Peter Berner (born February 1963) is an Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter, cartoonist and painter. He hosted The Einstein Factor and Backberner on ABC Television. He previously hosted the news comedy TV series The B Team with Peter Berner on Sky News Australia. Early life Berner was born in Singapore to a Danish father and an Australian mother of Scottish descent. He moved to Sydney, Australia, in 1964. He is a graduate of the National Art School in Sydney where he majored in painting and was on the student council. Career 1988–1998: Early stand-up years Berner started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1988. His career grew throughout the early 1990s and he performed at various festivals, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Sydney Comedy Festival and the Adelaide Comedy Festival. He wrote and performed many solo shows in Australia and the UK during this time and established a following of comedy fans. He would also make frequent appearances on Australia's Saturday night comedy show Hey Hey It's Saturday. Berner wrote and performed his one-man stand-up shows, Lonely Guys and Rant which premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1997. 1999–2003: Backberner In 1999, Berner premiered his new one man stand-up show, Disturbed, at the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney. He then took the show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival that same year. Also in 1999, Berner began his first TV hosting role on his very own show, Backberner, on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series was a political satire sketch comedy series which parodied the current affairs news formats. Character actor Louise Siversen co-hosted alongside Berner. The first series premiered on 19 August 1999 and would continue for four series before ending in 2002. During this time the series was nominated for Most Outstanding Comedy Series at the Logie Awards in 2000 and 2002. Berner performed at the gala evening of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2000 which was broadcast on Network Ten. In 2001, a portrait of Berner, painted by Martine Emdur (sister of TV presenter Larry Emdur) and titled Laughing on the Inside, was one of the finalists in the Archibald Prize. 2004–2009: The Einstein Factor and radio Berner returned to TV and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2004 hosting the quiz show The Einstein Factor. The series involved contestants playing against a panel of three celebrity experts on a