List of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering episodes

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering is an Australian news satire series on ABC. The series, hosted by Charlie Pickering and co-starring Tom Gleeson and Kitty Flanagan, first premiered on 22 April 2015. The first season consisted of 20 episodes and concluded on 22 September 2015. The series was renewed for a second season on 18 September 2015,^[1] which premiered on 3 February 2016.^[2]

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	20	22 April 2015	2 September 2015
	2	14	3 February 2016	4 May 2016
	Specials	TBA	16 December 2015	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Guest(s)	International correspondent	Original air date	Viewers
1	1	"Episode 1"	Sam Neill	(none)	22 April 2015	724,000[3]
Topics: Star Wars trailer reactions, Tony Abbott skols a beer, Internet piracy in Australia, question time, Anzac Day (with Sam Neill), anti-vaccination religious exemptions, Australian Democrats lose party status
2	2	"Episode 2"	Caitlin Stasey	(none)	29 April 2015	556,000[4]
Topics: Australian doctor recruited by ISIS, Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, birth of a new royal baby and the royal family, Olympic Games host cities, gender equality (with Caitlin Stasey), selfies, Belle Gibson lies about terminal cancer
3	3	"Episode 3"	(none)	Tiffany Stevenson	6 May 2015	443,000[5]
Topics: The birth of the royal baby, 2015 federal budget, upcoming executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, foreign aid cuts, UK general election (with Tiffany Stevenson), opposition to a mosque in Bendigo
4	4	"Episode 4"	Jeffrey Tambor	(none)	13 May 2015	570,000[6]
Topics: Melbourne counter-terrorism raids, global warming, 2015 federal budget, Kim Jong-un and North Korea, coffee snobbery, Transparent (with Jeffrey Tambor), Labor Games
5	5	"Episode 5"	Nick Davies, Jacqui Lambie	(none)	20 May 2015	642,000[7]
Topics: Bikie gang shooting in Waco, Texas, Bill Shorten's budget reply, old people, opposition to halal certifications, News of the World phone hacking scandal (with Nick Davies), aggressive interviews (with Jacqui Lambie)
6	6	"Episode 6"	Nick Xenophon, Todd Sampson	Loyiso Gola	27 May 2015	448,000[8]
Topics: The Pope admits to not watching TV, female cricketers receive a payrise, Man Haron Monis inquest, marriage equality, Disney movie to be based on white American girl as African princess (with Loyiso Gola), Redesign My Brain (with Todd Sampson), Twitter
7	7	"Episode 7"	(none)	Loyiso Gola	3 June 2015	662,000[9]
Topics: China builds artificial islands in the South China Sea, Taylor Swift makes Forbes most powerful women list, Bruce Jenner transitions into a woman, Adam Goodes' war dance, Indigenous incarceration, FIFA corruption (with Loyiso Gola), pornography and sex education
8	8	"Episode 8"	Derryn Hinch, Miranda Tapsell	Wyatt Cenac	10 June 2015	643,000[10]
Topics: Alan Bond dies, 41st G7 summit, junk food advertising and obesity, Indigenous race relations in Australia (with Miranda Tapsell), Australians playing in the NBA (with Wyatt Cenac)
9	9	"Episode 9"	Alex Gibney	(none)	17 June 2015	500,000[11]
Topics: Rachel Dolezal outed as white, housing affordability and Joe Hockey's comments, sports betting ads (and their sexism), allegations of the government paying people smugglers, self-help books, 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, Scientology and Going Clear (with Alex Gibney)
10	10	"Episode 10"	John Edward, Amy Poehler	(none)	24 June 2015	647,000[12]
Topics: Zaky Mallah's audience appearance on Q&A, Barack Obama says the word "nigger" on WTF with Marc Maron, Pope Francis's encyclical on climate change, road rage, Inside Out (with Amy Poehler), CNS funding, the underreaction to the Matildas winning Australia's first World Cup knockout match
11	11	"Episode 11"	Lawrence Krauss	Wyatt Cenac	1 July 2015	608,000[13]
Topics: Greek debt crisis, Melbourne prison riot, same-sex marriage becomes legalised in the US (with Wyatt Cenac), Uber, artificial intelligence (with Lawrence Krauss), proposed Rio Tinto coal mine near Bulga
12	12	"Episode 12"	Richard Di Natale, Dylan Moran	(none)	8 July 2015	456,000[14]
Topics: Nick Kyrgios tanking allegations, Bill Shorten's trade union Royal Commission appearance, the Sydney siege inquest, Generation Z, Joey Chestnut loses hot dog eating contest
13	13	"Episode 13"	John Shelby Spong, Jennifer Byrne, Jason Steger	(none)	15 July 2015	620,000[15]
Topics: Pluto mission, housing bubble, Bill Shorten's ALP ad campaign, sports stadium naming rights, Indonesia cuts Australian cattle imports, Shenhua mine approval, Go Set a Watchman book release
14	14	"Episode 14"	Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Mia Freedman	(none)	22 July 2015	675,000[16]
Topics: Feliks Zemdegs wins Rubik's Cube championship, Mick Fanning shark attack, Bronwyn Bishop's helicopter trip, cars and cyclists, Trainwreck, Uniqlo sex tape, women crying
15	15	"Episode 15"	Anthony Albanese, Bryan Stevenson	(none)	29 July 2015	527,000[17]
Topics: John Sewel scandal, Adam Goodes booing, ALP conference, organ donation, Equal Justice Initiative (with Bryan Stevenson), resignations
16	16	"Episode 16"	Molly Carlile	(none)	5 August 2015	665,000[18]
Topics: Parliamentary entitlements, cash for access, doping in sport, Cecil the lion, palliative care and death (with Molly Carlile), exercise gear
17	17	"Episode 17"	Bill Bryson, Lee Lin Chin, Miranda Tapsell, Angie Hart, Geraldine Quinn	(none)	12 August 2015	632,000[19]
Topics: Coalition politicians denied conscience vote on marriage equality, the Seven Network takes the Nine Network to court over My Kitchen Rules rip-off, customer service, rape prevention and blame, 'Hey Boy' Don't Rape song (with Miranda Tapsell, Angie Hart and Geraldine Quinn)
18	18	"Episode 18"	Neil deGrasse Tyson, Larry Emdur	Loyiso Gola	19 August 2015	689,000[20]
Topics: Paleolithic diet, Oscar Pistorius's early release from prison (with Loyiso Gola), Astrophysics (with Neil deGrasse Tyson)
19	19	"Episode 19"	Graeme Innes	Tiff Stevenson	26 August 2015	702,000[21]
Topics: China's weakening economy crashes global stock market, Ashley Madison website hacked and data leaked, online relationship websites, Australian Border Force secrecy laws prevent disclosure of reports on asylum seeker abuse in Australian detention centres, UK government's consumer protection laws for plastic surgery (with Tiff Stevenson), disability advocacy (with Graeme Innes), defensive architecture
20	20	"Episode 20"	Hugh Jackman, Josh Frydenberg	(none)	2 September 2015	704,000[22]
Topics: Dyson Heydon considers his future as Royal Commissioner in trade union investigations, Australian Border Force cancelled Operation Fortitude in Melbourne due to badly worded and unread press release, YouTube vlogs, US presidential candidate Donald Trump, mental illness stigmatised when linking gun murders to mental illness, Pan (with Hugh Jackman), NASA simulates Mars Mission on Earth

Season 2 (2016)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Guest(s)	International correspondent	Original air date	Viewers
22	1	"Episode 1"	Ben Stiller	(none)	3 February 2016	577,000[23]
Topics: Ted Cruz Iowa caucus victory, Ignorance Awareness Week, Sports Corruption, Vaping, Mitchell Pearce Australia Day scandal.
23	2	"Episode 2"	Samuel Johnson, Ice Cube, Kevin Hart	(none)	10 February 2016	517,000[24]
Topics: Cardinal Pell's absence from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, children refugees in Nauru, sexual inequality in movie merchandise and genderised toys, and packaged lettuce.
24	3	"Episode 3"	Emma Ayres	(none)	17 February 2016	545,000[25]
Topics: Kristin Davis' appearance on Sunrise, Beyoncé's Super Bowl performance, political donations, and stress amongst year twelve students.
25	4	"Episode 4"	Andrew Denton	(none)	24 February 2016	529,000[26]
Topics: Liberal Party senator Cory Bernardi opposes Safe Schools anti-bullying programme in schools, Labor leader Bill Shorten proposes negative gearing law reforms, body dysmorphia and use of dietary supplements, voluntary assisted dying (with Andrew Denton), ISIS name causes confusion and negative connotations, Donald Trump responds to Pope Francis's comment regarding building walls instead of bridges makes Trump Un-Christian, Sydney's early alcohol lockout laws.
26	5	"Episode 5"	Masha Gessen, Michelle Bridges	Loyiso Gola	2 March 2016	481,000[27]
Topics: Oscars (host Chris Rock's address regarding lack of diversity in nominations as well as Mad Max: Fury Road's six wins), Coalition senators oppose Safe Schools anti-bullying of LGBTIQ children programme in schools, marriage equality plebiscite, acts of terrorism (with Masha Gessen), shark attacks and shark culling, Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe celebrates his 92nd birthday (with Loyiso Gola).
27	6	"Episode 6"	Alan Alda	(none)	9 March 2016	600,000[28]
Topics: Affair allegations between Peta Credlin and Tony Abbott in Niki Savva's book Road To Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed Their Own Government, political preselection process, technology making parenting easier, Godwin's Law invoked as Donald Trump is compared to Adolf Hitler, Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall get married.
28	7	"Episode 7"	Luke McGregor, Peter FitzSimons	Adam Briggs	16 March 2016	532,000[29]
Topics: Russia withdraws from Syria, ISIS leak, Shane Warne Foundation closure, phone dependence, flushable wipes, referendum on changes to the Australian Constitution to give Aboriginals constitutional recognition (with Adam Briggs).
29	8	"Episode 8"	Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Tanya Plibersek	(none)	23 March 2016	558,000[30]
Topics: Brussels terrorist attacks, possible double dissolution election, 2016 World Happiness Report, television advertisement and product placement, Hulk Hogan sex tape law suit.
30	9	"Episode 9"	Sara Pascoe, Wyatt Roy, True Australian Patriots (Anne Edmonds, Damien Power and Greg Larsen)	Chloe Hilliard	30 March 2016	594,000[31]
Topics: Egyptian man hijacks EgyptAir plane over domestic dispute with his wife, Australia's refusal to establish permanent maritime boundaries with East Timor has short-changed East Timor of royalties worth billions of dollars raised from oil and gas resources found in the Timor Sea, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wins Hawaii, Alaska and Washington state caucuses (with Chloe Hilliard), the Australian government's $6 million taxpayer funded fictional film The Journey which aims to stop asylum seekers heading to Australia by boat has been released in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan, Football, Ugandan journalist Elijah Turyagumanawe continues broadcasting as he and other journalists are arrested and detained by Ugandan police.
31	10	"Episode 10"	Dylan Alcott	Adam Briggs	6 April 2016	590,000[32]
Topics: Panama papers, 2016 Gold Logie nominees, wrongful convictions, Australia discovered or invaded (with Adam Briggs), and 2018 Commonwealth Games mascot.
32	11	"Episode 11"	Andrew Bolt	(none)	13 April 2016	560,000[33]
Topics: 60 Minutes detainment in Beirut, Lebanon, data brokers, traffic congestion, the closure of Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel the result of fund misuse.
33	12	"Episode 12"	Nalini Joshi	(none)	20 April 2016	558,000[34]
Topics: Early election, Grant Hackett's assault of a man on an airplane, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's court case for dog smuggling, concerns regarding the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics, Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
34	13	"Episode 13"	Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Kevin Rudd	(none)	27 April 2016	618,000[35]
Topics: Passing of Prince, Donald Trump's Presidential race, 60 Minutes crew's release from detainment and the aftermath, the Internet.
35	14	"Episode 14"	Bill Shorten, Eric Bana	(none)	4 May 2016	656,000[36]
Topics: 2016 Australian federal budget, 11 year old American boy Chris Gaither shoots an intruder, federal government funding cuts to CSIRO shifts focus from research for public good to commercial purposes, Special Correspondents (with Eric Bana), Climate change

The Yearly with Charlie Pickering

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Guest(s)	International correspondent	Original air date	Viewers
21	1	"Episode 1"	Harrison Ford, Karl Stefanovic	Loyiso Gola, Tiff Stevenson	16 December 2015	592,000[37]

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