Plonk | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Nathan Earl Glen Condie |
Written by | Nathan Earl Joshua Tyler |
Directed by | Nathan Earl |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Glen Condie |
Producer | Nathan Earl |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Eleven (season 1) Stan (season 2) |
Release | 11 March 2014 – present |
Plonk is an Australian comedy television series. Originally filmed as five online webisodes, they were re-edited to produce the first season of three broadcast episodes which aired on Eleven from 11 March 2014 to 25 March 2014. [1] A second season of six half-hour episodes premiered on streaming service Stan in June 2015. [2]
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