Fast Forward: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Fast Forward is an Australian commercial television sketch comedy show that ran for 90 episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. It starred several former members of the ABC series The D-Generation such as Magda Szubanski, Marg Downey, Michael Veitch as well as other Melbourne-based comedians such as The Eleventh Hour's Steve Vizard and Peter Moon, and Jane Turner and Gina Riley who are now famous for Kath & Kim. It also marked the first time that Kath & Kim stars Turner, Riley and Szubanski worked together on screen. All episodes were directed by Ted Emery. Fast Forward was formatted to simulate continuous channel surfing, and after the punchline, each sketch would abruptly switch to a momentary segment of static, followed by another sketch, simulating the effect of the viewer repeatedly switching channels. It featured many spoofs of television programs of the day, politicians...

Series details

• Title: Fast Forward
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1989-04-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 1992-11-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Seven Network
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 36102
• IMDb ID: tt0096581
• TVDB ID: 77720

Cast and credited roles

• Magda Szubanski — Various Characters
• Glenn Robbins — Various Characters
• Gina Riley — Various Characters
• Jane Turner — Various Characters
• Gerry Connolly — Various Characters
• Steve Vizard — Various Characters
• Marg Downey — Various Characters
• Michael Veitch — Various Characters
• Geoff Brooks — Various Characters
• Steve Blackburn — Various Characters
• Peter Moon — Various Characters
• Alan Pentland — Various Characters

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-04-12; final listed air date 1989-09-06; episode order: 22.
• Season 2: premiered 1990-04-19; final listed air date 1990-10-11; episode order: 26.
• Season 3: premiered 1991-04-11; final listed air date 1991-10-03; episode order: 26.
• Season 4: premiered 1992-08-13; final listed air date 1992-11-26; episode order: 16.

Source and licence

Adapted from Fast Forward on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.