News & Updates

November 14, 2008
I added new Summer Heights High reviews, thanks so much to Sarah and Patty for sending them in, and a few more recent articles, thanks to Sarah.

November 1, 2008
Summer Heights High is nominated for 3 awards at the AFI Awards. The AFI awards ceremony will be on Saturday 6 December, 2008 and will be broadcast on the Nine Network at 9.30pm.
AFI Award for Best Television Comedy Series
  • Chandon Pictures. Rob Carlton. Movie Network
  • The Hollowmen. Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner & Rob Sitch. ABC
  • The Librarians. Wayne Hope & Robyn Butler. ABC
  • Summer Heights High. Chris Lilley & Laura Waters. ABC

    AFI Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy
  • Rob Carlton. Chandon Pictures. Movie Network
  • Rob Sitch. The Hollowmen. ABC
  • Robyn Butler. The Librarians. ABC
  • Chris Lilley. Summer Heights High. ABC

    AFI Award for Best Direction in Television
  • East West 101 (Episode 2, Death at the Station) Peter Andrikidis. SBS
  • Satisfaction (Episode 5, Truth) Daina Reid. Showcase
  • Summer Heights High (Episode 8) Stuart McDonald. ABC
  • Underbelly (Episode 7, Wise Monkeys) Peter Andrikidis. Nine Network

    view the full list of Television Nominees
    • HBO.com has a new Summer Heights High page, check it out here. There is one new interview added, thanks to Patty.

    October 21, 2008
    Chris was at the ARIA Awards on Sunday, presenting the awards for Best Urban Release and Best Pop Release with Ricki-Lee Coulter. There are videos from the red carpet here and here.

    The ARIAs' most popular guest - who was neither nominated nor famed for his musical offerings - was comedian Chris Lilley.

    Lilley spent the entire award ceremony besieged for autographs and photos with one of his most ardent admirers being Cilmi and her younger brother Joe.

    Read full article
    Summer Heights High premieres on HBO on November 9 at 10:30pm, and in Australia is repeated on Wednesday nights, on ABC1.

    October 2, 2008
    The Summer Heights High board game and Magnetix are out now and can be ordered here. For fans in the UK, Summer Heights High is released on DVD on October 6.

    There are a few new articles thanks to Fran and new icons and banners, thanks to Emily for making some!

    August 27, 2008
    There's a full page SHH article in the September issue of Film Ink magazine. It's on sale now in Australia and New Zealand and is available through special order at www.filmink.com.au.

    View the article here, thank you to Rhiannon at Film Ink Magazine.



    August 14, 2008
    There are new scans from the interviews in Good Weekend and Who magazine, a scan from Heat magazine and another recent interview, thanks again to Fran.

    Please come and join the new Chris Lilley Fan Forums, created by Thom!

    August 7, 2008
    The Summer Heights High special edition DVD is out now!! Order it here. I added a scan from Heat Magazine and a few new articles. Thank you Fran for sending them in!

    July 27, 2008

    The Summer Heights High Special Edition 3 DVD Set is available on August 7 - pre-order it here and watch some previews here. The Summer Heights High board game is available September 15.

    There's a couple of new photos of Chris and Ryan Shelton at the opening night of Wicked, a scan from OK magazine and Summer Heights High UK reviews.

    Visit http://www.sorryranga.org/ to find out more about Sorry Ranga Day on August 10th.

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