The Betoota Advocate Presents Editors-at-large Errol Parker (Charles Single) and Clancy Overell (Archer Hamilton) could be looking at a second season of their Paramount+ series.
During an interview with Mediaweek and Chattr’s The Entertainment Hotline podcast, the co-presenters revealed that the streaming service had “all but confirmed” another instalment of the show which is set to cover the Cronulla Riots during the June 28 episode.
“Paramount+ have all but confirmed that there will be a second season,” Overell admitted, before adding what it is they would do if given the opportunity.
“I think we might push it out a bit more,” he said. “Obviously this season tells a lot of wild stories from Queensland and the 1980s and early 2000s Sydney. I reckon we could have a lot of fun in the backcountry of Tasmania.
“I reckon there are a lot of stories that haven’t been told in Western Australia. They sit there, they get away with a lot. You know what I mean? Who the hell knows what’s happened in Western Australia over the years.”
Clancy Overell (Archer Hamilton) and Errol Parker (Charles Single). Paramount+
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So far, the series has covered the rise and fall of Hillsong, the Super League War and now the Riots, where the co-hosts take us through a day in 2005 when Cronulla made international headlines and even put Australia on the don’t travel to list.
Given that the topics in the Paramount+ Original Series and on their highly popular Instagram, The Betoota Advocate, are often controversial, both Parker and Overell admit that lawyers are heavily involved.
“Legally speaking, we’ve got lawyers who will tell us what is illegal and what will result in people getting sued,” Overell said while adding that as far as tastefulness goes, they “bounce that off each other.”
“You need a diverse group of people to do that with, you can’t just have a bunch of blokes saying, ‘I think everyone will find that funny’. You should ask around a little bit, which is what we do.”
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While some posts, in particular, can often feel very close to home, the guys say that their aim is “never to hurt people or be needlessly cruel to someone.”
In fact, Parker admitted that they only ever get straight positive or negative reviews of the content they’ve produced.
“Their responses are usually, ‘good work’ or ‘this is rubbish’. It’s either Ying or Yang,” he said.
Even though it’s hard to comprehend otherwise, Overell said that they’re not “aiming to narrate people’s lives”, even if it can feel that way.
“What that tells us when people have that response is, well, your life is very similar to the people we write about, or indeed ourselves.”
Listen to the full interview with The Betoota Advocate Presents on The Entertainment Hotline podcast.
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