Tonightly with Tom Ballard

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Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Season 1 | Episode 17 | ABC COMEDY/ABC KIDS | January 9, 2018

Media arts

News and current affairs

Classification: Mature

Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

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Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

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Tom Ballard and the Tonightly team pay attention to the news so you don't have to. Catchup on everything you need to know in this handy bite-sized half hour of hilarity. #Tonightly

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Tom Ballard and the Tonightly team pay attention to the news so you don't have to. Catchup on everything you need to know in this handy bite-sized half hour of hilarity. #Tonightly

Tom Ballard and the Tonightly team pay attention to the news so you don't have to. Catchup on everything you need to know in this handy bite-sized half hour of hilarity. #Tonightly

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Tom Ballard and the Tonightly team pay attention to the news so you don't have to. Catchup on everything you need to know in this handy bite-sized half hour of hilarity. #Tonightly

Tom Ballard and the Tonightly team pay attention to the news so you don't have to. Catchup on everything you need to know in this handy bite-sized half hour of hilarity. #Tonightly

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Tom Ballard and the Tonightly team pay attention to the news so you don't have to. Catchup on everything you need to know in this handy bite-sized half hour of hilarity. #Tonightly

Tom Ballard and the Tonightly team pay attention to the news so you don't have to. Catchup on everything you need to know in this handy bite-sized half hour of hilarity. #Tonightly

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Tom Ballard and the Tonightly team pay attention to the news so you don't have to. Catchup on everything you need to know in this handy bite-sized half hour of hilarity. #Tonightly

Pollie Week (and other stuff). We looking at the year ahead in federal politics, plus former Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie joins us in the studio. How will she go convincing detached and distracted millennials?

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

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Pollie Week (and other stuff). We looking at the year ahead in federal politics, plus former Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie joins us in the studio. How will she go convincing detached and distracted millennials?

Tom Ballard takes a look back at the Best of the Week from the team, as reporters Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson look at the funny side of the week's events.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Tom Ballard takes a look back at the Best of the Week from the team, as reporters Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson look at the funny side of the week's events.

Tom Ballard takes a look back at the Best of the Week from the team, as reporters Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson look at the funny side of the week's events.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Tom Ballard takes a look back at the Best of the Week from the team, as reporters Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson look at the funny side of the week's events.

Tom Ballard takes a look back at the Best of the Week from the team, as reporters Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson look at the funny side of the week's events.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Tom Ballard takes a look back at the Best of the Week from the team, as reporters Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson look at the funny side of the week's events.

Tom Ballard takes a look back at the Best of the Week from the team, as reporters Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson look at the funny side of the week's events.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

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Tom Ballard takes a look back at the Best of the Week from the team, as reporters Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson look at the funny side of the week's events.

Tom Ballard takes a look back at the Best of the Week from the team, as reporters Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson look at the funny side of the week's events.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Tom Ballard takes a look back at the Best of the Week from the team, as reporters Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson look at the funny side of the week's events.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Back for brand-new episodes in early January when everyone else in Australia is enjoying their summer holiday, Tom Ballard and the team wrangle the day's big issues into a concise half hour of comedy.

Tom Ballard helms the only nightly comedy show you need - wrangling live interviews, sketches, infographics, reviews and the daily headlines to make sense of the chaos.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Tom Ballard helms the only nightly comedy show you need - wrangling live interviews, sketches, infographics, reviews and the daily headlines to make sense of the chaos.

Armed with nothing but jokes and access to memes, this program will investigate and explain the latest headlines and the things you missed.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Armed with nothing but jokes and access to memes, this program will investigate and explain the latest headlines and the things you missed.

Tom Ballard is joined by Greta Lee-Jackson, Greg Larsen and Bridie Connell to put their bodies on the line for the sake of truth, facts and punchlines - providing 'content' that makes 'sense' of the day's 'news'.

Tonightly with Tom Ballard

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Tom Ballard is joined by Greta Lee-Jackson, Greg Larsen and Bridie Connell to put their bodies on the line for the sake of truth, facts and punchlines - providing 'content' that makes 'sense' of the day's 'news'.

Tom Ballard hosts this groundbreaking comedy show that will literally fix everything that is wrong with the world. Panellists Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson tackle the big issues of the day.

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Tom Ballard hosts this groundbreaking comedy show that will literally fix everything that is wrong with the world. Panellists Bridie Connell, Greg Larsen and Greta Lee Jackson tackle the big issues of the day.

Award-winning comedian Tom Ballard hosts this nightly comedy show, joined by a team of three news, tech, culture and sports addicts who are fully across everything ever: Greta Lee-Jackson, Greg Larsen and Bridie Connell.

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Years 9-10, 11-12 Media arts, News and current affairs

Award-winning comedian Tom Ballard hosts this nightly comedy show, joined by a team of three news, tech, culture and sports addicts who are fully across everything ever: Greta Lee-Jackson, Greg Larsen and Bridie Connell.

Award-winning comedian Tom Ballard investigates and explains the latest headlines and the things you missed. It's the show you didn't know you desperately needed until now.

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