Film and Television
On television, the character of Sir Les Patterson has hosted a documentary about the transfer of Hong Kong's sovereignty, entitled Sir Les and the Great Chinese Takeaway (1997). He has also appeared as a special guest on the following:
- Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1984)
- Dame Edna's Christmas Experience (1987)
- The Dame Edna Satellite Experience (1989)
- Barry Humphries' Flashbacks (1999)
- Aussies: Who gives a XXXX (2001)
- The Dame Edna Treatment (five episodes, 2007).
Barry Humphries has also been interviewed in Patterson's guise on numerous TV talk shows, including Parkinson (1982), The Panel (2003) and Rove Live (2005).
In 1987, Sir Les Patterson was also the basis of an ambitious full-length feature film, Les Patterson Saves the World, which was a critical and commercial failure.
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