Hamish & Andy

Highest rating broadcasters & entertaining comedic duo

Hamish Blake and Andy Lee are the hilarious comic duo that host the program Hamish and Andy, broadcast across Australia and in New Zealand by the Today Network. The Today Network’s Hamish and Andy show is the highest-rating radio series in Australian history, with approximately two million listeners daily. The program has won 13 Australian Commercial Radio Awards.

The mischievous pair first came to fame for their work on television as correspondents on Rove from 2007 to 2009. They also created the sketch comedy series Radio Karate in 2003 and Real Stories in 2006. They hosted the variety show The Hamish and Andy Show in 2004 and have made numerous appearances hosting events, and competing on game shows and in celebrity sporting events.

Hamish Blake united with Andy Lee in 2003 when they developed a Channel 31 sketch show, Radio Karate. They reunited in 2004 when they were named hosts of a new Seven Network variety program, The Hamish and Andy Show, a show described as a successor to Big Bite. It premiered in 2004, and steadily built a moderate cult audience. However, due in part to poor programming, the show did not rate well and was canceled after its initial run of six episodes.

In 2005, they were recruited by comedian Rove McManus, to develop the satirical television comedy series, Real Stories, which aired on Network Ten in 2006 and 2007. From 2007 to 2009, the duo appeared fortnightly on Rove in pre-recorded segments. They hosted the Logie awards in 2007 and 2008, and the ARIA awards in 2008. They appeared on Joker Poker and Australia's Brainiest Comedian in 2005, and Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? in 2009. The group appeared on The Jay Leno Show twice in 2009 and The 7PM Project in 2009. In 2010 they have been regular panelists on The 7pm Project.

The duo have presented three televised clip show specials on Network Ten: Hamish and Andy: Re-Gifted on 19 November 2008 that was viewed by 1.136 million, Hamish & Andy's American Caravan of Courage on 10 September 2009 that was viewed by 1.307 million and Hamish & Andy: Re-Gifted, Another Very Early Christmas Special on 23 November 2009 that was viewed by 1.052 million. The three Re-Gifted specials consisted primarily of excerpts from the duo appearances on previous episodes of Rove.

In addition, the group has made two domestic caravan tours, a Bass Strait sailboat trip, and trips to Afghanistan and Beijing, all recorded live on location. The duo released a compilation album of segments from their radio show, Unessential Listening, in 2008 on Roadshow Music. The album peaked at number five on the Australian Top 100 Albums Chart, received platinum certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association and went on to win Best Comedy Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2009.