Zoe Norton Lodge is an Australian writer and television presenter.
Career Zoe Norton Lodge is known for her work on ABC's satirical comedy programs The Hamster Wheel, and The Checkout. With Ben Jenkins she created the comedy show Story Club which became an ABC TV series in 2015. Norton Lodge, along with Kirsten Drysdale, wrote and presented The Checkout's segment, 'Gendered Marketing,' an analysis of sexism inherent in the way products are advertised, and 'What To Reject When You're Expecting,' a series on bogus pregnancy products. She was also a presenter on The Chaser election specials. Norton Lodge has also appeared as a guest on Win the Week, Plonk, The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting, The Letdown and The Moodys.
In 2018-19, she was a regular presenter on Triple M, and has also presented on ABC Radio Sydney and Radio National.
In 2018, she co-wrote the Ding Dong I'm Gay web series with Tim Spencer. The series won an Australian Writer’s Guild AWGIE Award in 2021
In 2020 she hosted the ABC show Reputation Rehab with Kirsten Drysdale, looking at the culture around public shame.
Norton Lodge has published a collection of short stories 'Almost Sincerely' and collaborated with her sister Georgia Norton Lodge, an illustrator, on four children's books in the Elizabella series.
In 2023, she co-developed the six-part BBC One comedy series Queen of Oz, starring English comedian Catherine Tate as the scandalous Princess Georgiana, a disgraced member of a fictional British Royal Family sent to rule Australia. She also co-wrote the episode titled "They Used to Oink at Me".
She is the Executive Producer and Series Editor for 'The Art Of..', a weekly arts television show, hosted by Namila Benson, that began airing on ABC TV (Australian TV channel) in June 2024. 'The Art Of...' is also broadcast on demand via ABC iView.
Bibliography Almost Sincerely (2015) Elizabella Meets Her Match (2018) Welcome to Story Club (2018, with Ben Jenkins) Elizabella and the Great Tuckshop Takeover (2019) Elizabella and the Haunting of Lizard Lake (2020) Elizabella Breaks A Leg (2020)
Television writing credits YearTitleNotes2012The Hamster WheelAdditional writing2013The Hamster DecidesAdditional writing2013–2015The Checkout39 episodes2014–2015The Chaser's Media Circus20 episodes2016The Chaser's Election Desk5 episodes2017The LetdownAdditional writing2019Skit BoxDeveloped by2020Ding Dong I'm Gay6 episodesReputation Rehab8 episodes2023Class of '07We Interrupt This Broadcast10 episodesYear OfQueen of OzEpisode: "They Used to Oink at Me"; also co-developed by
Personal life She is married and has two children.
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