Live on Bowen

Live on Bowen
Created by	Lisa Sloetjes Darcy Bonser RMITV - Student Community Television Inc.
Directed by	Nick Weller (Season 1) Matthew O'Mara (Season 2) Andrew Fenaughty (Seasons 3-5) Joseph Potter (Season 5)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	48 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Darcy Bonser (2012) Lisa Sloetjes (2012-2013) Jessica Cook (Series Producer) (2012-2013) Jenny Bae (Series Producer) (2013) Riyana Kasmawan (Line Producer) (2013) Elena Szymanski (Line Producer) (2014) Antonio Cafasso (Series Producer) (2014-2015) Billie Egan (Line Producer) (2015)
Location(s)	RMIT University Melbourne, Australia
Running time	Approx. 60 min. (Including Commercials)
Production company(s)	RMITV (Student Community Television Inc.) RMIT Student Union
Broadcast
Original channel	C31 Melbourne
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	June 8, 2012[1] – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Studio A Melbourne (C31 Melbourne, 2008–2011)[2]
External links
Website

Live on Bowen is a one hour Melbourne Comedy Talk Show and Variety show produced by RMITV with the support of the RMIT Student Union which airs on C31 Melbourne. The Show features comedic segments, special guest interviews and music acts ranging from the up-and-coming to high profile artists. Like its predecessor Studio A, the show aims to provide a platform to showcase an array of Melbourne’s up and coming talent.

Origin of the name

The word Bowen is taken from the name of the street that runs through the RMIT City Campus which building 12, the building the TV Studios are located, is situated.

Live broadcast

The show was broadcast live to air on C31 Melbourne from the TV Studios at RMIT University's City Campus for the first 3 seasons (2012-2013). As of Season 4 2014, C31 Melbourne relocated from their premises on the corner of Victoria and Swanston Streets to William Street near Flagstaff railway station, rendering the RMIT to C31 Melbourne Microwave link useless. Thus since then the show has been prerecorded as live in front of a live audience a week prior to broadcast.

Hosts

The show was first hosted by Australian actor, comedian Rob Lloyd until Episode 8 of the 2nd season.^[3] Aaron McCarthy filled in for Rob for the remainder of the second season, while Rob was on tour with Who, Me at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and was subsequently named host for the third and fourth seasons. Up and coming comedian and writer Simon Taylor has now taken the reins as host as of the fifth season.

Guests

Guests have included Shaun Micallef, Amberley Lobo, Roz Hammond, Tim Ferguson, Rebecca Barnard, Sean Maher, Mitch Pileggi, Scott Allie, Marieke Guehrer, Cosentino (illusionist), Father Bob, Steve Bastoni, Adam Richard, Jason Chatfield, Paul Verhoeven, Andy Murphy, Claire Hooper, Catriona Rowntree, Scott Darlow Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Peter Hitchener, Graeme Simsion Jarryd Blair, Erin Holland, Heath McIvor - Randy Shura Taft, Tom Ward, Virginia Gay, Tom Hafey, Tottie Goldsmith, John Safran, Lola Berry, Steph Hickey, Nicholas J Johnson, Faiser Heigns, Jimmy James Eaton, Liam Amor, Brodie Harper, Lee Chan, Elena Kirschbaum (Ella Bella), Rachel Bergman, Danny McGinley, Greg Male, Lili Kendall

Comedians

Some of the comedians that have performed stand up spots on the show are John Dore, Russell Wiggington, Rob Caruana, Demi Lardner, Jay Morrissey, Peter Jones, Sonia Di Lorio, Wendy Little, Simon Taylor, Hayman Kent, Bad Boys of Musical Theater, Michael Connell, Anthony Jeannot, Dilruk Jayasinha, JMac, Toby Halligan, Em O’Lockland, Charles Barington, Kate McLennan, Jennifer Wong, Wrongtown, Dave Warnake, Michael Connel, Petra Elliott, Ryan Coffey, Alasdair Temblay-Birchall, Phil Andrews, Tim Clarke, Jack Druce, Tony Besselink, Adam Francis,

Musicians

Some of the musicians and bands that have performed on the show are Joshua Aiello, Woodlock, Better than Wizzards, Buchanan, Amistat, Shelly Segal, The Zanes, The Mear Poets, July Days, Ben Abraham, Ten Thousand, Blackchords, Nicholas Roy, Red Ink, Jen Cloher, Courtney Barnett, EMPRA

Graphics and titles

Much of the animated GFX and title packages including the animated sequence seen at the beginning of the show were created by Jumbla Pty Ltd^[4]

Cast

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Fill-in presenters for Rob Lloyd: Aaron McCarthy

Awards

In 2014, Live on Bowen was nominated for 3 Antenna Awards Outstanding Creative Achievement, Outstanding Comedy Program and Outstanding Male Personality - Aaron McCarthy.^[7]

Final season rumor

Although termination of Live On Bowen has not been called by management, an article written by Peter C. Hayward, posted on October 13, 2014 by Illegitimate Theatre included the statement "Live On Bowen’s final season" to describe Season 5. Season 5 was broadcast every week from September 12, 2014 till the season finale on November 7, 2014^[8] The rumor may have been sparked by confusion over what effect the RMIT University Capital works program The New Academic Street will have on RMITV productions that use RMIT Television Studio.^[9] The rumor was further fueled when an article was published in the free afternoon daily newspaper mX on November 6, 2014 titled "Micallef points to a final countdown" that stated "Tomorrow night will be the show's last, ending a tradition that has lasted 20 years." referring to the season 5 finale on November 7, 2014.

References

External links

• Official website