The Naked Vicar Show was a satirical Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n radio, television series. The classic Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n sitcom Kingswood Country

Kingswood Country

Kingswood Country is an Australian sitcom that screened from 1980 to 1984 on the Seven Network. The series started on 30 January 1980 and was a spin-off from a sketch on comedy program The Naked Vicar Show that had featured Ross Higgins as a blustering bigot...

was spawned from sketches in the series.

The series was written and produced by Gary Reilly

Gary Reilly

Gary Reilly is an Australian television producer and writer born in New Zealand in 1945. He is most famous for his work on a variety of comedy series such as The Naked Vicar Show, Kingswood Country, Hey Dad..! and Bullpitt!. He also has a strong friendship and was once neighbours with Australian...

 and Tony Sattler and made by their company RS Productions for ABC Radio, later for Triple J, before making a record titled The Naked Vicar Show in 1975 (containing two full-length shows), and being adapted successfully for television to Channel Seven

Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

: the series premiered in 1977 and ended in 1978. The stars also performed a live cabaret season of the show during 1976.

The series starred comedy actress Noeline Brown

Noeline Brown

Noeline Brown is an Australian actor and comedian. She has appeared in many films, television shows, plays and radio programs....

 (who came to fame on The Mavis Bramston Show

The Mavis Bramston Show

The Mavis Bramston Show was a popular and award-winning Australian TV satirical sketch comedy series of the mid-1960s.-Introduction:The tremendous impact that The Mavis Bramston Show had in Australia in the mid-1960s was heightened because of its unique place in the history of the Australian TV...

), veteran announcer Kevin Goldsby and actor-comedian Ross Higgins

Ross Higgins

Ross Higgins is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Ted Bulpitt in the television situation comedy series Kingswood Country....

, with a supporting cast including Colin McEwan

Colin McEwan

Colin McEwan was an Australian television presenter and actor. He was best known for appearing on both stage and TV versions of The Naked Vicar Show, and for his role as Bob Bullpitt in Kingswood Country...

, Julie McGregor

Julie McGregor

Julie McGregor is an Australian television actor.-Career:McGregor is best known to Australian audiences as Betty Wilson, the dim-witted secretary in the Australian television comedy series, Hey Dad...!, and its short-lived spinoff Hampton Court...

, and Laurel McGowan.