The Chaser’s alternative wedding coverage pulled by the ABC
The ABC has been forced to cancel Friday night’s alternative coverage of the Royal Wedding by The Chaser on ABC2 after a ruling from the office of the Royal Family.
According to the announcement from the ABC, conditions of its use of live footage of the wedding were tightened up over the Easter break, including a ban on the use of the material for the purposes of satire or comedy.
The ABC’s original plan was to feature The Chaser’s commentary on ABC2 while rebroadcasting the BBC’s coverage on ABC1
Weak
Ripped off – this was going to be the only thing worth watching on Friday!
soooooo, do it Roy & HG State of Origin style with a radio broadcast alternative commentary, yes??? The ABC has such resources available.
That’s IT!
Bring on the republic. . .
If the ABC were smart they would drop the Wedding and keep the chaser taking the piss of it!
We are nt amused. Off with their heads!
Glen’s right – and if there are no radio stations free then an alternate internet audio only feed could do the trick… who knows – the Chaser boys could go global!
Can they do a live stream feed to the internet instead? This is so very depressing, dare I say, unAustralian? VOTE REPUBLIC!
Oh no! I was looking forward to watching this 🙁
The only commentary I was looking forward to,
ps loved Julian filling in on the morning show on radio national
No more royal wedding for me.
Now what to do on Friday?
Appaling. Just another reason to get rid of those anti-fun facists.
CENSORSHIP, pure and simple. And who said that Australia is a democracy?
Julia Gillard needs to intervene. Whether you like the Chaser or not, freedom of the press is vitally important to democracy. The British royals have no right to interfere with our freedoms. What are they going to try next? Ban all media from reporting any negative story about the Royals – No Fergie stories? No Prince Phillip stories? No Harry stories?
I for one welcome our new royal… Oh, right, never mind….
The Chaser was my only reason to live through the wedding.
I think channel 10 is fairly safe. Claiming fitzy and watzit as comedy is a bit of a stretch.
I say good. These guys lost me the day they ripped on sick and dying kids. Personally I’d be happy if they’d all just go away, forever. They stopped being funny many, many years ago. As for what do do on Friday? Just do what you always do and hit the boozer, surely.
Chaser? So yesterday. You’re seriously lacking fun in you’re life if you were looking forward to this. It won’t be missed by anyone living in 2011 that’s for sure.
This has got digital radio or JJJ written all over it. They should just do it like @glen mentioned… Roy and HG style….
The Chaser men’s – why does everyone insist on calling them boys? – time has come and gone. They are much too pleased with themselves for their own good. Cheap shots at easy targets is all they have ever been about – and that’s boring. What were they going to do this time? More Prince Phil and corgi jokes? Snore … Dame Edna is supposedly doing some wedding commentary along the way but she at least has a style that goes way over the heads of these never-beens. And Lou … Julian Morrow had no idea on Radio National breakfast. That’s strange as he should have fitted right in – it’s a fun free zone, just like mundane Morrow’s so called comedy.
get over yourself, ZumaBeach. Read the comments here… there are many people who still enjoy the Chaser- Yes We Canberra was hilarious, and this was going to be the only enkoyable part about the entire vomitfest that is this royal wedding.
The 7mate advertising “There shall be ABSOLUTELY NO WEDDING FOOTAGE” is gold… only family guy and simpsons- the last bastion of not having to bludgeon myself to death this friday night…
Bet David Flint rang the palace……..
Chaser Boys being dumped from broadcasting the royal wedding?
It’ll never happen…. or will it?
The football is on 7.
Such a damn shame, like many people (excluding some on here obviously) I was really looking forward to this.
Not sure we can stretch the argument to being about democracy etc though. They have been denied the rights to do this by the rights holders just like any rights holders could choose to do, (Channel 7 for AFL footy, Nine for the Rugby league, Channel Ten for…well after this year they wont have the rights for anything).
But agree with other comments that this could be gotten around by simulcast on Radio or Internet. Now if THAT was banned, then THAT would be a denial of democracy, and that is not the case.
Maybe if The Chaser had a demonstrated history of showing some kindness towards their subjects they would not find themselves in this position.
It’s a wedding after all and who on earth would want a group of self-righteous pranksters who make jokes about dying children and try to ridicule hard working people trying to do their job (like the APEC Security team) having anything to do with their wedding day.
Whether it was intentional or not, the tone of The Chasers proposed program was always threatening and therefore fairly perceived as potentially damaging. I think they are getting what they deserve.
They have hurt and upset a lot of people in the past and probably need this as a check up to remind them that the best and funniest jokes are never at the expense of someone else (especially when they are busy trying to celebrate what is meant to be one of the the happiest days of their life).
Maybe The Chasers will start to show a little bit of heart in future.
There’s a Royal Wedding happening?
When?
What else is on tv at that time? Any live sporting events? (Anywhere in the world?) Perhaps re name the show to:
‘Various live sports and current affairs from around the world’
Do spontaneous commentary on various live sporting events with breaking news as it happens and also have audio updates from the wedding…? Perhaps with puppets..?
Also get the public to call in if they have pets named Will or Kate and get a tally up on the screen…
Perhaps the Chaser crew could ‘bomb’ some royal wedding parties live. Wind up some royalists and create some fun.
There is loads that they can do in this TV slot!!!!
I would watch it(.)
It would be fun to write for their show…
The best comment is No. 2.
I agree 100%.
In fact, if Studio 360 will provide the microphones, and we can get the Chaser boys in to do it, I’ll fund the webstream….
We will watch the BBC feed on silent, and you hijack a radio station. Don’t lie down and let them rob us of our rights. This is an important democratic issue.
Surely we can *all* write to our head of state begging a reprieve?
Bring on the Republic.
Well whatever you think of them, Juliam Morrow’s comment
“For a monarchy to be issuing decrees about how the media should cover them seems quite out of keeping with modern democratic times …. but I suppose that’s exactly what the monarchy is.”
was pretty clever.
My personal opp: These 2 idiots have no place at in Royal affairs. END.
Your just bitter you lost the little urn aren’t you?!
bring on the republic!
Who’s getting married again?
The Brits aren’t allowed to do a Chaser type programme either.
So you cant really make a special case for Australia. Eheu!
Personally I’m glad they didn’t do it. I cannot imagine that it would be in anyway amusing or risque. Let’s be honest, they’re not exactly Chris Morris are they…
I would rather watch the ridiculous wedding than their very poor imitation of the master…but without the humour, subversion or the ferocity.
I will be upfront; I am a Pom.
Is it just me or do Aussies not understand Satire..?
(Yes I know! – The Pom’s pulled it, however so many chaser haters – I bet they are the 7, 9 and 10 lovers, who listen to talk back radio. In the US they would be known as, erm, republicans…
I’ll be honest…I’m a POM too!
Barmy Army! ….wahey!