Working Dog Productions

Working Dog Productions Pty. Ltd.
Private company
Industry Production company
Founded 1993 (1993)
Founders
Headquarters Melbourne, Australia
Website www.workingdog.com.au

Working Dog Productions (originally Frontline Television Productions Pty. Ltd.) is a film and television production company based in Melbourne, Australia.[1] It was formed in 1993 by actors Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, and producer Michael Hirsh.[2] The company changed its name to Working Dog Productions Pty Ltd in 1996.

Three of Working Dog's founders: Tom Gleisner (left), Rob Sitch (middle), and Michael Hirsh (right).

Television

Title Genre Premiere Seasons Network Status Ref
Frontline Comedy, Satire 9 May 1994 3 seasons, 39 episodes ABC Ended [1][2]
Funky Squad Comedy 24 April 1995 1 season, 7 episodes ABC Ended [1]
A River Somewhere Documentary 1997 1 season, 13 episodes ABC Ended [2]
The Panel Talk Show 1998 Network Ten Ended [2]
All Aussie Adventures Mokumentary 5 August 2001 3 season, 14 episodes Network Ten Ended [2]
The Panel Christmas Special/The Panel Christmas Wrap Talk Show 2003 Network Ten Ended [2]
Thank God You're Here Improvised Comedy 5 April 2006 4 seasons, 41 episodes Network Ten (2006–2007)
Seven Network (2009)		 Ended [1][2]
The Hollowmen Comedy 9 July 2008 2 seasons, 12 episodes ABC Ended [2]
Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever Sport, Comedy June 2010 1 season, 26 episodes SBS Ended [2]
Santo, Sam and Ed’s Sports Fever! Sport, Comedy 30 January 2012 1 season, 10 episodes 7mate/Seven Network Ended
Pictures of You Talk Show 27 March 2012 1 season, 16 episodes Seven Network Ended [2]
Santo, Sam and Ed’s Total Football Sport, Comedy 14 May 2013 Fox Sports Ended
Have You Been Paying Attention? Game Show 3 November 2013 4 seasons, 89 episodes Network Ten Ongoing [2]
Utopia Comedy 13 August 2014 2 seasons, 16 episodes ABC Ongoing [1][2]
Pacific Heat Animated Sitcom 27 November 2016 The Comedy Channel Upcoming [3][4][5]

Film

Title Genre Year Ref
The Campaign Documentary 1996 [1][2]
The Castle Comedy, Drama 1997 [2]
The Dish Comedy 2000 [2]
Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge Comedy, TV Movie 2004 [6]
Any Questions for Ben? Comedy 2012 [2]

Other

In addition to television and film, Working Dog Productions have also ventured into books, stage shows, and podcasts.[7]

Books

Books which have been published by Working Dog include, but are not limited to, mock travel guides.[2] Books published by Working Dog include:

Stage

Working Dog produced the stage show The Speechmaker. The show was written by Working Dog's Sitch, Cilauro and Gleisner and had a sellout season at the Melbourne Theatre Company.[2]

Reference

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cassar, Jeremy (7 October 2016). "Working Dog: 30 years of biting at the cutting edge of comedy". Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Enker, Debi (7 August 2014). "Utopia proves there's nothing else like a Working Dog formula". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Knox, David (19 February 2014). "New comedy from Working Dog for Foxtel". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Knox, David (30 October 2014). "Foxtel 2015 highlights: iQ3, Deadline Gallipoli, Banished, Gogglebox.". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Knox, David (5 October 2016). "Airdate: Pacific Heat". Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Knox, David (4 November 2016). "How Glenn Robbins became Russell Coight". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Working Dog's Pacific Heat to air on Foxtel November 27". IF.com.au. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.


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