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ChrisMcVeigh

  • Writer
  • Actor
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Chris McVeigh became a regular television fixture on hit show A Week of It. McVeigh played various roles on the pioneering late 70s comedy series, but he was most recognised for a pub sketch which ended with the now famous line "Jeez, Wayne". McVeigh wrote this sketch (and others) for three seasons, with fellow Christchurch lawyer AK Grant. The pair  — both members of comedy revue group The Merely Players — went on to write for McPhail and Gadsby, and collaborated on one-off legal comedy Twining and Bodkin. McVeigh left television to concentrate on his legal career; in 1995 he was appointed as a Queen's Counsel.

Screenography

Comedy Playhouse - Twining and Bodkin
1981 Writer Television
1980 Writer Television
1980 Writer Television
1980 - 1987 Writer Series
1979 Writer, As: Various roles Television

“It was great fun and very rewarding being able to tease and lampoon the pomposity of New Zealand’s coterie of political and media luminaries.”

Chris McVeigh on pioneering comedy show A Week of It