Colin Lane

A Bite to Eat with Alice

A Bite to Eat with Alice is a cooking show dedicated to creating delicious food. No matter your skill level, host Alice and her guest - who may not be able to cook toast - will inspire you to experiment in the kitchen.

Release Date: 2024-10-28

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Lano & Woodley in Lano and Woodley

Freshly inspired mayhem and a few classics from the vault make this an evening of belly laughs. In a stream of sight gags, comedy songs and logic bending verbal chaos, comedy legends Lano and Woodley turn bickering banter into an artform.

Release Date: 2021-10-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Himself

Australia: Now and Then

Some of Australia’s most quotable celebrities, comedians, musicians, actors, characters and ratbags – across all generations - take off the gloves and duke it out over which generation is the hottest, the toughest and, ultimately, the best of them all.

Release Date: 2021-08-10

Character: Himself - Baby Boomer

Episode Count: 1

Lano & Woodley: Fly

Australia’s favourite double act Colin Lane and Frank Woodley have reunited to create the comeback masterpiece FLY. No more stupid silly nonsense, it’s time to make THEATRE! An epic show about the history of aviation, no less. There is no reason whatsoever to think this will go as planned.

Release Date: 2020-05-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Australia's Funniest Stand-Up Specials

Ten stand-up specials from some of Australia’s best comedians, filmed at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre for a global release on Amazon Prime Video.

Release Date: 2020-04-10

Character: Lano

Episode Count: 10

Show Me the Movie!

Hosted by Rove McManus, this comedy panel game show features two teams captained by acclaimed actor Jane Harber and comedy star Joel Creasey who compete in a series of movie trivia rounds.

Release Date: 2018-03-22

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Tay Man

Three Aussie blokes share the same closeted obsession: Taylor Allison Swift

Release Date: 2016-02-14

Character: Dave

Vote Count: 1

Stop Laughing... this is serious

Documentary series charting a course through the story of Australian comedy, featuring interviews with the men and women who make us laugh.

Release Date: 2015-03-25

Character: Self - Narrator (voice)

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 2

Locks of Love

Eleven tales of love connected by padlocks on a gate - a journey exploring the heart behind the worldwide phenomenon that is Locks of Love.

Release Date: 2014-11-29

Character: James

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.

Release Date: 2014-06-16

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 11

The Apprentice

Wayne, an awkward loner, has just started working the graveyard shift as an apprentice mortician. When his merciless supervisor leaves him alone and in charge for the night, Wayne decides to make the most of it. Starring Anton Yelchin, this controversial short film was cut from the theatrical release of Movie 43 for pushing the boundaries too far.

Release Date: 2014-04-26

Character: Cop 2

Vote Count: 5

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon, only to find change is afoot, nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.

Release Date: 2013-02-01

Character: Graham Trevorrow

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 44

Sleuth 101

Welcome to Sleuth 101 – the whodunit game show with a comedic twist, hosted by the effervescent Cal Wilson. As elementary as Watson, Cal's job is to guide the guest detective, keep forensics on their feet and occasionally drop the odd cryptic clue. Each week Cal is joined by a special guest comedian, who is given a crash course in criminology.

Release Date: 2010-02-12

Character: Self - Guest Detective

Episode Count: 1

Lano & Woodley - Goodbye

Lano and Woodley's Good Bye tour marked the end of one of Australia's great comedy partnerships after twenty years. More than 120,000 people came to say good bye to Lano and Woodley in one of the 37 cities that they visited over the nine months that they spent on the road.

Release Date: 2006-11-12

Character: Colin Lane

Vote Count: 4

Thank God You're Here

Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced.

Release Date: 2006-04-05

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 6

Lano & Woodley - The Island

Lano & Woodley: The Island was filmed during the Brisbane theatrical season at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in August 2004. The basic premise of the show revolves around an ill-fated holiday trip to Hawaii, which results in Colin and Frank being marooned on an island.The show opens with an ambiguous scene of Colin Lane about to hang for the murder of Frank Woodley. From here the comical story unfolds. En route, their plane crashes into the ocean and Lano & Woodley are washed up and marooned on a deserted tropical island. Many hilarious situations follow as the couple fight and argue their way through their survival quest.

Release Date: 2005-10-13

Character: Colin Lane

Vote Count: 2

QI

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

Release Date: 2003-09-11

Character: Self

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 250

Kath & Kim

Kath & Kim is a character-driven Australian television situation comedy series. The series was created by, and is written by Jane Turner and Gina Riley who play the title characters: a suburban mother and daughter with a dysfunctional relationship. The series main characters consist of Kath Day-Knight, a cheerful 50-year-old woman, her self-indulgent daughter Kim Craig, Kath's boyfriend and second husband, the metrosexual Kel Knight, as well as Kim's estranged husband Brett Craig and her lonely, overweight "second best friend" Sharon Strzelecki. The series is set in the fictional suburb of Fountain Lakes in Melbourne. It is primarily filmed in Patterson Lakes. The series was conceived by Turner and Riley in the early 1990s as a weekly segment of the Australian comedy series Fast Forward. The skit was then developed into a full-series. The first series of Kath & Kim premiered on ABC TV on 16 May 2002, with three further series following, while a television movie, entitled Da Kath and Kim Code, was broadcast nationally on 25 November 2005. Kath & Kim has garnered much critical acclaim since its debut, winning two Logie Awards, for "Outstanding Comedy Programme" and the "Best Television Drama Series" award at the Australian Film Institute Awards. In Australia, it has become a pop culture phenomenon, and is a success with audiences nationwide. Internationally, the series has spawned a cult fanbase, and in 2006 it was announced an American version of the series would be produced, to air on NBC. Riley and Turner served as executive producers on the US version. The American version was also picked up by Seven, which debuted the program on 12 October 2008, just three days after its debut in the United States.

Release Date: 2002-05-16

Character: Greg The Spa Salesman

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 16

Rove

Rove, formerly Rove Live, was an Australian television variety show which premiered on the Nine Network on 22 September 1999, before moving to Network Ten which aired the program from 2000 until November, 2009. The show was hosted by comedian Rove McManus, and featured an ensemble cast, who presented various segments throughout the course of the show. The show won the Logie Award for "Most Popular Light Entertainment Program" five times.

Release Date: 1999-09-22

Character: Self

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 1

Small Tales & True

Small Tales & True is a darkly funny and critically acclaimed Mockumentary series which explores the minutiae of suburban life.

Release Date: 1998-09-01

Character: Gavin

Episode Count: 1

The Adventures of Lano and Woodley

The Adventures of Lano and Woodley is an Australian comedy television show starring the comedic duo of Lano and Woodley, consisting of two series which aired on ABC TV from 1997 to 1999. The first series was distributed on VHS and in 2004 The Complete Adventures of Lano and Woodley was released as a 2-disc DVD rather than each series being released separately.

Release Date: 1997-01-09

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 5

Good News Week

Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points. The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend, Ten's GNW Night Lite and Ten's skit-based Good News World.

Release Date: 1996-04-12

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 4

The Inner Sanctuary

What do you do when you have reached the top of your profession? For Andrew Gordon, the answer is don't look down. An urban tale of an accountant caught in a world where the bottom line is a matter of life and death.

Release Date: 1996-01-01

Character: David

Ready Steady Cook

Ready Steady Cook is a twice Logie Award-nominated Australian cookery competition show that airs on Network Ten. It is based on the original Ready Steady Cook series broadcast by the BBC. The format is owned by Endemol. The show debuted in 2005, where it was hosted by former chef Nick Stratford. It aired weekdays at 1pm. Former Nine Network personality Peter Everett took over the hosting job in January 2006 to coincide with Ten's new daytime lineup. From 2006, it has aired at 2pm. In March 2011, it was announced that Colin Lane will replace Everett from June.

Character: Self - Host