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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bryan_Dawe > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bryan_Dawe.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Dawe > Source revision: 1278746457 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Australian comedian}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{more footnotes|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Bryan Dawe | image = | caption = | birth_name = Bryan John Dawe | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|3|21}} | birth_place = [Port Adelaide](/source/Port_Adelaide), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), Australia | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Satirist|writer|actor|comedian}} | spouse = | years_active = 1969–present }} '''Bryan John Dawe''' (born 21 March 1948) is an Australian writer, comedian, actor, political satirist, songwriter, photographer and social activist. He is known predominantly for his long-running collaboration with fellow satirist, [John Clarke](/source/John_Clarke_(satirist)), which lasted from 1989 until Clarke's death in 2017; Dawe has also achieved success as a painter and public speaker. ==Collaboration with John Clarke== {{Main|Clarke and Dawe}} Dawe was a regular collaborator of fellow satirist the late John Clarke in the form of mock interviews, first for ''[A Current Affair](/source/A_Current_Affair_(Australian_TV_series))'' and then for ''[The 7.30 Report](/source/The_7.30_Report)''.{{Citation | title=Duo put twist in The 7.30 Report's tail.(Local) | journal=The Australian (National, Australia) | publication-date=2000-01-28 | pages=003 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/72691616 | access-date=7 January 2023}} Dawe would take on the role of interviewer, with Clarke playing the role of a prominent figure or politician. Unusually for topical satire of this type-such as one of Clarke's earlier ventures, ''[The Gillies Report](/source/The_Gillies_Report)'' (1984-1985)-Clarke never attempted to explicitly impersonate the figures he represents and always performed them in his own voice and manner.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/radio/bryan-dawe-breaks-his-silence-on-the-death-of-his-friend-john-clarke-20170413-gvkjm5.html | title=Bryan Dawe breaks his silence on the death of his friend John Clarke | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=2017-04-14 | accessdate=2017-11-13 }} The format generally involved Dawe trying to press for an answer and Clarke trying to evade the question. The duo began writing and presenting the segments in 1989 and switched to ''The 7.30 Report'' not long after leaving ''A Current Affair'' in 1997. The pair continued to present their weekly interview segment at the end of the Thursday edition of ''[The 7.30 Report](/source/The_7.30_Report)''. During the 2014 Australian television season, ''Clarke and Dawe'' became a self-contained program on the [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation). The interviews have also been compiled into several books and CD releases, two of which, ''[Great Interviews of the Twentieth Century](/source/Great_Interviews_of_the_Twentieth_Century)'' and ''[The Annual Report](/source/The_Annual_Report)'', won the [ARIA Award](/source/ARIA_Award) for Best Australian Comedy Record. ''Secret Men's Business'' was nominated for the same award in 1997. ==Other roles== Dawe has a number of other roles outside of his interview collaborations with Clarke. He is a songwriter, winning (along with musician Steve Groves) the Australian Song Festival and then representing Australia in Tokyo at the World Song Festival.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Prior to this, in the early 1970s, he worked as an A&R manager for [Astor Records](/source/Astor_Records) and played a significant role in making the [Neil Diamond](/source/Neil_Diamond) album ''[Hot August Night](/source/Hot_August_Night)'' a major hit in Australia.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} He is also a painter and photographer and has featured in several gallery exhibitions which combine these two interests.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} [[File:Roly Park sculpture.JPG|thumb|Roly Parks sculpture at [Kalangadoo](/source/Kalangadoo%2C_South_Australia)]] In the 1980s he wrote and performed with actress Jody Seidel in a long-running radio comedy series centred on the characters of elderly couple Roly and Sonya Parks. In 1990, after four years as head of ABC Radio's comedy unit, he had a stint as both a writer and actor on the comedy series ''[Fast Forward](/source/Fast_Forward_(Australian_TV_series))''.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Dawe had a minor role in the successful Australian film ''[The Castle](/source/The_Castle_(1997_Australian_film))'' in 1997. However, of these, the most successful was his role, along with Clarke, in the satirical series ''[The Games](/source/The_Games_(television))''. The series was a [mockumentary](/source/mockumentary) about the [Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games](/source/Sydney_Organising_Committee_for_the_Olympic_Games) and ran from 1998 to 2000. Dawe also had a minor role in the 2003 film ''[The Honourable Wally Norman](/source/The_Honourable_Wally_Norman)''.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} In addition to his interview commitments, Dawe regularly appears on the speaker's circuit as an MC, as guest speaker: either as himself or as one of his alter egos, Sir Murray Rivers QC (retired).{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Dawe has written and performed extensively on [ABC Radio](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) with his satirical characters Sir Murray Rivers and Roly Parks. Some of his Roly Park's ''Letters from Kalangadoo'' segments have subsequently been released on a series of CDs.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Dawe has been chair of Common Fate, a not for profit organisation supporting the reconciliation work of Aboriginal leaders Pat Dodson and Paul Briggs.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} He is a longtime supporter of the fight for a Palestine homeland. He is also an inveterate traveller and has written various articles and a radio series on his travels. He has organised and conducted group tours to Eastern Europe, Syria and Jordan.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} In 2012, Dawe had a guest role in the third season of the Australian drama series ''[Tangle](/source/Tangle_(TV_series))''.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} ==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of albums with Australian chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [AUS](/source/ARIA_Charts)
{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[Great Interviews of the Twentieth Century](/source/Great_Interviews_of_the_Twentieth_Century)''
(with John Clarke) | * Released: 1990 * Label: WEA (903172769-2) * Format: LP, CD, Cassette |align="center"| 49 |- ! scope="row" | ''[The Annual Report](/source/The_Annual_Report)''
(with John Clarke) | * Released: 1991 * Label: WEA (903175998-2) * Format: CD, Cassette |align="center"| 94 |- ! scope="row" | ''[Secret Men's Business](/source/Secret_Men's_Business)''
(with John Clarke) | * Released: 1996 * Label: Columbia (487108-2) * Format: CD |align="center"| - |} ==Awards and nominations== ===ARIA Music Awards=== The [ARIA Music Awards](/source/ARIA_Music_Awards) is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [Australian music](/source/Australian_music). Bryan Dawe has won two awards from three nominations. {{awards table}} |- | [1991](/source/ARIA_Music_Awards_of_1991) | ''Great Interviews of the 20th Century'' {{small|(with John Clarke)}} | rowspan="3"| [Best Comedy Release](/source/ARIA_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Release) | {{won}} |- | [1992](/source/ARIA_Music_Awards_of_1992) | ''The Annual Report'' {{small|(with John Clarke)}} | {{won}} |- | [1997](/source/ARIA_Music_Awards_of_1997) | ''Secret Men's Business'' {{small|(with John Clarke)}} | {{nom}} |- {{end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.bryandawe.com}} *[http://mrjohnclarke.com/projects/clarke-dawe/ Clarke & Dawe on John Clarke's official website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070429084439/http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/clarkedawe.htm/ Clarke & Dawe on the ''7:30 Report''] (Archived copy) *{{IMDb name| id=0205901 | name=Bryan Dawe}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawe, Bryan}} Category:ARIA Award winners Category:Australian male comedians Category:Australian radio personalities Category:Australian satirists Category:Living people Category:1948 births Category:Comedians from Adelaide --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bryan Dawe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Dawe) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Dawe?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.