BSR x The Chaser x Sammy J x ABC

It's been a busy summer for BSR, with ABCTV releasing three pilot episodes of our animated show Bin Chickens, Nikos directing slabs of The Chaser's consumer affairs comedy The Checkout and the new political satire sketch series Sammy J, and a trip to Shanghai to gather artwork for our new animated show Sweatland that is currently being shopped in the US. 

Bin Chickens - a show about 3 ibises fighting the authorities in Sydney's Darling Harbour - hit a note with viewers online, proving once again that people are warming to the much-maligned garbage-eating city birds. You know they're native, right? 

The Checkout, now in its 6th season, covered everything from fake craft beers to how to test if a battery is flat without putting it in the same appliance 20 times "just to make sure".

And Sammy J, stepping into the Thursday night slot slot recently vacated by legendary political humorists John Clarke and Brian Dawe, has been a baptism of fire for all concerned in production - filmed on Wednesday, edited Thursday and on-air Thursday night. 

Great experiences all.

TippyTappy Sports smashes the Ashes for Optus Sport

Satrical sports journalists TippyTappy Sports, aka Damien Timms and Backseat Rebel's Nikos Andronicos, have been given carte blanche by Optus Sport to get stuck into the upcoming Ashes cricket series from more angles than Mitchell Starc with the new ball.

TippyTappy content for the series (produced by Backseat Rebel) includes STRAIGHT TALK (a rolling series of muckraking interviews with the current Australian squad) and GREAT MOMENTS IN ASHES HISTORY (an archival/interview documentary series that takes the piss out of said great moments as hard as humanly possible).

All the TTS output will be viewable on Optus Sport's Ashes Cricket platform throughout the Australian summer.

Bin Chickens is FINISHED!

Our new adult animated show BIN CHICKENS is mixed, graded and delivered, now the waiting game begins for its release on ABC TV and iView as part of the Fresh Blood 2017 anthology.

Created by BSR's Nikos Andronicos and brother-in-arms collaborator Dave Carter, the show follows 3 ibises as they try to make a go of it in the jewel in Sydney's crown, Darling Harbour. 

We promise that once you've watched the 3 pilot episodes you will not only look at these maligned birds very differently, you may even want to become one yourself. 

BSR to produce ABC/Triple J sitcom collab "Jays of Our Lives"

We're producing a brand new scripted short-form series for ABC TV, set in the backrooms and corridors of Triple J. 

Created by and starring JJJ drive hosts Veronica Milsom & Lewis Hobba and directed by BSR's Nikos Andronicos, Jays of our Lives is a 5-parter about the daily carnival of chaos that goes on at the national youth broadcaster when the mics are off (and sometimes on). 

Plenty of guest talent including international pop superstar Halsey, Oz dance kings Peking Duk, garage rockers Dune Rats, rapper Illy, comedian Matt Okine and Walkley-award winning journalist David Marr. 

Stay tuned for release deets.

Growing Up Gracefully premieres tonight on ABC1!

Nikos recently jumped on board the Chaser-produced Growing Up Gracefully as co-director, and the comedic documentary TV series premieres nationally tonight on ABC1 and iView.

Written and presented by the brave and talented sister duo Hannah and Eliza Reilly, the show is a satirical investigation into the ridiculous advice women have been given over the past century on how they should "grow up...whatever the f-k that means".

Episode 1 sees Hannah teaching etiquette guru June Dally-Watkins how to scull a beer and Eliza being half-drowned in the Bondi breakers as she learns how to Insta-pose.

Very funny stuff. 

Vindalosers clears the boundary on Triple M

In association with sports satire collective TippyTappy Sports, Backseat Rebel has produced VINDALOSERS, a 30 minute documentary that explores why the Australian cricket team gets routinely trounced in India...and what they need to do to win. 

The doco, which premiers on SCA/Triple M's digital assets nationwide in February 2017, follows TippyTappy's Damien Timms and Nikos Andronicos as they journey around the subcontinent in search of Indian insights, intel and what could only be described as "immersion learning", playing cricket against every man, woman and child they can convince to roll the arm over. (Spoiler: it doesn't take much convincing). 

Watch it here!

Fish with Legs completed!

Our Screen Australia-commissioned animated short FIsh with Legs has finally been put to bed! 

Directed by Dave Carter, written by Nikos Andronicos and starring the voices of Barry Otto and Frank Woodley, the film was shepherded through its epic production phase by animating powerhouses Candy Burger and Rubber House Studio, given a transformative score by Matteo Zingales, and sonically landscaped by Luke Mynott at Sonar. 

We are absolutely stoked with the finished product and cannot wait to get it out there. 

Watch this space for screening updates! (Or if you just can't wait, bribe us for a private link)

Crazy Bastards shortlisted for two OVAs!

Our iView comedy series Crazy Bastards has just been nominated for two gongs as part of the Online Video Awards, Australia's premier comp for digital content creators. 

Crazy Bs is up for Best Comedy and Best Performance (for our star Justin Heazlewood, aka postmodernity's #1 comedian The Bedroom Philosopher). Great to see 1980s advertising humour recognised by the powers that be. 

Check out the official shortlist and all the episodes are viewable right here.