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The Fairytale

A real and imagined history of Australian sport

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Narrator H. G. Nelson

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Length 6 hours 58 minutes
Language English
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A sporting nation is only limited by its imagination. Every time this story is told it changes; something is always added, embellished or dropped from the run-on side.

For more than thirty years, H.G. Nelson has been finding the poetry in the punt and humour during half-time. Now, he turns his keen eye for facts and folly to the illustrious history of our great sporting nation.

In his trademark fast and furious style, H.G. dives deep into the moments that have truly made us who we are. He reminds us of our leaders' great sporting triumphs, from Harold Holt's swimming to John Howard's bowling; rewrites the record on legends such as 'Aussie Joe' Bugner and Jack Brabham; and explains why Australia's reality TV is the best in the world.

The Fairytale is H.G. Nelson's magnum opus - an all-encompassing, no-holds-barred history of Australia at play, told through the stories of our sporting highs, lows and middles.

After graduating from Flinders University in South Australia and spending time overseas driving trucks, Greig Pickhaver arrived in Melbourne and began working for the Australian Performing Group and 3RRR-FM.
The radio station encouraged him to use his knowledge of popular music to develop innovative programmes and allowed him time to explore sports broadcasting.
This eventually led to the creation of H.G. Nelson, a character he was born to play.
Since 1986 Greig has appeared as H.G. Nelson in various radio and television programmes usually with John Doyle appearing alongside him behind the card table as Rampaging Roy Slaven.
This Sporting Life was a regular weekend fixture on the ABC's Triple J for 22 years, which was followed by five years on Triple M with The Life and The Sporting Probe.
During this two-decade run John and Greig have presented a number of television shows including This Sporting Life (the TV show), Club Buggery, The Channel Nine Show, Win Roy and H.G.'s Money, The Dream, The Ice Dream, The Dream in Athens, The Monday Dump, The Cream and The Memphis Trousers Half Hour amongst many others.
Greig most recently hosted SBS's Secrets of our Cities, and co-hosted Just Short of a Length with Roy and H.G on Macquarie Sports Radio. He's currently co-hosting Bludging on the Blindside on ABC radio.

After graduating from Flinders University in South Australia and spending time overseas driving trucks, Greig Pickhaver arrived in Melbourne and began working for the Australian Performing Group and 3RRR-FM.
The radio station encouraged him to use his knowledge of popular music to develop innovative programmes and allowed him time to explore sports broadcasting.
This eventually led to the creation of H.G. Nelson, a character he was born to play.
Since 1986 Greig has appeared as H.G. Nelson in various radio and television programmes usually with John Doyle appearing alongside him behind the card table as Rampaging Roy Slaven.
This Sporting Life was a regular weekend fixture on the ABC's Triple J for 22 years, which was followed by five years on Triple M with The Life and The Sporting Probe.
During this two-decade run John and Greig have presented a number of television shows including This Sporting Life (the TV show), Club Buggery, The Channel Nine Show, Win Roy and H.G.'s Money, The Dream, The Ice Dream, The Dream in Athens, The Monday Dump, The Cream and The Memphis Trousers Half Hour amongst many others.
Greig most recently hosted SBS's Secrets of our Cities, and co-hosted Just Short of a Length with Roy and H.G on Macquarie Sports Radio. He's currently co-hosting Bludging on the Blindside on ABC radio.

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