The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

- Season 4

(2018)

Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson, Kitty Flanagan, Adam Briggs and special guest Celia Pacquola tackle killer robots, school reforms, the Royal Commission, and more. Tom Hard Chats Em Rusciano.

Laugh along as Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson, Kitty Flanagan and Adam Briggs dig beneath the week's headlines and attempt to figure out what is going on, who is running it, and how to make it stop.

Dissecting the week's headlines, Charlie puts NAPLAN to the test, Briggs puts Bill Shorten to the test, Kitty tests bottled water, Tom tests Amanda Keller on Hard Chat, and royal wedding coverage tests everybody.

The Weekly eyeballs the Royal Wedding, white powder in Parliament, Yanny or Laurel, and why teeth aren't covered by Medicare. Tom Gleeson Hard Chats Andrew Denton. Special guests: Missy Higgins and comedian Alex Edelman.

The Weekly team interrogates Barnaby Joyce, defends the Shoey, and salutes rural journalism. Kitty Flanagan tries hotdesking, Tom Gleeson Hard Chats Todd Sampson, plus Randy is our surprise NY correspondent.

The Weekly probes match-fixing in schools, fake deaths, Barnaby and Vikki's tell-all interview, and political correctness gone mad. Tom Gleeson takes on the entire city of Launceston. Special guest: Tina Arena.

The Weekly's newshounds sniff out the laughs in high-powered summits, Love Island, and poo joggers. Tom hard chats Adam Gilchrist, Kitty tries kombucha, and Roy Slaven and HG Nelson preview the World Cup.

The Weekly tackles Optus's World Cup woes, Clive Palmer's return, baby formula wars and an ABC sell-off. Kitty Flanagan road-tests hit game Fortnite. Tom Gleeson Hard Chats MP Tim Wilson. Special guest: Guy Pearce.

The Weekly takes on the plastic bag ban, tax cut coverage, Koko the gorilla, Logie nominees and Putin's World Cup. Kitty Flanagan has tax-time tips. Tom Gleeson Hard Chats Grant Denyer. Guest: Sally Pearson.

The Weekly tees off on the Senate showdown, the Basketbrawl, Bill Shorten's back-flip and a Logies insurgency. Kitty Flanagan takes on bag rage. Tom Gleeson Hard Chats comedian Fiona O'Loughlin. Guest: Eddie Perfect.

Topics: Tham Luang cave rescue; a pride of lions killed and ate a group of rhino poachers who broke into a South African wildlife reserve; Australia and the US celebrate their first 100 years of mateship to commemorate the times Australian and American troops fought side by side since 4 July 1918 at the Battle of Hamel.

Topics: British cave explorer Vernon Unsworth who helped rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thai cave criticised Elon Musk's child-size submarine as a publicity stunt; the Groves family from Queensland will be the first to bring Avozilla to Australia, which is a giant avocado originating from South Africa and is up to five times the size of a regular avocado; Usain Bolt is negotiating a deal to join the A-League team Central Coast Mariners in Australia.

Topics: Satirical skit for Channel Ten's all-male hosted shows for the channel's Pilot Week; Labor is under pressure to avoid losing any seats in the Super Saturday by-elections in Mayo, Perth, Longman, Braddon and Fremantle that resulted from citizenship issues for incumbent politicians; Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt orders an immediate review into his department's use of Instagram influencers to encourage women to do more exercise following a report in News Corp media that the government paid thousands of dollars to social influencers who use racist language.

Topics: Coles backflipped on its decision to ban all single-use plastic bags from its stores and charge 15 cents for each bag by giving customers the plastic bags free of charge indefinitely; Nine announced a $4 billion takeover of Fairfax Media; Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party wins all 125 seats in Cambodia's parliament.

Charlie quizzes Barnaby Joyce, Tom Hard Chats Sarah Harris, Kitty presents her Rules for Life. We probe Barrier Reef funding, Wiggles wobbles, footy king-hits, ASIC spying on banks plus Woolies spying on you.

Space Force, the horse who won't race, Senator Anning's phrases, and why power bills really went up. Denise Scott fixes the Oscars and Tom Gleeson takes his show Go Away to Melbourne. Special guest: Eddie Izzard.

Topics: Parody skit of the Liberal Party leadership spill; Peter Dutton resigns as Home Affairs Minister to challenge Malcolm Turnbull for the leadership of the Liberal Party; Malcolm Turnbull has won a leadership ballot against Peter Dutton by 48 votes to 35 in the Liberal Party Room; Labor MP Jenny Macklin has asked "who is the Prime Minister?" and referred to Malcolm Turnbull as a ''dead man walking'' after Peter Dutton confirmed he will challenge Turnbull over his leadership; Internet challenges (with Kitty Flanagan); Working Class Boy documentary film (with Jimmy...

Charlie dissects the leadership spill and studies 'studies', Kitty Flanagan solves children's parties, Briggs interviews Simpsons creator Matt Groening, and Tom Hard Chats Human Nature.

The Weekly investigates Mad Monday, bad honey, and lab-grown meat. Kitty Flanagan fixes superannuation. Tom Gleeson Hard Chats Roxy Jacenko. Roy and HG preview footy finals and hail Australia's newest hero, that tennis guy.

The Weekly picks apart Serena's serve, opioid addiction, and the Muppets in Canberra. Tom Gleeson Hard Chats music legend Paul Kelly. Kitty Flanagan rests in peace. Special Guest: Olivia Newton-John (Season Final)

Charlie and The Weekly team look back on the year and ask "2018 What the hell happened?" Leadership spills, cave rescues, Trump summits and Tom Gleeson's tilt for Denyer Logie Gold. Plus a final farewell to Kitty Flanagan.