Robert Rakete is a popular TV and radio host, and actor. Rakete has hosted or appeared in a range of TV shows, from music programmes CV and RTR, to Clash of the Codes and What Now? In 2014 he was invited to join the Australian children’s group The Wiggles for some guest appearances.  

Robert Rakete is a popular TV and radio host, and actor. Rakete has hosted or appeared in a range of TV shows, from music programmes CV and RTR, to Clash of the Codes and What Now? In 2014 he was invited to join the Australian children’s group The Wiggles for some guest appearances.  

His first acting role was on the kidult show Sea Urchins, which was followed by roles in Mortimer’s Patch and The Protesters.

In this ScreenTalk, Rakete talks about:

• Having three months off school to be in Sea Urchins
• Getting acting lessons on set from actor Ian Mune
• Feeling a fraud during rehearsals for The Protesters
• Learning that people take music too seriously while hosting pop show CV
• Observing experienced TV presenters to learn how to present for RTR
• Becoming the ‘go to’ guy when other presenters had time off
• Community politics and his grandmother’s death on The Hero Parade
• Playing himself as a cartoon character on bro’Town
• The incredible experience of becoming the Brown Wiggle for The Wiggles

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.

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