Australia’s favourite satirical newspaper The Betoota Advocate is coming to a TV — or laptop — near you!
The controversial news outlet is releasing a series called The Betoota Advocate Presents that tackles four pillars of Australian history; corruption, money, religion, and tribalism.
The Paramount+ TV show will delve into topics such as the Hillsong Story and the downfall of the church and its founder Brian Houston, the Super League war with media moguls Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer at the helm, Fine Cotton, the strangest racehorse controversy in our nation’s history, and the heat and violence of the Cronulla Riots.
“As Australia’s oldest and favourite newspaper, The Betoota Advocate has knocked back countless offers to make all manner of TV shows over the years,” the newspaper’s editor at large Errol Parker and editor Clancy Overell said in a statement.
“Finally, Paramount+ and Warner Bros. Australia have agreed to let us make the TV show WE wanted to make, and one that everyone else was too afraid to go near – as well as lining our pockets in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.”
Who will host The Betoota Advocate Presents?
The Betoota Advocate Presents will be hosted by the newspaper’s editors and founders Archer Hamilton and Charles Single who go by the pseudonyms Clancy Overell and Errol Parker.
What is The Betoota Advocate?
The Betoota Advocate is a satirical newspaper that makes light of controversial and current issues in Australia. It was established in 2014 by journalists Hamilton and Single who had both recently left jobs working at mainstream Australian news companies. Since its launch, The Betoota Advocate has become Australia’s most popular satirical news site and has a larger readership within Australia than the popular U.S. satire news site The Onion.
When does it come out?
You can stream The Betoota Advocate from June 14 on Paramount+.
Is there a trailer?
Yes there is, you can watch it below:
Stream The Betoota Advocate from June 14 on Paramount+.
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