to withdraw her previous allegations—the show aired her post-interview confession that she had just lied to them. In 2013, 2014 and 2015 Vizard appeared as a regular "Agony Uncle" in the ABC's primetime series The Agony of Christmas, The Agony of Modern Manners and The Agony. He was the one of lead actors in the 2014 award-winning Tropfest film Granny Smith and was a contributor to the ABC broadcast history of Australian comedy, Stop Laughing This Is Serious. In 2022 he performed in a celebrity tribute to Australian comedian and actor Paul Hogan, Roast of Paul Hogan, which was broadcast on Australia’s Seven Network. Film and television production In 1989 Vizard established the independent production company Artist Services with his fellow writer and producer, Andrew Knight. From 1989 to 2002 when Vizard retired as Chairman, Artist Services grew to one of the three largest production companies in Australia. During that time Vizard and Knight acted as Executive Producers of over 1,400 hours of prime time television shows including several series of ABC drama series Seachange and several award-winning mini series such as Kangaroo Palace. He was the Executive Producer of Big Girl's Blouse starring Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski and Marg Downey, which created and first showcased the popular comedic characters Kath & Kim. In 1996, Vizard's Artist Services founded and owned with Foxtel, the comedy channel. During Vizard's chairmanship, the comedy channel produced and broadcast over 80 hours each year of original Australian programming, commissioning emerging writers and performers including This Is Gary Petty (starring Brian Nankervis, Francis Greenslade, Matt Cameron); Off Road (starring Lawrence Mooney); The Fifty Foot Show (starring Paul Fenech and Kitty Flanagan); Home and Hosed (starring Shane Bourne, Bob Franklin and Ross Daniels); Small Tales and True (Roz Hammond and Robyn Butler). Vizard remained Chairman of the comedy channel until 2001. As executive producer, Artist Services shows have been distributed internationally and received numerous awards including over 20 Logies, a dozen AFI, Writers Guild and Television Society awards and an International Emmy nomination. Together with Knight, Vizard developed and was the executive producer of several feature films, including The Sound of One Hand Clapping (based on the award-winning novel by Richard Flanagan) and Dead Letter Office (starring Miranda and Barry Otto). In 1995, Vizard sold half of the shares in his company Artist Services to John Fairfax Holdings for a reported sum of A$9