Bryan Dawe Bryan John Dawe is an Australian comedian and satirist . He has been a regular collaborator fellow satirist John Clarke in the form of mock interviews , first for A Current Affair , and then for The 7.30 Report . Dawe would take on the role of interviewer , with Clarke playing the role of a prominent figure or politician . This generally involves Dawe trying to press for an answer and Clarke trying to evade the question . They began writing and presenting these in 1989 , and switched to The 7.30 Report not long after leaving A Current Affair in 1997 . As of 2006 , the pair still present their interview segment approximately each week . The interviews have also been compiled into a book , and seen two CD releases , one of which won the pair the 1990 ARIA Award for 'Best Australian Comedy Record' . Dawe has a number of other roles outside of his interview collaborations with Clarke . He is a musician and songwriter , and in the early 1970s he worked as an A & R manager for Astor Records and played a significant role in making the Neil Diamond LP Hot August Night a major hit in Australia . In the 1980s he wrote and performed in a long-running radio comedy series centered on the characters of elderly couple Roly and Sonja Parks . In 1990 , he had a stint as both a writer and actor on the comedy series Fast Forward . Dawe had a minor role in the successful Australian film The Castle in 1997 . However , of these , the most successful was his role as both writer and actor , along with Clarke , in the satirical series The Games . The series was a mockumentary about the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games , and ran from 1998 to 2000 . Dawe also had a minor role in the 2003 film The Honourable Wally Norman . In addition to his interview commitments , Dawe regularly appears on ABC Radio as his two alter egos , Sir Murray Rivers and Roly Parks . Some of his Letters from Kalangadoo segments as Roly Parks have subsequently been released on CD . External link Watch John Clarke and Bryan Dawe on the 7 : 30 Report Categories : Australian comedians | Australian satirists | Year of birth missing | ABC presenters | Living people 