Bump (Australian TV series)

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Bump
Genre Comedy drama
Created by
Written by
  • Kelsey Munro
  • Jessica Tuckwell
  • Timothy Lee
  • Steven Arriagada
  • Mithila Gupta
Directed by
Starring
Safia Arain
Country of originAustralia
Original languages
  • English
  • Spanish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producerChris Chard
Producers
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production company Roadshow Rough Diamond
Original release
Network Stan
Release1 January 2021 (2021-01-01) 
present

Bump is an Australian comedy-drama television series created by Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro which premiered on Stan on 1 January 2021. [1] Set in and around an inner city high school, the series centres around Oly, an ambitious and high-achieving teenage girl who has a surprise baby and the complications that ensue for two families. [2] The ten-part first series was produced by Roadshow Rough Diamond.

Contents

Season two premiered on 26 December 2021 and season three premiered on 26 December 2022. A spin-off series set in the same universe, Year Of, was released on 9 June 2023. [3] Season 4 of Bump went into production in July 2023 [4] and was released on 26 December 2023. [5]

Season 5 of Bump was announced on 12 March 2024. [6] Bump has since become Stan Australia's longest running local drama.

Cast

Episodes

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
1 101 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
2 1026 December 2021 (2021-12-26)
3 1026 December 2022 (2022-12-26)
4 1026 December 2023 (2023-12-26)

Season 1 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"¡Sorpresa!"Geoff BennettKelsey Munro1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
22"The Startle Reflex"Geoff BennettKelsey Munro and Steven Arriagada (story by)1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
33"Relative Strangers"Geoff BennettJessica Tuckwell1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
44"Sin Salida"Geoff BennettTimothy Lee1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
55"#oleema"Gracie OttoMithila Gupta1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
66"Limerence"Gracie OttoJessica Tuckwell1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
77"Driftwood"Gracie OttoSteven Arriagada1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
88"The Strange Situation"Leticia CáceresJessica Tuckwell1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
99"All Happy Families"Leticia CáceresTimothy Lee1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
1010"Matrescence"Leticia CáceresKelsey Munro1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)

Season 2 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [7]
111"Daddy Sleepover"Geoff BennettKelsey Munro26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)
122"Tickle Time Part 1"Geoff BennettJessica Tuckwell26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)
133"Silencio"Geoff BennettTimothy Lee26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)
144"Superwoman"Matthew MooreMithila Gupta26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)
155"Just Kids"Matthew MooreKelsey Munro26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)
166"AITA"Jessica TuckwellJessica Tuckwell26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)
177"Strays"Matthew MooreSteven Arriagada26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)
188"Birds of a Feather"Leticia CáceresFernanda Peñaloza & Jessica Tuckwell26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)
199"Tickle Time Part 2"Leticia CáceresJessica Tuckwell26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)
2010"Love v Freedom"Leticia CáceresKelsey Munro26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)

Season 3 (2022)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
211"First Day"Kriv StendersKelsey Munro26 December 2022 (2022-12-26)
222"Caring Gives You Cancer"Kriv StendersJessica Tuckwell26 December 2022 (2022-12-26)
233"Jellyfish"Kriv StendersNick Coyle26 December 2022 (2022-12-26)
244"The Argentine"Kriv StendersKelsey Munro26 December 2022 (2022-12-26)
255"Feliz Dia de la Madre!"Geoff BennettJessica Redenbach & Timothy Lee26 December 2022 (2022-12-26)
266"Can’t We Just Have A Few Nice Things"Geoff BennettJessica Tuckwell26 December 2022 (2022-12-26)
277"The Owl and the Pussycat"Geoff BennettNick Coyle26 December 2022 (2022-12-26)
288"Love in the Time of Chaos"Margie BeattieFernanda Peñaloza & Jessica Tuckwell26 December 2022 (2022-12-26)
299"Parents of the Year"Rebecca O'BrienKelsey Munro26 December 2022 (2022-12-26)
3010"No Fairytales"Rebecca O'BrienKelsey Munro26 December 2022 (2022-12-26)

Season 4 (2023)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
311"Work"Geoff BennettUnknown26 December 2023 (2023-12-26)
322"2"Geoff BennettUnknown26 December 2023 (2023-12-26)
333"Would You Rather?"Geoff BennettUnknown26 December 2023 (2023-12-26)
344"Both On Three..."Ismail KhanUnknown26 December 2023 (2023-12-26)
355"La Hora Loca"Margie BeattieUnknown26 December 2023 (2023-12-26)
366"Dating"Margie BeattieUnknown26 December 2023 (2023-12-26)
377"Talk It Out"Margie BeattieUnknown26 December 2023 (2023-12-26)
388"Jeffurry"Rebecca O'BrienUnknown26 December 2023 (2023-12-26)
399"The Styx Valley"Rebecca O'BrienUnknown26 December 2023 (2023-12-26)
4010"Toilet Baby"Rebecca O'BrienUnknown26 December 2023 (2023-12-26)

Production

The series was co-created by Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro, who also co-wrote with a writing team of Jessica Tuckwell, Timothy Lee, Mithila Gupta and Steven Arriagada. Karvan produced along with John Edwards and Dan Edwards. Geoff Bennett, Gracie Otto and Leticia Cáceres directed the series. [2]

In January 2021 the series was renewed for a second season. In July it was confirmed that production on season 2 was underway in Sydney and that a third season had also been confirmed. [8] [9] [10] On 25 November 2021 a trailer for season 2 was released along with an announcement that the season was scheduled to be released on 26 December 2021. [7]

A fourth season was commissioned in July 2023, with a fifth season being announced in March 2024.

The school scenes are filmed on and around Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus.

International broadcasts

On 18 June 2021, Canada's CBC premiered the first season of Bump on its CBC Gem streaming service, [11] adding the second season on 29 July 2022. [12] In the United Kingdom, the series began airing on BBC One on 20 October 2021, [13] and also was made available on the BBC iPlayer streaming service. The second season debuted on 17 June 2022. The third season debuted in May 2023.[ citation needed ]

In March 2022, the series was picked by The CW in the United States; it premiered on 11 August 2022. [14] [15] The network however removed it from its schedule after broadcasting five episodes of the second season in September 2023. [16]

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