Genre Sketch comedy | Country of origin Australia | |
Also known as Don't Be Afraid of the Darkies Directed by Beck Cole
Craig Anderson
Erica Glynn Starring Jon Bell
Aaron Fa'aoso
Nakkiah Lui
Steven Oliver
Bjorn Stewart
Elizabeth Wymarra
Adam Briggs
Ian Zaro Composer(s) Andrew Lancaster
David McCormack
Antony Partos
Alejandro Gomez Sanchez
Matteo Zingales | ||
Black Comedy is an Australian television sketch comedy series produced by Scarlett Pictures which first screened on ABC on 5 November 2014. Black Comedy combines a mix of observational and physical sketches, historical sketches and parodies of TV, film and commercials and is a fast paced look at Australian culture through the comedic prism of Indigenous Australians.
Contents
A second series screened in 2016.
Cast
Guest stars
Promotion
Prior to the premiere of Black Comedy in November, ABC released a sketch, "Race Card Platinum" on the Friday Night Crack Up on 10 October 2014 as part of the ABC's "MentalAs" campaign to raise money and awareness for mental health issues. The sketch was introduced by series writer/actor Elizabeth Wymarra and series actor Aaron Fa'aoso and featured actor, Kyas Sherriff in a mock-advertising campaign for the fictitious "Race Card Platinum".