Basically Black

Basically Black is a 1973 Australian television comedy program, notable as the first television program written and created by Indigenous Australians.

Basically Black
Genre	Sketch comedy
Directed by	Nicholas R. Parsons
Starring	Bob Maza Gary Foley Aileen Corpus Zac Martin Bindi Williams
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Alan Morris
Producer	Bill Munro
Running time	28 minutes
Distributor	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	7 July 1973

A single half-hour of sketch comedy, the program was based on a satirical political revue of the same name by the National Black Theatre. It premiered on 7 July 1973 as part of a series of ABC comedy pilots, 'The Comedy Game'.[1] Some elements of the original script had been censored by ABC.[2]

References

1. "Lively Russian dancers in TCN9 special". The Australian Women's Weekly. 40 (50). 16 May 1973. p. 10. Retrieved 17 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Five trail-blazing indigenous TV shows that paved the way for Cleverman | Daily Review: Film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more". Daily Review: Film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

External links

• Basically Black on YouTube