Blokesworld
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Blokesworld | |
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Genre | Lifestyle |
Created by | Adrian Knox |
Written by | Adrian Knox |
Creative director | Adrian Knox |
Presented by | Ado |
Starring | Ado, Kambo and Camera 3 |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 380 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Adrian Knox |
Producer | Adrian Knox |
Cinematography | Camera 3 |
Editors | Ado and Camera 3 |
Camera setup | Ado, Kambo and Camera 3 |
Production company | Fort Knox Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Aurora |
Release | February 2003 present | –
Blokesworld is an Australian
Show
The creators and main presenters of Blokesworld are "Ado" and "Ben Wah", however in recent seasons Ben Wah appears in fewer segments. The format of the show is based around regular segments that focus on subjects like motor sports, motorsport & music events, exotic dancing, sports shooting, and unique aspects of Australian culture and society. In most episodes a connecting theme is interspersed among these segments.
History
Blokesworld began as a slow-paced, low-budget Saturday night program on the national community network
Many unsuccessful attempts to sell Blokesworld to the commercial networks followed. Eventually, Steve Dundon of the Melbourne-based production company Cornerbox expressed interest in the show and convinced
Ten launched the second series of Blokesworld on 1 September 2004. By then the show had better editing and sponsorship from more lucrative companies like Ford Motor Company (which ties in with the show's portrayal of Ford's V8 engined utes). It consistently won its timeslot.
Blokesworld's final season for Channel Ten concluded in November 2005. The latest season, subtitled Spin The Globe, was filmed in Europe and Japan during 2006, and began appearing in November that year on the community cable channel Aurora (via Foxtel/Austar). An anthology of each of the show's first three seasons has been released on DVD.
Blokesworld entered the Australian lexicon when in response to Senate candidate Wayne Dropulich of the Australian Sports Party posting on Facebook a picture of a topless woman as part of his campaign online criticism included "Parliament House is not Blokes World".[4]
Controversy
On 16 September 2005, a live-show spinoff of Blokesworld, "Blokesworld Live", was banned by
References
- ^ One TV guide
- ^ One TV guide
- ^ "Face TV".
- ^ "Clive Palmer ad blitz attacks Libs, Labor in WA Senate campaign". The Daily Telegraph. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.