The true creative crime podcast. Filmmaker Hayden Bevis and screenwriter Chris Kennett pull back the curtain on the arts industry as they investigate the untimely deaths of creative projects, interview the victims and identify the killers.
Detectives Hayden and Chris corner Dan Ilic, the one-man media machine, and uncover the dark truth behind 'A Rational Fear's' TV deal and the Beaconsfield backlash.
12 Dec 2024
A Series of Unfortunate Events with Geraldine Quinn
Chris and Hayden investigate the disappearance of Geraldine Quinn, a renowned singer-songwriter and cabaret queen, uncovering a complex web of circumstances that challenge their investigative skills.
5 Dec 2024
To Sketch a Killer with Andy Matthews
Detectives grill comedian Andy Matthews in the case of a TV sketch comedy project, exposing a dirty world of problematic jokes and big-name suspects.
28 Nov 2024
Watchlist with Lally Katz
Lally Katz and Hayden Chris interrogate the acclaimed dramatist about the failed movie adaptation of her hit play, Neighbourhood Watch, and the Hollywood system's development cycle.
Lorin Clarke, acclaimed writer, author, and filmmaker, shares insights on her creative processes, industry challenges, and the untold story of her unrealised TV project, Unaccompanied Minors.
14 Nov 2024
Mourning in America with John Safran
Pitch Bleak’s second season opens with a bang as Hayden and Chris interrogate author, documentarian and professional troublemaker John Safran. After canvassing his crimes new (squatting in Kanye’s mansion) and old (rifling through Ray Martin’s garbage), the detectives zero in on their main target: what became of John Safran Vs America, his US-based series that never happened?
Featuring exclusive, never-before seen excerpts from Safran’s unaired pilot episode!
3 Oct 2024
PREVIOUSLY… On Pitch Bleak
With the true creative crime show being dual-nominated at the 2024 Australian Podcast Awards, it’s time to catch up on the action so far with this dizzying highlight reel! Come on a whirlwind trip through Season 1 with Detectives Hayden and Chris (and then go back and hit up all the individual episodes again, it’s good for our numbers).
SEASON TWO COMING SOON!
22 Dec 2023
BONUS: Has It Got Legs? THE ADULT CENTRE
Pitch Bleak extends end-of-season’s greetings to you all with this special ‘Has It Got Legs?’ mini episode. Thankyou for supporting our vital work and we look forward to bringing you more true creative crime in 2024!
7 Dec 2023
When OOSH Comes to Shove w/ Damian Callinan
Pitch Bleak’s first season ends in the murky world of children’s TV, and the mysterious knifing of a kid’s comedy series that had everything going for it. As the lines blur between hero and villain, victim and investigator, Hayden and Chris will face their darkest hour.
Featuring award-winning comedian, author and actor Damian Callinan.
Has It Got Legs: (0:51)
The Interview: (3:57)
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30 Nov 2023
Disgraced w/ Katy Warner
Pitch Bleak treads the boards of the theatre world as the detectives investigate the untimely demise of Grace, a play that looked set to take regional Australia by storm. Was this simply a tragedy, or was it murder most foul?
Featuring award-winning playwright, actor and author Katy Warner.
Has It Got Legs: (0:36)
Interview: (4:54)
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23 Nov 2023
Burned Alive w/ Rove McManus
Hayden and Chris feel the heat as they face their biggest case yet - the fiery demise of a live TV sketch show from a production powerhouse. With a high profile victim and actual crimes possibly in the mix, will this be the case that gets the Pitch Bleak division shut down once and for all?
Featuring triple Gold Logie winner Rove McManus.
Has It Got Legs (0:53)
Interview (4:41)
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16 Nov 2023
Who Killed Brian Munich? w/Jason Marion
Danger and treachery lurk at every turn as Pitch Bleak takes on a cold case: the brutal slaying of the acclaimed absurdist stage comedy act Brian Munich and Friends nearly two decades ago. Skeletons will be pulled from closets, and possibly danced with.
Featuring award-winning comedian, writer and director Jason Marion.
Has It Got Legs: (1:20)
Interview: (8:24)
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9 Nov 2023
Tied To The Tracks w/ Nicklas Wallberg
How did Tram Sessions - a roll call of A-list musicians playing live on Melbourne’s beloved public transport - go off the rails? Hayden and Chris will interrogate a very Swedish man in order to find out.
Featuring international social entrepreneur and unapologetic Swede Nicklas Wallberg.
Has It Got Legs: (1:23)
Interview : (5:43)
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3 Nov 2023
Lonely Hearts Club, Banned w/ Em Rusciano
The Pitch Bleak unit goes into overdrive when confronted with the sudden and violent death of a dating show for ugly people. It seems like an open and shut case, but the prime suspect will not go quietly…
Featuring award-winning singer, comedian and podcaster Em Rusciano (Emsolation, Masked Singer, Australian Idol).
Has It Got Legs: (1:12)
Interview: (5:25)
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3 Nov 2023
Fobbed Off w/ Ro Mukerjea
Hayden and Chris venture into the hip-hop world to tackle their first case - the mystery of a multicultural TV comedy project that simply disappeared. CONTENT WARNING: this recording features ‘Rap hands’ as well as white dudes ‘Keeping It Real’.
Featuring ARIA-nominated hip-hop artist Ro Mukerjea (Justice & Kaos).
Has It Got Legs: (1:29)
Interview: (4:55)
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9 Oct 2023
The Pitch
What is PITCH BLEAK? Find out here as Detectives Hayden and Chris pin mug shots to the wall, connect them with red string, drop coffee mugs to the floor, and prepare to open their creative crime investigation.
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