Michael Veitch performed a variety of characters over both seasons of the show, and went on to write and perform in the sketch comedy shows Fast Forward and Full Frontal on the Seven Network between 1989 and 1995.
13 Facts About Michael Veitch
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In 2005, Michael Veitch made a short-lived return to sketch comedy in Let Loose Live.
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From 2006 to 2009, Michael Veitch presented ABC Television's flagship arts magazine program, Sunday Arts; this was one of the roles which he had performed in parody a decade before on Fast Forward.
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In 2012, Michael Veitch starred in the award-winning short film Best Kept Secret, a mockumentary spoof on tourist promotion, filmed in Tasmania and directed by David Pyefinch.
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Michael Veitch joined the ensemble cast of the sketch comedy series Open Slather which began airing on Foxtel's The Comedy Channel in May 2015.
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Michael Veitch has written eleven books on the topics of history, military history, travel and Australia's role in the Pacific War.
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Michael Veitch has pursued a lifelong interest in the aviation of the Second World War, the subject of his first three books.
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In 2015, Michael Veitch wrote Southern Surveyor, a book about the CSIRO's Marine National Facility's research vessel.
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Also in 2015, Michael Veitch produced a third volume of Second World War airman stories, Heroes of the Skies, published by Penguin Books.
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In 2010, Michael Veitch moved to Hobart, Tasmania, to host afternoons on 936 ABC Hobart local ABC radio.
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In 2003, Michael Veitch played one of the lead roles in the Australian production of the musical The Full Monty, based on the 1997 film.
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In 2009, Michael Veitch played the lead role of Molly Meldrum in the Melbourne musical comedy Countdown, a tribute to the iconic Countdown TV show of the 1970s and '80s.
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Michael Veitch has a daughter who edited the student magazine Farrago, and two sons.