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Fast Forward is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n commercial television
Commercial broadcasting

Commercial broadcasting is the practice of broadcasting for profit. This is normally achieved by interrupting normal programming to air advertisements, also commonly called "commercials" in this context....
 sketch comedy
Sketch comedy

Sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comedic actors, either on stage or through an audio or/and visual medium such as broadcasting....
 show that ran for 90 episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. It starred several former members of the ABC series The D-Generation
The D-Generation

The D-Generation was a popular and influential Australian TV sketch comedy show, produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for two series, in 1986 and 1987 ....
 such as Magda Szubanski
Magda Szubanski

Magda Szubanski is an Australian actress, comedian and writer.Szubanski's career began while she was studying at university and she progressed to television sketch comedy, as both a writer and performer....
, Marg Downey
Marg Downey

Marg Downey is an Australian comedy....
, Michael Veitch
Michael Veitch

Michael Veitch is an Australian comedian and writer best known for his appearances on the sketch comedy television shows The D-Generation, Fast Forward and Full Frontal....
 as well as other Melbourne-based comedians such as The Eleventh Hour's Steve Vizard
Steve Vizard

Stephen William Vizard, born 6 March 1956 in Richmond, Victoria, is an Australian media personality, businessman and philanthropist....
 and Peter Moon
Peter Moon (comedian)

Peter Moon is an Australian comedian, best known for participating in the sketch comedy Fast Forward .His characters were often oafish sidekicks to more dominant characters played by Steve Vizard, including Barry the advertising executive and Abdul the Persian carpet salesman....
, and Jane Turner
Jane Turner

'Jane Turner' is an Australian actress, comedian and Logie Award winning comedy writer.Turner has appeared in many popular Australian TV programs, namely Prisoner in a straight dramatic role, with comedy roles in sketch comedy programs The D-Generation, Fast Forward , Full Frontal , Big Girl's Blouse and Something Stup...
 and Gina Riley
Gina Riley

Gina Riley is an Australian actor, writer, singer and comedian.Riley became a popular television performer in the sketch shows Fast Forward , its successor Full Frontal , Big Girl's Blouse and Something Stupid....
 who are now famous for Kath & Kim
Kath & Kim

Kath & Kim is a Logie Award-winning character-driven Australian television comedy series, created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley. The series revolves around the family matters and relationships of the title characters, a dysfunctional mother and daughter....
. It also marked the first time that Kath & Kim stars Turner, Riley and Szubanski worked together on screen.






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Fast Forward is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n commercial television
Commercial broadcasting

Commercial broadcasting is the practice of broadcasting for profit. This is normally achieved by interrupting normal programming to air advertisements, also commonly called "commercials" in this context....
 sketch comedy
Sketch comedy

Sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comedic actors, either on stage or through an audio or/and visual medium such as broadcasting....
 show that ran for 90 episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. It starred several former members of the ABC series The D-Generation
The D-Generation

The D-Generation was a popular and influential Australian TV sketch comedy show, produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for two series, in 1986 and 1987 ....
 such as Magda Szubanski
Magda Szubanski

Magda Szubanski is an Australian actress, comedian and writer.Szubanski's career began while she was studying at university and she progressed to television sketch comedy, as both a writer and performer....
, Marg Downey
Marg Downey

Marg Downey is an Australian comedy....
, Michael Veitch
Michael Veitch

Michael Veitch is an Australian comedian and writer best known for his appearances on the sketch comedy television shows The D-Generation, Fast Forward and Full Frontal....
 as well as other Melbourne-based comedians such as The Eleventh Hour's Steve Vizard
Steve Vizard

Stephen William Vizard, born 6 March 1956 in Richmond, Victoria, is an Australian media personality, businessman and philanthropist....
 and Peter Moon
Peter Moon (comedian)

Peter Moon is an Australian comedian, best known for participating in the sketch comedy Fast Forward .His characters were often oafish sidekicks to more dominant characters played by Steve Vizard, including Barry the advertising executive and Abdul the Persian carpet salesman....
, and Jane Turner
Jane Turner

'Jane Turner' is an Australian actress, comedian and Logie Award winning comedy writer.Turner has appeared in many popular Australian TV programs, namely Prisoner in a straight dramatic role, with comedy roles in sketch comedy programs The D-Generation, Fast Forward , Full Frontal , Big Girl's Blouse and Something Stup...
 and Gina Riley
Gina Riley

Gina Riley is an Australian actor, writer, singer and comedian.Riley became a popular television performer in the sketch shows Fast Forward , its successor Full Frontal , Big Girl's Blouse and Something Stupid....
 who are now famous for Kath & Kim
Kath & Kim

Kath & Kim is a Logie Award-winning character-driven Australian television comedy series, created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley. The series revolves around the family matters and relationships of the title characters, a dysfunctional mother and daughter....
. It also marked the first time that Kath & Kim stars Turner, Riley and Szubanski worked together on screen. All episodes were directed by Ted Emery.

Fast Forward was formatted to simulate continuous channel surfing
Channel surfing

Channel surfing is the practice of quickly scanning through different television channels or radio frequencies in order to find something interesting to watch or listen to....
, and after the punchline, each sketch would abruptly switch to a momentary segment of static
White noise

White noise is a random signal with a flat power spectral density. In other words, the signal contains equal power within a fixed bandwidth at any center frequency....
, followed by another sketch, simulating the effect of the viewer repeatedly switching channels. It featured many spoofs of television programs of the day, politicians and television advertisements.

The series' composite style, which blended direct TV parody with traditional sketch comedy followed several earlier Australian sketch comedy programs such as The Mavis Bramston Show
The Mavis Bramston Show

The Mavis Bramston Show was a popular satirical sketch comedy TV series broadcast on Australian television. It premiered in 1964 and was the first topical revue comedy series ever made in Australia....
, The Naked Vicar Show
The Naked Vicar Show

The Naked Vicar Show was a satirical Australian radio and later television series. The classic Australian sitcom Kingswood Country was spawned from sketches in the series....
, Australia You're Standing In It
Australia You're Standing In It

Australia You're Standing In It was an Australian sketch comedy series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, first screened in 1983 with a second series made in 1984....
, and The D-Generation
The D-Generation

The D-Generation was a popular and influential Australian TV sketch comedy show, produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for two series, in 1986 and 1987 ....
. Fast Forward was succeeded by the series Full Frontal
Full Frontal (TV series)

Full Frontal was an Australian sketch comedy series which debuted in 1993. The show first aired on the Seven Network on May 13, 1993, and finished on September 22, 1997....
, which starred some of the same cast and marked the TV debut of comedian and actor Eric Bana
Eric Bana

Eric Bana is an Australian film and television actor. He began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining critical recognition in the Biographical film Chopper ....
. Some of the cast of Fast Forward also participated in the short-lived period sitcom Bligh.

All four seasons are now available on DVD.

Cast

Regular cast members included:

  • Geoff Brooks
  • Jane Turner
    Jane Turner

    'Jane Turner' is an Australian actress, comedian and Logie Award winning comedy writer.Turner has appeared in many popular Australian TV programs, namely Prisoner in a straight dramatic role, with comedy roles in sketch comedy programs The D-Generation, Fast Forward , Full Frontal , Big Girl's Blouse and Something Stup...
  • Magda Szubanski
    Magda Szubanski

    Magda Szubanski is an Australian actress, comedian and writer.Szubanski's career began while she was studying at university and she progressed to television sketch comedy, as both a writer and performer....
  • Marg Downey
    Marg Downey

    Marg Downey is an Australian comedy....
  • Michael Veitch
    Michael Veitch

    Michael Veitch is an Australian comedian and writer best known for his appearances on the sketch comedy television shows The D-Generation, Fast Forward and Full Frontal....
  • Peter Moon
    Peter Moon (comedian)

    Peter Moon is an Australian comedian, best known for participating in the sketch comedy Fast Forward .His characters were often oafish sidekicks to more dominant characters played by Steve Vizard, including Barry the advertising executive and Abdul the Persian carpet salesman....
  • Steve Blackburn
  • Ernie Dingo
    Ernie Dingo

    Ernie Dingo Order of Australia is an Indigenous Australian Australian actor and television presenter originating from the Wajarri_language people of the Murchison_ region of Western Australia....
     (1989)
  • Steve Vizard
    Steve Vizard

    Stephen William Vizard, born 6 March 1956 in Richmond, Victoria, is an Australian media personality, businessman and philanthropist....
     (1989-91)
  • Bryan Dawe
    Bryan Dawe

    Bryan John Dawe is best known as an Australian comedian and political satirist, but is also known for his work as a musician, songwriter, painter, and photographer....
     (1990)
  • Alan Pentland (1990-92, recurring previously)
  • Gina Riley
    Gina Riley

    Gina Riley is an Australian actor, writer, singer and comedian.Riley became a popular television performer in the sketch shows Fast Forward , its successor Full Frontal , Big Girl's Blouse and Something Stupid....
     (1990-92)
  • Brendan Luno (1991, recurring previously)
  • Gerry Connolly (1991, recurring previously)
  • Glenn Robbins
    Glenn Robbins

    Glenn Robbins is an Australian comedy performer and a comedy writer.Robbins attended Strathmore Secondary College and graduated in 1974 . He studied drama and media at the Melbourne State College and first moved into performing in 1981....
     (1991-92)


Guest Stars

  • Alan Pentland (1989)
  • Brendan Luno (1989, 1990, 1992)
  • Gerry Connolly (1990, 1992)
  • Glenn Robbins (1991, Episodes 3.1-3.13)
  • Glenn Butcher (1991)


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