Shaun Micallef's World Around Him

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Shaun Micallef's World Around Him
GenreSketch comedy
Written by Shaun Micallef
Gary McCaffrie
Directed byTed Emery
Starring Shaun Micallef
Bob Franklin
Kitty Flanagan
Kym Gyngell
Daina Reid
Francis Greenslade
Country of originAustralia
Production
Running time50 mins
Release
Original network Seven Network
Original release1996 (1996)
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Shaun Micallef's World Around Him was an Australian sketch comedy television special. Its title is a parody of the Australian documentary series The World Around Us . Airing on the Seven Network in 1996, the special provided a major stepping stone for comedian Shaun Micallef. The show helped to develop much of the style and content of Micallef's successful sketch-comedy series The Micallef Program which began airing on the ABC in 1998.

DVD

The show was released as a bonus extra on the 2011 DVD The Incompleat Shaun Micallef which featured highlights of Micallef's work on the comedy series Full Frontal 1995-1997.

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