Andy Lee: My TV blunder so bad it was wiped from Channel Seven’s archives

Comedians Andy Lee and Hamish Blake are two of the country’s most popular comedians and TV presenters.

But on Tuesday, Andy revealed their careers almost never took off after their first TV program was a major flop.

Speaking on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, the 38-year-old funnyman reflected on his first project with Channel Seven.

‘Hamish and I had a failed show on Channel Seven called Hamish and Andy. It was a terrible show that lasted six episodes back in 2004,’ he said. 

Andy explained that he called the network five years after the show was cancelled to track down the master tapes, because he’d never actually watched it. 

‘I was like, “Look, just wondering, it’s our first ever show, Chris Lilley was on it doing Mr G, so there was some interesting parts to it,”‘ he said. 

He was then told the tapes no longer existed, because the network had taped over his failed show during the Commonwealth Games.

Andy added: ‘They said, “I don’t think we have the tapes anymore, with them having taped the Commonwealth Games over it.’

To this day, Andy insists he has never seen his disastrous first foray into TV.

Andy is currently self-isolating at home with his girlfriend, Rebecca Harding, whom he has been dating on and off for five years.

They first met in 2015 at a Melbourne café where Rebecca was working as a waitress.

They were the subject of engagement rumours last year, but Rebecca said in July they were ‘loving how life is right now’ and weren’t rushing down the aisle.