Dish Island

Each week, hosts Tegan Higginbotham and Paul Verhoeven welcome a special guest to their mysterious island to talk about their love of food. The catch? THEY CAN NEVER LEAVE. It's time to take a hilarious, strange, and occasionally profound journey ...

  • 41 minutes 20 seconds
    Ben Lee
    A musical legend joins us on the island this week: Ben Lee is here! He discusses the ins and outs of working with the one you love, learning how to be a creative in 2022, and how he feels about Paul stealing one of his albums.

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    13 July 2022, 8:00 pm
  • 37 minutes 1 second
    Ione Skye
    The truly iconic Ione Skye is here. An actor with a ridiculously adventurous career, Ione discusses her love of the ploughman's platter, her role in the new series La Brea, cooking during lockdown, and being married to Ben Lee!

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    6 July 2022, 12:08 am
  • 48 seconds
    A Pause Between Courses
    Tegan and Paul will return next week with a brand new episode of Dish Island!

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    29 June 2022, 12:39 am
  • 31 minutes 19 seconds
    James Sherry (is A*mazing)
    Host of iconic Aussie quiz show A*mazing, James Sherry, is here! He spills the secrets of the maze, reveals what it's like to work in kids TV, and serces up a truly uncomplicated desert island dish.

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    21 June 2022, 8:00 pm
  • 33 minutes 54 seconds
    Rowdie Walden
    There's no TV on Dish Island, so it's possible today's guest - Rowdie Walden, host of the Kath & Kim retrospective podcast, Look at Moi - will really struggle surviving here without a DVD player in sight. We do, thankfully, have dippity-bix.

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    14 June 2022, 8:00 pm
  • 27 minutes 20 seconds
    Greg Davies

    The Taskmaster himself, Greg Davies, is here! He talks about his new series, The Cleaner, but he also discusses family, pub food, and the most unpretentious desert island dish yet.


    Aussies can stream The Cleaner exclusively on BritBox!


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    7 June 2022, 10:11 pm
  • 30 minutes 58 seconds
    Sam Mac
    The accidental weatherman himself, Sam Mac, has landed on the island! He's here to talk taking advantage of a buffet, pilfering free food on set, and he also serves up a truly comforting desert island dish.

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    31 May 2022, 9:14 pm
  • 27 minutes 51 seconds
    Adam McKenzie
    Comedian Adam McKenzie is here! He's one half of the critically acclaimed comedy group Watson, and he's also the single fussiest easter we know. How will he fare on the island? Time to find out!

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    24 May 2022, 8:00 pm
  • 50 minutes 35 seconds
    Gary Mehigan
    You may know him from his time judging on MasterChef Australia, or from his iconic cookbooks. But now, he'll be known as the beloved chef who came to Dish Island... and never left! Gary talks about his new book, Good Food Every Day, and brings a truly unique desert island dish to spice up life on the island.

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    17 May 2022, 8:00 pm
  • 36 minutes 45 seconds
    Ed Halmagyi returns!
    You may know him from Better Homes and Gardens... or you may know him as having already been trapped on Dish Island! Ed Halmagyi is back, and this time, he's discussing the secret to running a kitchen, the perils of anger, and how to cook a fish in a volcano.

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    10 May 2022, 8:00 pm
  • 49 minutes 53 seconds
    Meshel Laurie
    Host of Australian True Crime, Meshel Laurie, has sauntered her way onto the island! She talks everything from bodies to Buddhism, and brings along a truly meditative desert island dish.

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    26 April 2022, 8:00 pm
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