Charlie Pickering

Biography

Charlie Pickering is an Australian comedian and television presenter. He is best known as a former co-host on the current affairs program The Project. He regularly appeared on the game show Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation as the “Generation X” team captain. He currently hosts The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, a weekly news satire television show on ABC.

Edgy, polished and inventive, Charlie Pickering is one of the most exciting names in Australian comedy.

Charlie has spent time hosting The Mansion, a new fictional news TV Show on The Comedy Channel. Combined with developing a new Weekend Breakfast Show on Triple M, Toastwith Terri Psiakis and Justin Hamilton, Charlie sure has been busy.

Keeping his stand up skills firing, Charlie has also performed solo seasons at the Griffin Theatre in Sydney, the Adelaide Fringe and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Also, as if he wasn’t busy enough, Charlie has recently had a book commissioned and will be writing ‘Impractical Jokes’, based on his Comedy Festival show.

Charlie spent two years co-hosting Triple’s Drive Show and was a regular on ABC TV’s comedy show Stand Up! You may also have spotted him in 2004 most Friday mornings with Michael Chamberlin dissecting the news of the week on Nine’s Today program. Most recently he has been a regular host on The Comedy Channel and also performed stand up on Rove [Live].

TESTIMONIALS

“Australia’s Best (The Adelaide) Advertiser

“You won’t be disappointed.”

(The Independent UK)

Based in VIC – travels everywhere

TOPICS: MC, COMEDY