 25-54 year old viewers' demographic. Subsequent ratings varied wildly between as many as 1,000,000 and as few as 400,000 viewers, although the show remained very popular among younger viewers throughout its run.

Surprisingly, for a sketch comedy show (typically regarded by critics as a 'low art'), Double Take was well received by reviewers writing for Australia's major broadsheet newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian, while earning negative criticism only from the more tabloid Daily Telegraph.

Episode No. Airdate Ratings (in millions) Nightly Rank Weekly Rank
1 23 July 2009 1.084 11th 34th
2 30 July 2009 0.942 13th 53rd
3 6 August 2009 0.832 15th

References

External links


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