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    Craig Reucassel

    1977-01-01 (47 years old) in South Africa

    He is an Australian television and radio comedian. He is best known for being a member of satirical team The Chaser. He hosted the Australian version of Balls of Steel, which premiered in April 2011. Since 2013, Reucassel and fellow Chaser Julian Morrow were the main presenters on the ABC program The Checkout. In 2017, Reucassel presented the four-part ABC TV series War on Waste which focused on clothing and food waste in Australia, its environmental impacts and what can be done to help reduce waste. This was followed by a second series, Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge in 2018, which focused on the use of plastics, and particularly 'single-use' plastics such as straws. Alongside publishing the program, Big Weather And How To Survive It (2020): an exploration of how to survive extreme weather events, Reucassel directed the two-part ABC TV series Big Deal (2021). The series presented by actor Christian Van Vuuren, investigated the influence of lobbying and donations on Australia's political system. Reucassel was born in South Africa on 1 January 1977 and later moved to Adelaide with his parents. There, he attended Semaphore Park Primary School. Reucassel later attended Bowral Public School and Bowral High School in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, becoming the only Chaser member to be public school educated. In 1993 while attending the school he represented the school in The Sydney Morning Herald Plain English Speaking competition, as did future Chaser member Julian Morrow.

    Movies

    actor
    Yes We Canberra!
    50 %|Dec 1, 2010

    Series

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    Win the Week
    0 %|Jun 23, 2021
    Comedy
    poster
    Big Weather (and how to survive it)
    0 %|Oct 13, 2020
    Documentary
    poster
    Fight for Planet A: Our Climate Challenge
    60 %|Aug 11, 2020
    Documentary
    poster
    The Sound
    0 %|Jul 19, 2020
    Talk
    poster
    War on Waste
    62 %|May 16, 2017
    Documentary
    actor
    The Chaser's Media Circus
    0 %|Oct 15, 2014
    Comedy
    poster
    Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
    70 %|Sep 18, 2013
    Comedy, Documentary
    actor
    The Hamster Decides
    0 %|Aug 14, 2013
    Comedy, News
    poster
    The Checkout
    33 %|Mar 21, 2013
    Comedy, Documentary
    poster
    Shock Horror Aunty
    0 %|Feb 6, 2013
    Comedy, Documentary
    poster
    The Chaser's War on Everything
    80 %|Feb 17, 2006
    Comedy
    poster
    CNNNN
    27 %|Sep 19, 2002
    Comedy, News
    poster
    Good News Week
    88 %|Apr 12, 1996
    News, Comedy, Family