Thank God You're Here 

An improvisational comedy series in which a celebrity performer is dressed up in costume before passing through a door into a room where they are welcomed with the phrase "Thank God you're here".

Creators:

Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch

Stars:

Shane Bourne, Tom Gleisner, Daniel Cordeaux

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Shane Bourne	...	Self - Host 41 episodes, 2006-2009
Tom Gleisner	...	Self - Judge 41 episodes, 2006-2009
Daniel Cordeaux	...	Ensemble Cast 41 episodes, 2006-2009
Ed Kavalee	...	Ensemble Cast 41 episodes, 2006-2009
Nicola Parry	...	Ensemble Cast 41 episodes, 2006-2009
Heidi Arena	...	Ensemble Cast 35 episodes, 2006-2009
Andrew Bayly	...	Ensemble Cast 31 episodes, 2006-2009
Simon Dowling	...	Ensemble Cast 26 episodes, 2006-2009
Ben Anderson	...	Ensemble Cast / ... 24 episodes, 2006-2009
Simon Russell	...	Ensemble Cast / ... 21 episodes, 2006-2009

Storyline

Each episode involves four celebrities walking through a door into an unknown and interesting situation, greeted by the line "thank God you're here." Each must then improvise his or her way through the scene. In between each scene, clips are shown of "practice" sessions filmed before the show, where they do things like try to sell items they know nothing about, go through an interview, or commentate an event. After all have had a go, there is an "All-In Challenge" where they are all put in the same situation together. After that, a winner is announced and given a trophy and flowers.

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Plot Keywords:

celebrity | theatresports | improvisational | stage fright | panic | 

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Taglines:

Each week, four celebrities will walk through this door, and they won't have a clue who they are, or what they're doing there.

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Genres:

Comedy | Game-Show

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The format was sold for recreation in a number of countries.

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Quotes

Ensemble Cast: [as a pirate] What happened to your hand?
Peter Rowsthorn: [holding up his hook hand] ... Fell off.

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Connections

Referenced in Dancing with the Stars: Episode #9.1 (2009)

User Reviews

One of Australias best Comedys

Thank God Your Here is an awesome Australian comedy that is original, clever and bloody hilarious. The plot of the show is 4 famous Australian Comedians step in to a room in to a situation they know nothing about. The shows originialty is enormous and is a laugh a minute show (literally). The show is good probably because of the people on the show which is kinda nice as they have people like Frank Woodley, Glenn Archer and many more. Overall I think that this show deserves a lot of praise and I will rate it 96%. So I recommend watch it on TV buy it if you will because you will not find many better Australian Comedys.

Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 April 2006 (Australia)

Filming Locations:

Global Television Studios, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Global Television Services, Network Ten, Working Dog Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color