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Fast Forward
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Fast Forward (1989) — AI TV series analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Fast Forward (1989) — a TV series tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Fast Forward was Australia’s highest rating, longest running and most critically awarded commercial television sketch comedy show, broadcast for 90 one hour episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. The show was produced by Steve Vizard, who was also the Executive Producer, writer and performer, and starred … Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night, casual background watching, and weekend binge sessions. Expect steady storytelling across 4 seasons.
Community signal: TMDb members rate Fast Forward 75% (6 votes) — strong audience scores for this TV series.
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Synopsis
Fast Forward was Australia’s highest rating, longest running and most critically awarded commercial television sketch comedy show, broadcast for 90 one hour episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. The show was produced by Steve Vizard, who was also the Executive Producer, writer and performer, and starred Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski, Marg Downey, Michael Veitch, Peter Moon, Alan Pentland, Steve Blackburn, Geoff Brookes, Ernie Dingo, the Rubbery Figures satirical puppets, and numerous guests and supporting stars, such as Gerry Connolly and Brian Dawe. Fast Forward was succeeded by the related series Full Frontal, and subsequently Totally Full Frontal, which were broadcast from 1993 to 1999 and which starred many of the original Fast Forward cast as well as many iconic performers including Eric Bana, Stephen Curry, Glenn Robbins, Shaun Micallef, Kitty Flanagan and Julia Morris. Fast Forward was directed by Ted Emery. In its second and subsequent series, Andrew Knight joined Steve Vizard and Ted Emery as Executive Producers of the show. They went on to establish the leading Australian Production house, Artist Services, which produced 1400 hours of prime time television including SeaChange, Big Girls Blouse, Tonight Live with Steve Vizard, the Eric Bana show, the Shaun Micallef Pogram.
Quick facts
- Type
- Series
- Status
- Ended
- Release date
- 1989-04-12
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 90
- TMDB rating
- 7.5
- TMDB ID
- 10469
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Fast Forward was Australia’s highest rating, longest running and most critically awarded commercial television sketch comedy show, broadcast for 90 one hour episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 Novemb... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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