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Genre | Comedy drama |
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Country of origin | Australia |
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No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 40 |
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Executive producer | Chris Chard |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Roadshow Rough Diamond |
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Network | Stan |
Release | 1 January 2021 – present |
Bump is an Australian comedy-drama television series created by Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro, which premiered on Stan on 1 January 2021. The story centres around a high-achieving teenage girl and her boyfriend, both still at school, who have a surprise baby, and the complications that ensue for them, their extended families, and friends.
Season 2 premiered on 26 December 2021 and season 3 on 26 December 2022. A spin-off series set in the same universe, Year Of, was released on 9 June 2023. Season 4 was released on 26 December 2023 and Season 5 was announced on 12 March 2024. On 18 November 2024, it was announced that the last season would air from 26 December 2024. [1]
Set in and around an inner city high school, the ten-part first 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]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | 1 | "¡Sorpresa!" | Geoff Bennett | Kelsey Munro | 1 January 2021 |
2 | 2 | "The Startle Reflex" | Geoff Bennett | Kelsey Munro and Steven Arriagada (story by) | 1 January 2021 |
3 | 3 | "Relative Strangers" | Geoff Bennett | Jessica Tuckwell | 1 January 2021 |
4 | 4 | "Sin Salida" | Geoff Bennett | Timothy Lee | 1 January 2021 |
5 | 5 | "#oleema" | Gracie Otto | Mithila Gupta | 1 January 2021 |
6 | 6 | "Limerence" | Gracie Otto | Jessica Tuckwell | 1 January 2021 |
7 | 7 | "Driftwood" | Gracie Otto | Steven Arriagada | 1 January 2021 |
8 | 8 | "The Strange Situation" | Leticia Cáceres | Jessica Tuckwell | 1 January 2021 |
9 | 9 | "All Happy Families" | Leticia Cáceres | Timothy Lee | 1 January 2021 |
10 | 10 | "Matrescence" | Leticia Cáceres | Kelsey Munro | 1 January 2021 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [3] |
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11 | 1 | "Daddy Sleepover" | Geoff Bennett | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2021 |
12 | 2 | "Tickle Time Part 1" | Geoff Bennett | Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2021 |
13 | 3 | "Silencio" | Geoff Bennett | Timothy Lee | 26 December 2021 |
14 | 4 | "Superwoman" | Matthew Moore | Mithila Gupta | 26 December 2021 |
15 | 5 | "Just Kids" | Matthew Moore | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2021 |
16 | 6 | "AITA" | Jessica Tuckwell | Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2021 |
17 | 7 | "Strays" | Matthew Moore | Steven Arriagada | 26 December 2021 |
18 | 8 | "Birds of a Feather" | Leticia Cáceres | Fernanda Peñaloza & Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2021 |
19 | 9 | "Tickle Time Part 2" | Leticia Cáceres | Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2021 |
20 | 10 | "Love v Freedom" | Leticia Cáceres | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2021 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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21 | 1 | "First Day" | Kriv Stenders | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2022 |
22 | 2 | "Caring Gives You Cancer" | Kriv Stenders | Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2022 |
23 | 3 | "Jellyfish" | Kriv Stenders | Nick Coyle | 26 December 2022 |
24 | 4 | "The Argentine" | Kriv Stenders | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2022 |
25 | 5 | "Feliz Dia de la Madre!" | Geoff Bennett | Jessica Redenbach & Timothy Lee | 26 December 2022 |
26 | 6 | "Can’t We Just Have A Few Nice Things" | Geoff Bennett | Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2022 |
27 | 7 | "The Owl and the Pussycat" | Geoff Bennett | Nick Coyle | 26 December 2022 |
28 | 8 | "Love in the Time of Chaos" | Margie Beattie | Fernanda Peñaloza & Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2022 |
29 | 9 | "Parents of the Year" | Rebecca O'Brien | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2022 |
30 | 10 | "No Fairytales" | Rebecca O'Brien | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2022 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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31 | 1 | "Work" | Geoff Bennett | Unknown | 26 December 2023 |
32 | 2 | "2" | Geoff Bennett | Unknown | 26 December 2023 |
33 | 3 | "Would You Rather?" | Geoff Bennett | Unknown | 26 December 2023 |
34 | 4 | "Both On Three..." | Ismail Khan | Unknown | 26 December 2023 |
35 | 5 | "La Hora Loca" | Margie Beattie | Unknown | 26 December 2023 |
36 | 6 | "Dating" | Margie Beattie | Unknown | 26 December 2023 |
37 | 7 | "Talk It Out" | Margie Beattie | Unknown | 26 December 2023 |
38 | 8 | "Jeffurry" | Rebecca O'Brien | Unknown | 26 December 2023 |
39 | 9 | "The Styx Valley" | Rebecca O'Brien | Unknown | 26 December 2023 |
40 | 10 | "Toilet Baby" | Rebecca O'Brien | Unknown | 26 December 2023 |
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] [4]
The school scenes are filmed on and around Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus.[ citation needed ]
Bump premiered on Stan on 1 January 2021. [5] In July 2021 it was confirmed that production on season 2 was under way in Sydney and that a third season had also been confirmed. [6] [7] [8] 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. [3]
Season 3 premiered on 26 December 2022. A spin-off series set in the same universe, Year Of, was released on 9 June 2023. [9]
Season 4 of Bump went into production in July 2023 [10] and was released on 26 December 2023. [11]
Season 5 was announced on 12 March 2024. [12]
On 18 June 2021, Canada's CBC premiered the first season of Bump on its CBC Gem streaming service, [13] adding the second season on 29 July 2022. [14] In the United Kingdom, the series began airing on BBC One on 20 October 2021, [15] 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. The fourth season debuted in October 2024.[ citation needed ]
In March 2022, the series was picked by The CW in the United States; it premiered on 11 August 2022. [16] [17] The network however removed it from its schedule after broadcasting five episodes of the second season in September 2023. [18]
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