OUTRAGEOUS: THE QUEER HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TV
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Andrew Mercado is a writer/producer/presenter who specialises in Film and TV, particularly with soaps and queer content.
His new book, Outrageous: The Queer History of Australian TV, has now been released through Rainshadow and is available to buy online in Australia and all around the world – Google to find your best local seller.
He is currently travelling around Australian launching the book by screening the documentary and signing the book for customers afterwards – keep an eye out for future events in 2027 that could be coming to a town near you.
Andrew is also the co-host of the TV Gold podcast with James Manning and has a weekly spot on several ABC radio stations. He writes a monthly TV column for DNA magazine and hosts his own YouTube channel called TV Icons.
Andrew was one of the first openly gay people to be seen on Australian TV when he began appearing on music network Channel [V] from 1999. He became the first VJ on Max, was a regular on Australian Story, Mornings With Kerrie-Anne, Studio 10, A Current Affair and SBS World Movies, and hosted The Buzz, The Know, The Playlist and Foxtel Movie Show.
As a TV Historian, he curates and produces material for Umbrella Entertainment/Brollie and Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive.
As a writer, he has been published in The Australian Women’s Weekly, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian and has written regular columns for Sydney Star Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, TV Week and TV Soap.
His first book Super Aussie Soaps, a history of Australian TV dramas, was published in 2004. Since then he has contributed chapters to the books The 100 Greatest Films of Australian Cinema, and Very Special Episodes: When TV Sitcoms Sometimes Got Serious.
His documentary film Outrageous: The Queer History of Australian TV premiered during World Pride at the 2023 Mardi Gras Film Festival. It has since screened at the LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival, where it won Best Feature Film, and The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival .
Andrew also owned and operated the South West Roxy Cinema in Northern NSW. He now hosts Trivia every Wednesday and Music bingo every Thursday at Newcastle’s iconic Lowlands Bowling Club.
