Working Dog Productions

Working Dog Productions is a film and television production company based in Melbourne, Australia. It was formed in 1993 by actors Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, and producer Michael Hirsh.

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History

Working Dog was formed in 1993 by five collaborators who had worked together on earlier comedy projects; the company initially traded as Frontline Television Productions before adopting the name Working Dog Productions in the mid-1990s. The founders have described the company origin as “five friends formed a production company with a dodgy camcorder and a dream.”
The company name and mascot reflect the founders’ affection for dogs, and the company has retained the original creative core across decades while expanding into multi-platform production and a small executive/staff structure.

Television

Programs with a shaded background indicate the program is still in production.

Title	Network	Genre	Years	Seasons
Frontline	ABC	Comedy, Satire	1994–1997
Behind the Frontline	ABC	Documentary	1995
Funky Squad	ABC	Comedy	1995
The Campaign	ABC	Documentary	1996
A River Somewhere	ABC	Documentary	1997–1998
The Panel	Network Ten	Talk show	1998–2004
All Aussie Adventures	Network Ten	Mockumentary	2001–2002, 2018
The Panel Christmas Wrap	Network Ten	Talk show	2003–2007
Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge	Network Ten	Mockumentary	2004
Thank God You're Here	Network Ten Seven Network	Improvised comedy	2006–2009, 2023–present
Thank God You're Here	NBC	Comedy	2007
The Hollowmen	ABC	Comedy	2008
Santo, Sam and Ed's [Cup Fever!]	SBS	Sport, Comedy	2010
Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever!	7mate/Seven Network	Sport, Comedy	2012
Pictures of You	Seven Network	Talk show	2012
Audrey's Kitchen	ABC	Comedy	2012–2013
Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football	Fox Sports	Sports, Comedy	2013–2015
Have You Been Paying Attention?	Network Ten	Game show	2013–present
Utopia	ABC	Comedy	2014–present
Pacific Heat	The Comedy Channel	Animated Sitcom	2016–2017
The Cheap Seats	Network Ten	Comedy, Current Affairs	2021–present

Film

Title	Genre	Release date	Distributor
The Castle	Comedy		Village Roadshow
The Dish	Comedy		Roadshow Entertainment
Any Questions for Ben?	Comedy		Roadshow Films

Other

In addition to television and film, Working Dog Productions have also ventured into books, stage shows, and podcasts.

Books

Books which have been published by Working Dog include, but are not limited to, mock travel guides. Books published by Working Dog include:

Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch, 2003.
Phaic Tan: Sunstroke on a Shoestring by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch, 2004.
San Sombrero: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch, 2006.
Molvanian Baby Names: With Meanings, Derivations And Probable Pronunciations, by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch 2009.

Stage

Working Dog produced the stage show The Speechmaker. The show was written by Working Dog's Sitch, Cilauro and Gleisner and had a sellout season at the Melbourne Theatre Company. Gleisner has produced a musical under the Working Dog brand titled Bloom.

Podcasts

Santo, Sam & Ed's Total Football Podcast

''Santo, Sam & Ed's Cup Fever! Podcast''