FULL CREDITS

Writer / Director

Lorin Clarke

Producer      

Richard Keddie 

Editor

Aleck Morton

Original Music

David Hirschfelder & Samuel Hirschfelder

Special thanks

Jill Bilcock

Executive Producers

Cass Avery

 Lorin Clarke

 Kelly Rogers

 Helen McDonald

 Lucia Clarke

Script Editors

 Richard Keddie

 Aleck Morton

Research

 Lorin Clarke & Stewart Thorn

Graphics/Animation

 Aleck Morton

Music Score Coordinator  

Peter Hoyland

Music Recorded & Mixed by 

David & Samuel Hirschfelder

CAST

Andrew Denton

Andrew Knight

Anne Edmonds

Ben Elton

Bryan Dawe

Catherine Wilkin

Cathy Downes

David Wenham

Erin Vincent

Ernie Dingo

Greg Field

Helen McDonald

Helene Wong

Jana Wendt

John Barnett

John Ruane

Kate Torney

Lorin Clarke

Lucia Clarke

Oscar Kightley

Paul Horan

Phillip Adams

Rhys Darby

Richard Keddie – Fred Dagg double

Robyn Williams

Roger Hall

Ross Stevenson

Sam Neill

Shaun Micallef

Simon Morris

Scott Blanks

Ginette McDonald

Michael McDonald

Robert Goldblatt

Stephen Fry

Tim McBride

Tom Sainsbury

Wayne Hyett 

Wendy Harmer

Fred Dagg Appreciation Society

Trev: Bruce Wallis (and dog, also called Trev)

Trev: Don Luxton

Trev: Brian Ritchie

Trev: Dean Bailey 

Trev: Owen Gullery

Trev: Ian Stuart

Trev: Robert Glenn

Additional interviewees

Matthew Ricketson

Barry Jones AC

Kieran McAnulty MP

Stephanie Gibson, Curator, Te Papa Museum

Grant Smith, Mayor, Palmerston North

Glenis Day

Additional appearances

Alexei Sayle

Bob Hudson

Brian Nankervis

Bruce Permezel

Colin Lane

Deborra-lee Furness

Frank Woodley

Gina Riley

Graham Kennedy
Ian Fraser

Jenni Meaney

Jim Daly

John Farnham

John Howard

John Banas

Lisa Eilbacher

Mario Gaoa

Max Gillies

Nicholas Bell

Patrick Cook

Paul Hester

Phillip Scott

Shimpal Lelisi

Taika Waititi

Temuera Morrison

Teuila Blakely

Thelma Henson

Tim Schwerdt

Tracy Harvey

Tarun Mohanbhai

Frank Magree

Colin Lane and Frank Woodley

Gerry Connolly

Annie Maver

Miranda Porter

Iain Pirret

All cast and crew of The Games series one and two.

All cast and crew of The Gillies Report series one and two.

All cast and crew of Fred Dagg’s A Country Calendar.

Line Producer Australian shoot

Naomi Mulholland

Line Producer NZ shoot

Jill Soper

Production Accountant

Felicity Stoward

Production Manager

Stewart Thorn

Directors of Photography

Graeme Wood

Olly Harris

Franc Biffone

Dean Cornish

Marty Smith

Sergio Martiniello

Dale Cochrane

Jonathan Shaw

1st Assistant Cameras/2nd Camera operators

Murray Watt

Kioko Wang

Dani Sciascia

Tim Allsop

Bill White

Richard Keddie 

Drone operator/DOP, Fred Dagg recreation

Dale Cochrane

Data Wrangler

Richard Keddie

Sound Recordists

Ann Aucote

Paul Smith

Nic Widfeldt

Fraser Satherley

John Wilkinson

Alaura 'Hunter' Devereaux

Hair & Makeup

Brooke Pearson

Suzi White

Clarette Soh

Cath Maguire

Kiera and team at HDC Hairdressing, Fitzroy

Denia Henricus

 Producer’s Assistant 

Lisa Keddie

Runners 

Michael Hollis

Harrison Leech

Grady Swithenbank

Jackson Herman

Jeannie Psomoulis

Eve Chadwick 

Post Production Co-ordinator

Richard Keddie

 Editing Assistant

 James Phillips

Archival Rights Producer

Catherine Dwyer

Archive Researchers

Phoebe Craw

Katya Schiffrin-Sands

ABC Archive Researcher

Kate Jarvis

Music Rights Clearance

Level Two Music  - Jen Taunton

Legal Representatives

Marshalls & Dent

Bryce Menzies

Edward Rickards 

 Camera Equipment 

Supplied by VA Digital Hire

Matt O’Brien

Paul Seipel

Post-Production Facility

Soundfirm Australia

Roger Savage

DI Colourist   Edel Rafferty

Picture Post Producer    Gemila Williamson

Operations Manager    Ross Mitchell

Sound Post Producer    Oliver Schulz

Re-recording Mixer     David Williams

Dialogue Editor    Owen Grieve

Sound Editor    David Williams

New Zealand Production Partner

DARK DORIS

Developed with the assistance of VicScreen

ABC Commissioning Editor

Jo Chichester

Melbourne International Film Festival

Al Cossar

Eddie Coupe

Scott Joblin

Screen Australia

Jeni McMahon

Sally Chesher

VicScreen

Ariel Waymouth

Andrew Wiseman

Rialto Team

Kelly Rogers
Kevin Gordon 
Robert Slaviero 
Annette Smith 
Samantha Driver 
Steve Granger 
Chantelle Burgoyne 
Nicole van Heerden
Nick Curac
Kennedy Masse
Joss Elliot
Milligan Hudson
Nina Chechelashvili 
Kim Choe
Andrew Robertson 
Jo Cullen 
Belinda Broadbelt 
Stephanie Franzos 

Insurance  

David McEwan

Lisa Ciniglio - Galvanize Insurance

 Archives courtesy of

ABC Archives

Archives New Zealand

Caleb Wyatt via Puke Ariki, New Plymouth

Clarke Family Archives

Colin Lane & Frank Woodley

Cyril Beavis

David Roberts

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore still courtesy of David Steen / Camera Press

Getty Images

Greenstone TV Limited from material made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

HBO / Everett Collection

Lisa Tomasetti

Motion Array

Murray Reece

National Digital Archives of Poland

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

National Library of Australia

National Library of New Zealand

Neale Duckworth

Nelson Photo News Collection

Oscar Kightley

Phillip Adams

Phillips / Stringer via Getty Images

Qantas Airways Ltd

Rennie Ellis

Rob Joiner

State Library of Victoria

Stuff Limited / The Dominion & Evening Post Collection

The Brotherhood of St Laurence

The Footage Company / Nine Network Australia 

The Herald Newspaper

TVNZ via Getty Images

Victoria University of Wellington Image Services

Victoria University of Wellington, Tapuaka Heritage and Archive Collections

A Matter of Convenience, written and directed by Ben Lewin, produced by Noel Price courtesy of ABC.

Anne Edmonds footage courtesy of Token Management

Behind the Fridge written & performed by Peter Cook & Dudley Moore courtesy of Legends Management on behalf of Martine Avenue Productions Inc. and Peter Cook Productions.

And

The Footage Company/ Nine Network

World Domination League written & performed by Peter Cook courtesy of Legends Management on behalf of Peter Cook Productions.

Dagg Day Afternoon written and directed by John Clarke & Geoff Murphy, produced by John Barnett. Licensed by Aotearoa/New Zealand Film Heritage Trust – Te Puna Ataata and Endeavour Ventures Ltd.

Death in Brunswick written by John Ruane & Boyd Oxlade, directed by John Ruane courtesy of Bryce Menzies, Timothy White - Meridian Films

Get Krackin courtesy of ABC / Guesswork Productions.

Gillies Report, Produced by Ted Robinson © Australian Broadcasting Corporation, written by Colin Bowles, Don Watson, Geoff Kelso, Hugh Johnson, John Clarke, Max Gillies, Patrick Cook, Phillip Scott, Tim Broadhurst, Tracy Harvey, Wendy Harmer, Trevor Farrant.

Hessie’s Shed courtesy of the ABC & Beyond Productions.

John Clarke Oral History courtesy of Felicity Collins, Sue Turnbull & La Trobe University, supplied by the NFSA.

John Clarke: A Respective radio documentary produced by Bryan Dawe courtesy of ABC.

Kath and Kim S3, Ep 6, High And Dry, courtesy of ABC / Riley Turner Productions.

Lonely Hearts featurette courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment.

Man and Boy written and directed by John Clarke, produced by Julian Pringle courtesy of the ABC.

Meet The Mavericks courtesy of the ABC.

Never Say Die, Written & Directed by Geoff Murphy, produced by Geoff Murphy & Murray Newey. Licensed by Aotearoa/New Zealand Film Heritage Trust – Te Puna Ataata.

Palmerston North footage courtesy of the Duncan Hardie Collection, made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.

Percy the Policeman licensed by Aotearoa/New Zealand Film Heritage Trust – Te Puna Ataata and Patricia Robins from material made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.

Radiradirah courtesy of Firehorse Films.

Roy Höllsdotter Live courtesy of Trevor Blainey, supplied by the NFSA.

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie courtesy of Phillip Adams / Umbrella Entertainment. 

The Adventures of Lano And Woodley Ep 1 The Girlfriend courtesy of the ABC / Polygram.

The Brush Off courtesy of Huntaway Films & Murray Whelan Pty Ltd, supplied by the NFSA.

The Games Season One courtesy of ABC & Beyond Productions.

The Games Season Two courtesy of ABC & Finishing Touches Productions.

The Grass is Greener – John Clarke courtesy of Rymer Childs from material made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.

Two Kiwi Legends: John Clarke with Ian Fraser, NZFGC Conference 2012 courtesy of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council.

War Stories - Our Mothers Never Told Us (Featuring Neva Clarke-McKenna) courtesy of Gaylene Preston Productions.

Special thanks to the following Archives and Individuals

Every attempt has been made to contact copyright holders and contributors and our gratitude extends to all. 

Angus Johnstone, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Brent Webling

Cathy Totten and Alyssa Orvis, Getty Images

Chris Kondys, Qantas Airways Ltd

Elizabeth Mitchell, Firehorse Films

Gareth Brown and Scott Morrison

Gaylene Preston & Danny Bultitude

Hilary Ackroyd, Archives New Zealand

Jay Cassells and Steve Luby

Judy Rymer, Rymer Childs

Kevin Molloy & Phizz Telford, State Library of Victoria

Manuel Furci, Rennie Ellis Archive

Mark Hutchings, Steve Russell & Oscar G Halberg, Nga Toanga Sound and Vision

Natasha Martufenko, ABC Archives

Park Road Post Production

Puke Ariki Heritage Team

Rick McKenna.

Mandy Chapman and Mikael Borglund.

Robin Laing and the New Zealand Film Heritage Trust.

Sarah Caldwell and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Stephanie Hopkins, Erin Murphy & Kathryn Quirk, New Zealand Onscreen

Music

We Don’t Know How Lucky We Are courtesy of Roderick Willows Pty Ltd.

The Gumboot Song courtesy of Roderick Willows Pty Ltd and Sony Publishing.

The Gumboot Song

Performed by John Clarke

Based on the work

IN APPRECIATION

Written by George McEwan

© EMI Music Publishing Ltd

Licensed by EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Special thanks

Anna Clarke

Paul Horan

Jen Collins

Susie Jones

Thomas Caldwell

Shane Maloney 

Michael Heyward 

Kirsten Drysdale 

Ted Robinson

Mick Molloy 

Ben Knight

College Street Normal School

John Macaulay, University House, The University of Melbourne

Victoria University, Wellington

Te Papa Museum

Kevin Foster, Associate Professor, Monash University

Awapuni Resource Recovery Park (special mention: the John Cleese Memorial Tip)

The Hannah Playhouse

Classic Comedy Club

Lauren Whitney and The New Zealand Film Festival

Sylvia Lloyd and family

Glenis Day and family

Lauren Moffat and team, Sony USA

Annabelle Waldron

The Mierisch-Golder-Howlett Accommodation & Wellness Institute

Stewart Farrell

Claire Wearne

Ian Robertson

Nat Camilleri

Matthew Saville

Lauchlan and Colin McDonald

 Richard Cooke

The Comedy Hub, Palmerston North

Mary Kenneally and family

Any assertions in this work about the actions of people or institutions are based on personal storytelling and not designed to represent a broader picture. John Clarke was reconnected with leadership at his secondary school and was assured there is no line of thumbtacks on the back of any chalkboards in the current day. No bulldozer was deployed. Our thanks to those represented in this story for understanding that best efforts were made to do so fairly and with empathy.

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