Peter Berner was born on February 1963 and is an Australian stand-up comedian and television and radio presenter.
25 Facts About Peter Berner
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Peter Berner hosted The Einstein Factor and Backberner on ABC Television.
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Peter Berner previously hosted the news comedy TV series The B Team with Peter Berner on Sky News Australia.
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Peter Berner is a graduate of the National Art School in Sydney where he majored in painting and was on the student council.
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Peter Berner started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1988.
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Peter Berner's career grew throughout the early 1990s and he performed at various festivals, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Sydney Comedy Festival and the Adelaide Comedy Festival.
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Peter Berner wrote and performed many solo shows in Australia and the UK during this time and established a following of comedy fans.
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Peter Berner would make frequent appearances on Australia's Saturday night comedy show Hey Hey It's Saturday.
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Peter Berner wrote and performed his one-man stand-up shows, Lonely Guys and Rant which premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1997.
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In 1999, Peter Berner premiered his new one man stand-up show, Disturbed, at the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney.
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Peter Berner then took the show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival that same year.
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Also in 1999, Peter Berner began his first TV hosting role on his very own show, Backberner, on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Peter Berner performed at the gala evening of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2000 which was broadcast on Network Ten.
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In 2001, a portrait of Peter Berner, painted by Martine Emdur and titled Laughing on the Inside, was one of the finalists in the Archibald Prize.
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Peter Berner returned to TV and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2004 hosting the quiz show The Einstein Factor.
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Also in 2004 Peter Berner hosted the Australian Film Institute Awards.
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In 2007, Peter Berner joined Southern Cross Austereo and was the breakfast host of The Cage on Triple M alongside Brigitte Duclos, James Brayshaw, Matt Parkinson and Mike Fitzpatrick.
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In 2008 Peter Berner co-wrote and hosted The Loaded Brush on Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Peter Berner returned to TV screens in 2011 hosting You Have Been Watching on The Comedy Channel on Foxtel.
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In 2011 Peter Berner exhibited a solo show of his paintings at Gallery@28 in Sydney, Australia.
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Peter Berner's paintings were abstract portraits of lonely figures, using oils, past crayons and pencil.
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In 2013 Peter Berner joined the third series of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia on the Nine Network.
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Peter Berner was the second celebrity contestant to be fired by Mark Bouris on the show and he raised AUD$10,000 for his nominated charity ChildFund Australia.
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In 2016, Peter Berner appeared on the Nine Network's comedy clip show 20 to One.
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The B Team with Peter Berner premiered on Saturday 16 July 2016, and was shortly then extended to two nights a week.