TGYH - Australia

Some Great Videos From Thank God You're Here.

Thank God You're Here is a Logie Award-winning Australian television improvised comedy programme created by Working Dog Productions, which premiered on Network Ten on 5 April 2006, and aired for three seasons with the final episode airing on 26 September 2007. On 2 December 2008 it was announced that a 2009 season will be made which will air on the Seven Network. The fourth series premiered on Seven in its regular timeslot of Wednesdays at 7:30pm on 29 April 2009.
Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced. It was the most successful new show in Australia of 2006, attracting an average of 1.7 million viewers after the first few episodes.

Synopsis:
Each contestant is dressed in appropriate costume, has some brief banter with the host, and is then invited to "walk through the blue door" onto a hidden set. They are greeted by the ensemble cast, in character, with the line "Thank God you're here!", and must then attempt to improvise their role in the scene. Typically they will be asked in-character questions by the ensemble cast and challenged to provide information about the scene, including the names of characters or objects. The format is a variation on the established improvisational game "Occupation Endowments". In the traditional improv version, one performer enters a scenario she or he knows nothing about and is endowed with an occupation by the other improvisers. The first performer attempts to guess their occupation while playing the scene.

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