She’s known as “Legs 11”, and has been a solid presence in the entertainment industry for over 30 years, the one and only Rhonda Burchmore! She joined Dolly for the final episode of To Hell In A Handbasket to talk about starting out at age 2, getting told by her dad “there was no career in showbiz”, being tall, Mickey Rooney’s plums and much more.

She will be performing her show “Vinyl Viagra” at the Ballarat Cabaret Festival on Saturday October 11, then book tickets to Dolly’s show “More Than A Woman” which is just before it.

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He’s the Federal Member for Melbourne for The Greens, and the second politician to ever appear on To Hell In A Handbasket: it’s Adam Bandt!

Recently he joined Dolly Diamond to talk about not just politics, but also growing up in Adelaide, going to Hollywood High School, his early working years as a lawyer, the ‘theatre’ of parliament, and of course his 3 pet hates – did they all go? You’ll have to listen to the podcast now to find out!

You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

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She’s wacky, one-of-a-kind and was a guest on To Hell In A Handbasket! Julia Zemiro, host of Rockwiz (SBS), Home Delivery (ABC), Eurovision and countless other shows, came in to talk about getting her name right, going to bed by 10pm, her formative years in Bondi, acting in Macbeth and Tropfest, Eurovision and much, much more.

Do her three items get sent away forever in Dolly’s Handbasket? Listen to the Handbasket Podcast now and find out!

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She’s like an Amazon, she acts, she sings and she was a guest on To Hell In A Handbasket with Dolly Diamond recently: the one and only Virginia Gay.

She’s very passionate about everything she does, and spoke about growing up in Sydney, THAT surname, auditioning for All Saints, Winners & Losers, and much more.

To find out what she tried to get rid of forever (and if Dolly let it happen), listen to the Handbasket Podcast now!

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She’s a soprano, an actress, and spent a lot of her life in Melbourne after being born and raised in Papua New Guinea.   You’d know her from musicals like Cats, Phantom Of The Opera, Guys and Dolls and countless others.

Marina Prior joined the guest list recently of To Hell In A Handbasket to talk about her life in entertainment and put three things away forever. Did she succeed or will Dolly say no? Best listen now and find out on the Handbasket Podcast !

You can find out more about her via her website or on Facebook page

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When Dolly Diamond encounters a strong woman in her life, she gravitates towards her, and Maria Mercedes is no exception. She’s a talented actress and performer, appearing in shows like Greeks On The Roof (as Effie’s mum!), Neighbours, Prisoner  and as Alex Dimitriades’ mother in the movie Head On.

She’s just finished her Melbourne season of “Masterclass”, in which she portrayed troubled performer Maria Callas to rave reviews.

Listen now as she tries to convince Dolly to get rid of her three unwanted items forever in the Handbasket Podcast!

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Noeline Brown is an icon of Australian stage and screen having appeared in everything from The Mavis Bramston Show to Blankety Blanks to Don’s Party and is currently appearing in Mother And Son at the Comedy Theatre Melbourne.

Dolly got the chance to sit down with her for an hour and talk about her life, Graham Kennedy, tight pants, cooking and short costumes amongst other things.

She also gave Dolly three items to send away forever in the Handbasket: did she succeed? Listen now to find out and have a laugh too.

If you want to see her on stage, you can buy tickets through the MOTHER AND SON website.  Gotta hurry, it finishes in Melbourne on August 24!

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Recent guests on To Hell In A Handbasket were Melbourne singer, songwriters and sisters Vika And Linda Bull.

They were great to talk to, had lots of great stories about growing up in Tonga and Doncaster, working with The Black Sorrows, The Etta James Story, running their children’s clothing shop, and much more.

Did they get their three items away to Hell In A Handbasket? Was Dolly the keeper of the items? Listen to the podcast now to find out more.

You can catch Vika and Linda along with Handbasket guest Brian Nankervis and plenty of other great musicians, comedians and artists at The Heart Of St Kilda concert on August 13th at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda.

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If you ever watched “Hey Hey It’s Saturday” in the 90s, you would most likely remember Raymond J. Bartholemeuz – the laureate poet who was a weekly guest on the show after winning Red Faces. Well that man is Brian Nankervis and he’s also known these days as being the creator of RockWiz, host of “Pictures Of You” and now he can add to the list, guest of Dolly Diamond on To Hell In A Handbasket.

He spoke about growing up in Melbourne, his early days of comedy at The Last Laugh, Let The Blood Run Free and tried to throw out three things he didn’t want anymore:

• Mobile phones at performances
• Australians’ sense of fear
• Toasted Museli

Did they go or did they stay?

The only way to find out is to listen to the podcast, with extra unheard audio which reveals that Brian was once a member of a very famous band !

Brian is also a part of The Heart Of St Kilda concert, being held on Wednesday August 13th at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda to raise funds for the Sacred Heart Mission and their Meals Program.

Also appearing are people like Julia Morris, Charlie Pickering, Tripod, Vika And Linda Bull (THIAH guests!), Elliot Goblet and many more.

More details?
HEART OF ST KILDA WEBSITE

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Our most recent guest for To Hell In A Handbasket was long-serving Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Robert Doyle.

He and Dolly have been good friends for a long time and it was a chance to find out more about this man of Melbourne. During the show they talked about his university days, teaching, life in the public service, making Melbourne safer, as well as his three handbasket items:

• Disrespect and discourtesy
• Ugly buildings
• Smoking and cigarettes

Did they go To Hell In A Handbasket? Listen and you’ll find ou !

Follow Robert’s updates on Twitter: @LordMayorMelb

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