The Weekly with Charlie Pickering: Series 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Feb 3, 2016 · 30 min
The Weekly returns for Season Two! The guys all look tanned and like they've lost weight. Kitty gets stuck into vaping, Tom promotes ignorance and Charlie meets Ben Stiller to talk
Episode 2
Feb 10, 2016 · 30 min
News meets Comedy in a deserted alleyway for an epic dance battle. Charlie, Tom & Kitty take on Cardinal Pell, refugees, Star Wars & lettuce. Guests: Samuel Johnson, comedi
Episode 3
Feb 17, 2016 · 30 min
The Weekly looks at all the news that's fit to print, then asks how Sunrise's Sex & The City skit slipped in there. With comedians Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson & Kitty Fl
Episode 4
Feb 24, 2016 · 30 min
Wherever there is both news and comedy, they'll be there. Our hero chums Charlie, Tom and Kitty tackle negative gearing, lockout laws, and protein powder. Guests: Chloe Hilliard an
Episode 5
Mar 2, 2016 · 30 min
Comedy gangs up on news, and steals its wallet. Oscar gossip, safe schools, Tom chats hard with Michelle Bridges, Loyiso Gola dials in from South Africa, and Charlie talks to Vladi
Episode 6
Mar 9, 2016 · 30 min
The Weekly promises to put the sense back into the nonsense of the news world, with comedians Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson & Kitty Flanagan who are experts at supplying sense
Episode 7
Mar 16, 2016 · 30 min
Charlie, Tom & Kitty uncover a devilish plot to turn news into pure comedy. They tackle smartphone addiction, Warnie & an ISIS crisis. With Adam Briggs & Peter FitzSimo
Episode 8
Mar 23, 2016 · 30 min
Charlie Pickering recalls Tom Gleeson & Kitty Flanagan to have you double-dissolving into laughter. Special guests Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone, while Tom Chats Hard with
Episode 9
Mar 30, 2016 · 30 min
In the fight between comedy & news, there's one winner, except on The Weekly where it's always a draw. Charlie, Tom & Kitty talk East Timor & Peter Dutton's movie. Gues
Episode 10
Apr 6, 2016 · 30 min
Comedy sees News across a crowded room. Their eyes lock. The electricity is palpable. Charlie, Kitty & Tom tackle wrongful conviction, invasion or discovery & the Panama Pa
Episode 11
Apr 13, 2016 · 30 min
In a feverish world, The Weekly mops your brow with comedy & soothing sips of news. Charlie, Tom & Kitty talk Clive Palmer, big data & 60 Minutes. Special guest: contro
Episode 12
Apr 20, 2016 · 30 min
If music be the food of love, then news be the food of comedy. Charlie & Kitty tackle Brazil, election logos & Johnny Depp-based dog crime. Tom beams in live from a Trump r
Episode 13
Apr 27, 2016 · 30 min
Comedy finally comes to its senses & realises it's crazy about News. Charlie, Kitty & Tom tackle 60 Minutes, Prince & the internet. Special guests: Bible historian Fran
Episode 14
May 4, 2016 · 30 min
For the final time this season, Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson & Kitty Flanagan put the sense back into the nonsense of the news world.