Australian PM subject of new TV comedy

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is to be the subject of a television comedy parodying her life, and said she expects it to be hilarious. State broadcaster ABC has commissioned the four-part series, \"At Home with Julia\", about her domestic life and relationship with boyfriend Tim Mathieson, a former hairdresser known in Australia as the \"First Bloke\". It is billed as \"part rom-com, part guaranteed lawsuit\". Gillard lookalike Amanda Bishop will play the lead role and the prime minister said she knew the actress\'s work. \"She\'s hilarious and does a very good job,\" Gillard told ABC radio, joking that perhaps she could delegate some of her work to Bishop. \"It may come in handy having a double because there could be days where there\'s an extra commitment and I could get her to go.\" The show starts shooting in Sydney on Wednesday.