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Zoe Norton Lodge

Zoe Norton Lodge is an Australian writer and television presenter.

Career

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Zoe Norton Lodge is known for her work on ABC's satirical comedy programs The Hamster Wheel,[1] and The Checkout.[2][3] Norton Lodge, along with Kirsten Drysdale, wrote and presented The Checkout's segment, 'Gendered Marketing,' an analysis of sexism inherent in the way products are advertised,[4][5] and 'What To Reject When You're Expecting,' a series on bogus pregnancy products.[6] She was also a presenter on The Chaser election specials.[7][8] Norton Lodge has also appeared as a guest on Win the Week, Plonk, The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting, The Letdown and The Moodys.

In 2018-19, she was a regular presenter on Triple M,[9] and has also presented on ABC Radio Sydney[10] and Radio National.[11]

In 2018, she co-wrote the Ding Dong I'm Gay web series with Tim Spencer.[12] The series won an Australian Writer’s Guild AWGIE Award in 2021[13]

In 2020 she hosted the ABC show Reputation Rehab with Kirsten Drysdale, looking at the culture around public shame.[14][15][16]

Norton Lodge has published a collection of short stories 'Almost Sincerely'[17][18] and collaborated with her sister Georgia Norton Lodge, an illustrator, on four children's books in the Elizabella series.[19]

In 2023, she co-developed the six-part BBC One comedy series Queen of Oz, starring English comedian Catherine Tate as the scandalous Princess Georgiana, a disgraced member of a fictional British Royal Family sent to rule Australia.[20][21] She also co-wrote the episode titled "They Used to Oink at Me".

She is the Executive Producer and Series Editor[22] for 'The Art Of..', a weekly arts television show, hosted by Namila Benson, that began airing on ABC TV (Australian TV channel) in June 2024. 'The Art Of...' is also broadcast on demand via ABC iView. [23]

Bibliography

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  • Almost Sincerely (2015)[24]
  • Elizabella Meets Her Match (2018)[25]
  • Welcome to Story Club (2018, with Ben Jenkins)[26]
  • Elizabella and the Great Tuckshop Takeover (2019)[19]
  • Elizabella and the Haunting of Lizard Lake (2020)[19]
  • Elizabella Breaks A Leg (2020)[27]

Television writing credits

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Year Title Notes
2012 The Hamster Wheel Additional writing
2013 The Hamster Decides Additional writing
2013–2015 The Checkout 39 episodes
2014–2015 The Chaser's Media Circus 20 episodes
2016 The Chaser's Election Desk 5 episodes
2017 The Letdown Additional writing
2019 Skit Box Developed by
2020 Ding Dong I'm Gay 6 episodes
Reputation Rehab 8 episodes
2023 Class of '07
We Interrupt This Broadcast 10 episodes
Year Of
Queen of Oz Episode: "They Used to Oink at Me"; also co-developed by

Personal life

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She is married and has 2 children.

References

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  1. ^ "Zoe Norton Lodge". RGM. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. ^ Harmon, Steph (5 July 2018). "ABC shelves consumer affairs show The Checkout". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ^ Harris, Lauren Carroll (30 November 2016). "From Gilmore Girls to Please Like Me: the best of film and TV streaming in Australia this month". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Gendered Marketing". ABC's The Checkout. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Pink vs. Blue: The Checkout Team take on Gendered Marketing". Harper Collins. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. ^ Williams, Vanessa (25 January 2018). "What to reject when you're expecting". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Zoe Norton Lodge". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  8. ^ Overington, Caroline (30 June 2016). "Federal election 2016: David Leyonhjelm's free speech hypocrisy". The Australian. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  9. ^ "The Chaser Crew Score Sydney Brekkie Radio Gig On Triple M". B&T Magazine. 11 December 2018. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Mark Sutton and Zoe Norton Lodge". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Zoe Norton Lodge". Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  12. ^ Barber, Laurence (15 May 2018). "'Ding Dong I'm Gay' is your new queer web series obsession". Star Observer. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  13. ^ "'Wins for Shaun Grant, Tony McNamara, Harry Cripps at AWGIE Awards". if.com.au. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  14. ^ Delaney, Brigid (28 October 2020). "Reputation Rehab: can reality TV rescue public figures from a lifetime of cancellation?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  15. ^ Pobjie, Ben (21 October 2020). "What's on TV: Friday, October 23 to Thursday, October 29". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  16. ^ Blundell, Graeme (22 October 2020). "Reputation Rehab". The Australian. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Zoë Norton Lodge Almost Sincerely". The Saturday Paper. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  18. ^ Charls, Stella (26 May 2015). "Review: Almost Sincerely by Zoë Norton Lodge". Readings. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  19. ^ a b c "Zoë Norton Lodge". Walker Books. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  20. ^ "Brand new Catherine Tate comedy Queen Of Oz commissioned for BBC One and BBC iPlayer". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  21. ^ Goldbart, Max (25 August 2022). "BBC Greenlights Catherine Tate Comedy 'Queen Of Oz', 'Mayflies' Starring Martin Compston, Show From BAFTA Winners Paul Coleman and Sian Gibson & Season Four Of 'Man Like Mobeen' – Edinburgh TV Festival". Deadline. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  22. ^ "ABC iView The Art Of...". Australian Broadcast Corporation. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  23. ^ O'Brien, Kerrie (4 June 2024). "Divorce parties and sex scenes: How the ABC's new show breaks the mould". The Age. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Almost Sincerely". Giamondo Publishing. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  25. ^ "Books That Changed Me: Zoe Norton Lodge". The Age. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  26. ^ "Welcome To Story Club". HarperCollins Australia. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  27. ^ "Elizabella Breaks a Leg". Reading Time. The Children's Book Council of Australia. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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