9 episodes

The true creative crime podcast. Filmmaker Hayden Bevis and screenwriter Chris Kennett pull back the curtain on the arts industry as they investigate the untimely deaths of creative projects, interview the victims and identify the killers.

Pitch Bleak Chris Kennett, Hayden Bevis

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 11 Ratings

The true creative crime podcast. Filmmaker Hayden Bevis and screenwriter Chris Kennett pull back the curtain on the arts industry as they investigate the untimely deaths of creative projects, interview the victims and identify the killers.

    BONUS: Has It Got Legs? THE ADULT CENTRE

    BONUS: Has It Got Legs? THE ADULT CENTRE

    Pitch Bleak extends end-of-season’s greetings to you all with this special ‘Has It Got Legs?’ mini episode. Thankyou for supporting our vital work and we look forward to bringing you more true creative crime in 2024!

    • 5 min
    Episode 7: When OOSH Comes to Shove w/ Damian Callinan

    Episode 7: When OOSH Comes to Shove w/ Damian Callinan

    Pitch Bleak’s first season ends in the murky world of children’s TV, and the mysterious knifing of a kid’s comedy series that had everything going for it. As the lines blur between hero and villain, victim and investigator, Hayden and Chris will face their darkest hour.

    Featuring award-winning comedian, author and actor Damian Callinan.

    Has It Got Legs: (0:51)
    The Interview: (3:57)

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    • 42 min
    Episode 6: Disgraced w/ Katy Warner

    Episode 6: Disgraced w/ Katy Warner

    Pitch Bleak treads the boards of the theatre world as the detectives investigate the untimely demise of Grace, a play that looked set to take regional Australia by storm. Was this simply a tragedy, or was it murder most foul?

    Featuring award-winning playwright, actor and author Katy Warner.

    Has It Got Legs: (0:36)
    Interview: (4:54)
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    • 40 min
    Episode 5: Burned Alive w/ Rove McManus

    Episode 5: Burned Alive w/ Rove McManus

    Hayden and Chris feel the heat as they face their biggest case yet - the fiery demise of a live TV sketch show from a production powerhouse. With a high profile victim and actual crimes possibly in the mix, will this be the case that gets the Pitch Bleak division shut down once and for all?

    Featuring triple Gold Logie winner Rove McManus.

    Has It Got Legs (0:53)
    Interview (4:41)

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    • 53 min
    Episode 4: Who Killed Brian Munich? w/Jason Marion

    Episode 4: Who Killed Brian Munich? w/Jason Marion

    Danger and treachery lurk at every turn as Pitch Bleak takes on a cold case: the brutal slaying of the acclaimed absurdist stage comedy act Brian Munich and Friends nearly two decades ago. Skeletons will be pulled from closets, and possibly danced with.

    Featuring award-winning comedian, writer and director Jason Marion.

    Has It Got Legs: (1:20)

    Interview: (8:24)

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    • 49 min
    Episode 3: Tied To The Tracks w/ Nicklas Wallberg

    Episode 3: Tied To The Tracks w/ Nicklas Wallberg

    How did Tram Sessions - a roll call of A-list musicians playing live on Melbourne’s beloved public transport - go off the rails? Hayden and Chris will interrogate a very Swedish man in order to find out.

    Featuring international social entrepreneur and unapologetic Swede Nicklas Wallberg.

    Has It Got Legs: (1:23)
    Interview : (5:43)

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    • 40 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
11 Ratings

11 Ratings

P w curry ,

Gold!

I stumbled across this gem. Looking forward to the next episode.

lilbear22 ,

Great idea and very funny

Interesting idea about all those ideas that may go somewhere but don’t. Loved the inside view of how ideas can turn to shows or not in this case. Funny hosts.

Ckkk76 ,

The world’s best podcast?

many are saying this

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