Mitch McTaggart

Mitch McTaggart is an Australian writer, producer and comedian..^[1][2]

Career

In 2019, he wrote and presented comedy review programme The Last Year of Television for C31 Melbourne, which moved to SBS Viceland from 2020^[3][4]. While at SBS, he also wrote and produced the first series of The Back Side of Television in 2021^[5], before both shows moved to Binge from 2022 onward^[6][7]. In 2023, McTaggart won an AWGIE Award for The Last Year of Television.^[8]

Through his shows, McTaggart's criticisms of Australian TV have been noted as "savage"^[9], "quick witted and incisive"^[10] while he has been described as a "kind-hearted cynic"^[11] who also "knows... how to hit a nerve".^[12] McTaggart composes theme music for his TV shows^[13]

Selected works

Year	Title	Network/Platform	Notes
2019-present	The Last Year of Television	Channel 31 (2019)	6 specials Winner of 2023 AWGIE for Comedy – Sketch and Light Entertainment
		SBS (2020-2021)
		Binge (2022-present)
2021-present	The Back Side of Television	SBS (2021)	3 series, 14 episodes Nominated for 2022 ATOM award for Best Factual TV Series[14]
		Binge (2022-present)
2023	WTFAQ	ABC	Guest writer/reporter[15]
2017	Headswapsies	ABC	3 x 5 min, Fresh Blood initiative[16]
2016	About Tonight	Channel 31	Guest host, also writer/producer