The Age May 25, 2011 - 2:14PM
The ABC has confirmed that after seven years and 277 episodes, music quiz show Spicks and Specks will come to an end this year.
Apparently the decision has come from host Adam Hills and team captains Myf Warhurst and Alan Brough, who have decided to call it a day.
“For seven years I've had a job where I've met Gourd Orchestras, Oompah bands and Status Quo. Very few people can say that" says Brough in a statement from ABC.
“I'd rather people were upset because we stopped a little early, than upset because we stayed far too long."
Hills echoes Brough's sentiment: “I have loved every second of my involvement with Spicks and Specks, and especially working with Alan and Myf. We always said we wanted to leave when we were on top and while we were still having fun, and now feels like the right time."
Spicks and Specks attracts an average weekly audience of 1.35 million viewers and has been among ABC1’s top 10 programs (based on series averages), each year from 2006-2010.
The show won the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program this year and has previously scored the AFI Award for Best Light Entertainment Television Series.
“Miraculously, I've managed to keep a job on TV for seven years," reflects Warhurst in her statement. “I’ve been lucky enough to experience many great things. I've seen Frank Woodley's privates, been naked under a desk with Pete Murray, and met many of my childhood musical crushes. Life can't get much better than that, so this seems like the perfect time to wind things up.”
According to the publicity department the three major players from the show will continue calling the ABC home - Hills is planning another series of Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight, while discussions continue with Warhurst and Brough about their own separate projects for ABC TV in 2012.
The final series of Spicks and Specks comes to an end with a one-hour finale to screen on Wednesday, 23 November at 8.30pm on ABC1.
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no more looking at Myf
Yeah I like Kawasakis.
