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CONTACT DETAILS:

Mike Meade

PO Box 486 Indooroopilly
Brisbane Qld 4068

(07) 3878 4805


mikemeade@uq.net.au



REFEREES
:

Dina Browne
Director Children’s Television
Seven Network
Ph: (07) 3369 7777

Grant Harris
Managing Director
Waterview Productions
Ph: (02) 9818 1244

 

 

BASIC RESUME set up to PRINT

 

Writing

Scripts for Television Reports: “Flashez” ABC TV (425 episodes)
Creator/Writer of Comedy/Variety Show: “Watch This Space” ABC TV (13 episodes)
Scripts/Concepts for Comedy Series: “Give ‘em Heaps” ABC TV (20 episodes)
Comedy Environmental Special “Wombat” BTQ 7
Children’s Television Comedy “Alexander Bunyip” ABC TV (50 episodes)
“Blinky Bill” ABC TV (including Pilot)
Comedy Segments & Voice Overs “Mr Squiggle” “Target” “Wombat” “Earthwatch”
Comedy Scripts: “Radio Comix” ABC Radio
Voice Overs/Narrations: Educational & Spiritual Videos
Corporate Video Scripts: Waterview Productions
Comprehensive Reports Keep Australia Beautiful Council “Tidy Towns”
Copy : TV Advertisements and Promos STW 9 (Perth) TCN (Sydney)


Television & Radio Compere

Children’s Quiz TV Show “Now You See It” Seven Network (785 episodes)
Music / Lifestyle Teen TV Show “Flashez” ABC TV (425 episodes)
Comedy TV Series “Give ‘em Heaps” ABC TV (20 episodes)
Children’s Comedy TV Series “Alexander Bunyip” ABC TV (500 episodes)
Advice and Humour for Teens “Things They Wouldn’t Tell Us”
ABC Radio Guest Compere & ‘Molly’ stand-in “Countdown – Humdrum” ABC TV


Reporter/Host


* Extensive coverage of the entertainment scene with concert and movie reviews
* Location stories on alternative lifestyles (Permaculture, Nimbin, Pyramid Power)
* Conducting acting classes (on air) with Michelle Fawdon
* Consumers Affairs Watchdog (with Ann Dunn, ABC Radio)
* Weekly Chat on the Arts with Kate Fitzpatrick

Interviewer
For “Flashez” and “Now You See It”
,
a great many interviews both serious and humorous.
This is a small sample:
David Frost
Charlton Heston
Rod Stewart
Chuck Berry
Bo Diddly
BB King
Skyhooks
Dragon
Jon English
Sherbet
AC/DC
Premier Bjelke Peterson
Gary MacDonald
Paul Hogan
Danni Minogue
Johnny O’Keefe
John Farnham
Ian Meldrum
Grahame Bond
Jim Cairns
Juni Morosi
John Paul Young
Mark Holden
Eddie Peilke (Wizard)
Marc De Pascale (Astrologer)
Tom Wood (Hypnotist)
Mark Warren (World Surfing Champion)
DR Cheraskin (Nutritionist/ Author)
DR Nicholas Ribush (Tibetan Monk)
DR Anne Wigmore (Author)
Prof Frank Crawley (Psychologist)
Nick Lyon (Green Peace)
Harry Butler (Naturalist/ Author)
Bill Mollison (Lecturer/ Author)
Lord Mayoress Sally-Ann Atkinson

Floor Manager/Cameraman

Two years at both STW Perth and TCN 9 Sydney
Worked on everything from studio to outside broadcasts
of sport, drama, current affairs, commercials and children’s shows etc…
in both taped and live situations.
Also stage managed Carols by Candlelight at Sydney’s Hyde Park.


Acting

Variety of roles in television productions including
“Mr Squiggle”, “Blinky Bill”, “Earthwatch”, “Watch this Space”,
“Alexander Bunyip” & “Given ‘em Heaps”.
Character Voices in the majority of productions mentioned
and “Sunday Comix” for ABC Radio


Photography / Art


*Advertising Brochures, CD covers, Posters,.
*Independent videos.
*Pastel, Watercolour & Pencil artwork
* School photography with A-One Photographics.


Computer

* Web Page Design
* Microsoft Word & Publisher
*Graphic Design: ( Photoshop, Paintshop Pro)

Music

Written songs: Various ABC television productions
Written and recorded: Music for “in-house” production videos
& various independent productions
Written, recorded & produced:
Compact disc of own original songs distributed Internationally