Footy fans are set to be treated to a two-part special which looks back at 30 Years of the Footy Show this week on Channel 9.
On Tuesday, August 20, at 8.40pm celebrate the 30th anniversary of the long-running and much loved program which started back in 1994, with 30 Years of the Footy Show, part one. This will be followed by part two on Tuesday, August 27, at 8.45pm. The two-part special will also air in NSW and QLD at 11.10pm.
This must-watch special will look back at the most famous moments from the Footy Show, with never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes vision and interviews with the program’s original host, Eddie McGuire, and a massive lineup of Footy Show faces. They include Garry Lyon, Sam Newman, Shane Crawford, Brendan Fevola, James Hird, Billy Brownless,Craig Hutchison, Jason Dunstall, Dermott Brereton, Jonathan Brown, Nathan Brown, Matthew Lloyd, Doug Hawkins, Campbell Brown, David Schwarz, Justin Madden, Damian Barrett, Craig Kelly and Roland Rocchiccioli.
For the first time, we hear from the key crew members and production team that made the show so successful for such a long time, including Gary Newnham, Director of every episode of the Footy Show, Original Executive Producer Harvey Silver, Head of Wardrobe Katrina Henley and Cartoonist Andrew Fyfe.
After 23 years, Sam Newman and David Schwarz face off over the infamous “pie in the face” incident, and we look back at the period in which one of Nine’s competitors poached talent from the Footy Show stable.
Savour memorable highlights of the program including fan favourite segments likeStreet Talk, Sam’s Mail Bag and Billy’s Wheel, as well as The House of Bulger, which saw Shane Crawford play Hank Bulger, Billy Brownless play Hank’s mother, Joybell Bulger, and Garry Lyon play the villain Hueston Crabbe. The skit also featured Dermott Brereton and Roland Rocchiccioli.
And we revisit the unforgettable moments when Shane Crawford walked from Adelaide to Melbourne in 2010 and cycled from Melbourne to Perth in 2013 to raise funds for Breast Cancer Network Australia, leaving the nation moved by his courage.
Don’t miss this must-see special as the gang get back together to relive some of Australian television’s greatest Footy Show moments on Channel 9 and 9Now.
I wonder do people actually care about the footy show these days? Most of the other presenters (like Brayshaw, Hughesy, Maddern, Molan) are no longer at Nine. Brayshaw left in 2016, Maddern, Molan left Nine in late 2021. I feel that this show needs to be put in the past.
I fucking love the footy show it was such a good time every Thursday night it’s so sad that it’s not on air anymore because people are to sensitive these days gone but never forgotten
Thank you for the memories. Such a fun show.
Why do they keep repeating it, it’s the 19/9 now I keep seeing the same show?