The Weekly with Charlie Pickering - Season 3

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering - Season 3

Season 3

Network
Episodes20
DatesFeb 1, 2017 - Dec 20, 2017
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Episodes

Episode 1
Season 3Episode 130 min

Episode 1

Last year, The Weekly promised to put the sense back into the nonsense. In 2017, the nonsense has defeated us. Each week, Charlie Pickering, along with Kitty Flanagan, Tom Gleeson & Adam Briggs, will pick the news apart.

Feb 1, 2017
Episode 2
Season 3Episode 230 min

Episode 2

Last year, The Weekly promised to put the sense back into the nonsense. In 2017, the nonsense has defeated us. Each week, Charlie Pickering, along with Kitty Flanagan, Tom Gleeson & Adam Briggs, will pick the news apart

Feb 8, 2017
Episode 3
Season 3Episode 330 min

Episode 3

Charlie Pickering, Kitty Flanagan and Tom Gleeson investigate burqa bans, political correctness, sleeping rough... and what REALLY caused SA's blackouts? Special guest: Matt Damon!

Feb 15, 2017
Episode 4
Season 3Episode 430 min

Episode 4

The Weekly news investigates the headlines: scare campaigns, Piegate, and the LOLing assassin. Tom Gleeson welcomes Chrissie Swan to the Hard Chat seat. Special guest: Hugo Weaving!

Feb 22, 2017
Episode 5
Season 3Episode 530 min

Episode 5

We celebrate the Oscars, welcome back Tony Abbott & get to know the President who thinks he's the new Hitler. Kitty studies millennial sex, Tom Hard Chats Sarah Hanson-Young & Charlie meets author Simon Sinek.

Mar 1, 2017
Episode 6
Season 3Episode 630 min

Episode 6

Charlie, Tom & Briggs explore WA's election, the NBN, Pauline Hanson & Trumpgate. Charlie meets Carmel Johnston, Commander of NASA's Mars Simulation Mission. Tom meets his Hard Chat match with Aus TV royalty.

Mar 8, 2017
Episode 7
Season 3Episode 730 min

Episode 7

Picking apart the week & hoping the kids don't walk in on them, Charlie & Tom tackle WA's election, Wikileaks, beers & Bibles. Guests: creators of South Park & The Book of Mormon, Trey Parker & Matt Stone.
Mar 15, 2017
Episode 8
Season 3Episode 830 min

Episode 8

The Weekly offends, insults and humiliates Donald Trump, the croc jumper, Prince William's ski trip, and a big chicken. Tom Hard Chats Grant Denyer. Special guest: rock star physicist Brian Greene.

Mar 22, 2017
Episode 9
Season 3Episode 930 min

Episode 9

All the news you tried to avoid. Trump the dealmaker, eavesdropping phones, company tax cuts & The Weekly's Africa correspondent Loyiso Gola in studio. Tom Hard Chats Sarah Wilson. Special guest: Bob Odenkirk.

Mar 29, 2017
Episode 10
Season 3Episode 1030 min

Episode 10

Charlie, Kitty, Tom & Briggs try to comprehend our universe: April Fools' Day, opinion polls & Mark Latham. Sophie Monk dares to sit in the Hard Chat chair. Special guest Maurice Gleeson explains blind tennis!

Apr 5, 2017
Episode 11
Season 3Episode 1130 min

Episode 11

Charlie, Kitty, Briggs & Tom let fly at herd immunity, drugs at music festivals, Syria, seafood connoisseurs & the new look for ABC News. Plus Tom Hard Chats Dave Hughes.

Apr 12, 2017
Episode 12
Season 3Episode 1230 min

Episode 12

Stop, drop & laugh as The Weekly targets the nuclear apocalypse. Kitty saves us from superbugs, Tom Hard Chats footy legend Chris Judd & Charlie visits old friend Sam Neill. Guests: Judith Lucy & Denise Scott

Apr 19, 2017
Episode 13
Season 3Episode 1330 min

Episode 13

Charlie & Tom discuss science, the Logies, the citizenship test, and a terrorist child. Plus election watch with Andy Zaltzman, Tom Hard Chats James Blunt, and special guest forensic entomologist Paola Magni.

Apr 26, 2017
Episode 14
Season 3Episode 1430 min

Episode 14

The Weekly unpacks the news & finds several kilos of jokes. 100 Days of President Trump, Kitty tries de-cluttering, Tom road-tests his new travel show, Mel Buttle shows us Real Australia. Special guest: Geoffrey Rush.

May 3, 2017
Episode 15
Season 3Episode 1530 min

Episode 15

The Weekly brings down a surplus of funny as Charlie, Tom & Briggs take on housing affordability, kids & gambling, plus Bill Shorten's latest ad campaign. Special guest: Wiggle Emma Watkins

May 10, 2017
Episode 16
Season 3Episode 1630 min

Episode 16

The Weekly takes on ransomware, baldness cures & current & future US Presidents. Tom Hard Chats physicist Lawrence Krauss; Kitty explains fidget spinners; comedian DeAnne Smith explains LGBQTI* to the uninitiated.

May 17, 2017
Episode 17
Season 3Episode 1730 min

Episode 17

The Weekly dissects the Battle of Cocaine Cassie, Turkey's World's Strongest Man & the bulge that changed history. Tom launches a travel show; Kitty solves TV mascots. Guest: Today show doyenne Lisa Wilkinson.

May 24, 2017
Episode 18
Season 3Episode 1830 min

Episode 18

The Weekly bags Corby coverage, Cardinal Pell, and baristas of the world. Kitty serves it up to Margaret Court and Tom Hard Chats Senator Sam Dastyari. Special guest: athlete and motivationalist, Turia Pitt! covfefe

May 31, 2017
Episode 19
Season 3Episode 1930 min

Episode 19

Needling the headlines to knit a news-beanie. This week: AirBnB, Russia's new stadium & the UK Election with Jonathan Pie. Tom Hard Chats Steve Price. Kitty takes on pandas. Guest: Data journalist Mona Chalabi.

Jun 7, 2017
Episode 20
Season 3Episode 2030 min

Episode 20

In the season final, Charlie, Tom, Kitty & Briggs take on the UK Election, Russia's World Cup, MasterChef, the Veronicas & the ABC. Special guests: Loyiso Gola, Andy Zaltzman & portrait artist Abdul Abdullah.

Jun 14, 2017

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