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    "title": "HAMISH BLAKE ATTEMPTS SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW\u2026 BEING USEFUL \nIN THE NEW STAN ORIGINAL \nUNSKILLED ADULT ",
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    "body": "\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/bb514500-dd05-40a0-ae88-8fa98ae5c2e7/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                    srcset=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/bb514500-dd05-40a0-ae88-8fa98ae5c2e7/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/ 1x, https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/bb514500-dd05-40a0-ae88-8fa98ae5c2e7/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/ 2x\"\n                                class=\"release-content-image__image image-thumbnail-rollover__image\"\n                data-description=\"&lt;em&gt;L-R: Sophie Monk, Hamish Blake and Dom Littrich (Episode 3)&lt;/em&gt;\"\n                id=\"image-bb514500-dd05-40a0-ae88-8fa98ae5c2e7\"\n                data-id=\"bb514500-dd05-40a0-ae88-8fa98ae5c2e7\"\n                data-original=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/bb514500-dd05-40a0-ae88-8fa98ae5c2e7/-/inline/no/Unskilled+Adult.jpg\"\n                data-mfp-src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/bb514500-dd05-40a0-ae88-8fa98ae5c2e7/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\"L-R: Sophie Monk, Hamish Blake and Dom Littrich (Episode 3)\"\n            />\n            <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover__caption\">\n                <svg class=\"icon icon-expand image-thumbnail-rollover__caption-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-expand\"></use>\n            </svg>            </div>\n        </div>\n\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\"><em>L-R: Sophie Monk, Hamish Blake and Dom Littrich (Episode 3)</em></figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hamish enlists friends Sophie Monk, Guy Montgomery, Andy Lee and more to prove it&rsquo;s never too late to learn a new skill in trailer debut</strong></p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caHwdwpVpLo\"\n        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\n        class=\"story-content-button-block story-content-button-block--wide story-content-button-block--primary\">\n    WATCH THE TRAILER</a>\n<a href=\"https://www.stan.news/unskilled-adult\"\n        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\n        class=\"story-content-button-block story-content-button-block--wide story-content-button-block--primary\">\n    DOWNLOAD ASSETS</a>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>October 2, 2026 </strong>&ndash; <strong>Stan </strong>and <strong>UA Productions </strong>have today released the trailer for the brand new Stan Original series<strong> </strong><em><strong>Unskilled Adult</strong></em><em>.</em> In this hilarious eight-part series, &lsquo;CEO&rsquo; <strong>Hamish Blake</strong> and his &lsquo;employees&rsquo; prove it&rsquo;s never too late to learn a new skill \u200b - even if you have absolutely no idea what you&rsquo;re doing. Episodes 1 &amp; 2 of <em><strong>Unskilled Adult</strong></em> will debut on <strong>November 1, only on Stan</strong>, with new episodes weekly.</p><div id=\"video-aa91d457-3dc8-40ac-a68d-9d6822b5f741\" class=\"release-content-video release-content-video--embed release-content-video--contained\">\n    <div><div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe data-iframely-url=\"https://iframely.net/api/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DcaHwdwpVpLo%23_cb1790837081&key=8fe6cdec03482ac31f27a6ae8ea2fb3f\" data-img style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"accelerometer *; clipboard-write *; encrypted-media *; gyroscope *; picture-in-picture *; web-share *;\"></iframe></div></div><script async src=\"https://iframely.net/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n</div><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Across eight episodes, Hamish and a revolving workforce of equally underqualified friends from the entertainment world will tackle a challenge none of them are remotely prepared for. The employees include <strong>Becky Lucas</strong>, <strong>Hugh van Cuylenburg</strong>, <strong>Anne Edmonds</strong>, <strong>Lloyd Langford</strong>, <strong>Sophie Monk</strong>, <strong>Dom Littrich</strong>, <strong>Ryan Shelton</strong>, <strong>Susie Youssef</strong>, <strong>Bret McKenzie</strong>, <strong>Lu Dal Din</strong>, <strong>Melanie Bracewell</strong>, <strong>Alexei Toliopoulos</strong>, <strong>Andy Lee</strong>, <strong>Jack Post</strong>, <strong>Guy Montgomery </strong>and <strong>Abby Howells</strong>.</p>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e43b924f-1cc3-4f1c-9fb5-72e2e7adca52/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                    srcset=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e43b924f-1cc3-4f1c-9fb5-72e2e7adca52/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/ 1x, https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e43b924f-1cc3-4f1c-9fb5-72e2e7adca52/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/ 2x\"\n                                class=\"release-content-image__image image-thumbnail-rollover__image\"\n                data-description=\"&lt;em&gt;L-R: Hamish Blake, Jack Post and Andy Lee (Episode 7)&lt;/em&gt;\"\n                id=\"image-e43b924f-1cc3-4f1c-9fb5-72e2e7adca52\"\n                data-id=\"e43b924f-1cc3-4f1c-9fb5-72e2e7adca52\"\n                data-original=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e43b924f-1cc3-4f1c-9fb5-72e2e7adca52/-/inline/no/Unskilled+Adult+2.jpg\"\n                data-mfp-src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/e43b924f-1cc3-4f1c-9fb5-72e2e7adca52/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\"L-R: Hamish Blake, Jack Post and Andy Lee (Episode 7)\"\n            />\n            <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover__caption\">\n                <svg class=\"icon icon-expand image-thumbnail-rollover__caption-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-expand\"></use>\n            </svg>            </div>\n        </div>\n\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\"><em>L-R: Hamish Blake, Jack Post and Andy Lee (Episode 7)</em></figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tasks range from welding a trailer to catering a wedding, drywalling a salami shed and sewing costumes for a community theatre. Hamish and his team will jump in at the deep end and use their wits and lateral thinking to make up for the years of training and experience they&rsquo;re missing. They discover that being a beginner is equal parts frustrating, exhilarating, and ridiculous. At the end of each job, the client decides what the work is actually worth and how much, if anything, they&rsquo;re prepared to pay.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">At its heart, <em><strong>Unskilled Adult </strong></em>is a funny and optimistic celebration of having a go, being useless at something new and discovering that you&rsquo;re never too old, or too unskilled, to learn.</p>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/9377e52a-0501-4c15-af9c-eb35d58b9097/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                    srcset=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/9377e52a-0501-4c15-af9c-eb35d58b9097/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/ 1x, https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/9377e52a-0501-4c15-af9c-eb35d58b9097/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/ 2x\"\n                                class=\"release-content-image__image image-thumbnail-rollover__image\"\n                data-description=\"&lt;em&gt;L-R: Ryan Shelton, Susie Youssef and Hamish Blake (Episode 4 )&lt;/em&gt;\"\n                id=\"image-9377e52a-0501-4c15-af9c-eb35d58b9097\"\n                data-id=\"9377e52a-0501-4c15-af9c-eb35d58b9097\"\n                data-original=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/9377e52a-0501-4c15-af9c-eb35d58b9097/-/inline/no/Unskilled+Adult+3.jpg\"\n                data-mfp-src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/9377e52a-0501-4c15-af9c-eb35d58b9097/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\"L-R: Ryan Shelton, Susie Youssef and Hamish Blake (Episode 4 )\"\n            />\n            <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover__caption\">\n                <svg class=\"icon icon-expand image-thumbnail-rollover__caption-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-expand\"></use>\n            </svg>            </div>\n        </div>\n\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\"><em>L-R: Ryan Shelton, Susie Youssef and Hamish Blake (Episode 4 )</em></figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>Unskilled Adult</strong></em> is created and produced by UA Productions. Executive producers include Blake, <strong>Tim Bartley </strong>(<em>Hamish and Andy&rsquo;s Gap Year, True Story with Hamish and Andy)</em>, <strong>Greg Sitch </strong>(<em>Fisk, Guy Montgomery&rsquo;s Guy-Mont Spelling Bee)</em> and <strong>Plum Stubbings </strong>(<em>Crime Night!</em>, <em>True Story with Hamish and Andy).</em> <strong>Michael Healy</strong> and <strong>Adrian Swift</strong> are executive producers for 9Network and Stan.</p><h4 id=\"the-stan-original-unskilled-adult-premieres-november-1-with-a-double-episode-only-on-stan-new-episodes-weekly\" ><strong>The Stan Original </strong><em><strong>Unskilled Adult </strong></em><strong>premieres November 1 with a double episode, only on Stan. New episodes weekly.</strong></h4>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/8e198a2e-c58e-40c2-874f-f7cdd04f2828/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                class=\"release-content-image__image image-thumbnail-rollover__image\"\n                data-description=\"\"\n                id=\"image-8e198a2e-c58e-40c2-874f-f7cdd04f2828\"\n                data-id=\"8e198a2e-c58e-40c2-874f-f7cdd04f2828\"\n                data-original=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/8e198a2e-c58e-40c2-874f-f7cdd04f2828/-/inline/no/Untitled\"\n                data-mfp-src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/8e198a2e-c58e-40c2-874f-f7cdd04f2828/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\"Story image\"\n            />\n            <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover__caption\">\n                <svg class=\"icon icon-expand image-thumbnail-rollover__caption-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-expand\"></use>\n            </svg>            </div>\n        </div>\n\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\"></figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<hr /><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Editor&rsquo;s note:</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Unskilled Adult </em>premieres Sunday November 1 with Episodes 1 &amp; 2, followed by two new episodes Sunday November 8, and a new episode weekly thereafter, only on Stan.</p><hr /><p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>For all Stan publicity assets, please go to: </strong><a href=\"http://www.stan.news/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.stan.news</a><strong> \u200b \u200b \u200b \u200b \u200b \u200b </strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p>",
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