The new series of The Block, filming in picturesque Daylesford, is set to air sometime in August. Franklin will, alas, not be part of it.
The end as we know it
After 25 years, and seeing off six prime ministers, it is the very, very end of The Wharf Revue. The satirical show devised by Phil Scott, Jonathan Biggins and Drew Forsyth and performed by them along with Mandy Bishop has been touring since late last year and over the years has skewered pretty much every politician and statesman in a pointed way that was never overly mean.
Drew Forsythe (left), Jonathan Biggins and Phil Scott, are retiring The Wharf Revue.Credit: Rhett Wyman
The band is splitting up due to a combination of retirement and other projects and realised that its last…