Cartoonist, painter, radio and TV comedian, illustrated the series The Lighter Side of the News (Redfern NSW: Media Monitors Australia, e.g. vol.3, 1997) – an annual series of silly news items edited by Andrew Dalton. In 2001-2002 Berner had his own satirical TV program about current news, BackBerner , on the ABC.
By mid 2000s he was hosting the ABC’s The Einstein Factor and was a breakfast announcer on the Triple M radio network. The Film Australia television documentary, Peter Berner’s Loaded Brush , broadcast on the ABC in 2005, followed Berner’s efforts to paint an Archibald Prize entry.
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- Writers:
- Kerr, Joan
- Date written:
- 1996
- Last updated:
- 2007
