Squinters

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Squinters
Genre Comedy drama
Created by Trent O'Donnell
Adam Zwar
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production company Jungle Entertainment
Original release
Network ABC
Release7 February 2018 (2018-02-07) 
14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)

Squinters is an Australian television comedy series which first screened on the ABC on Wednesday 7 February 2018. All six episodes were also loaded on the ABC's iView catch up service on the same date. A second series went to air in 2019.

Contents

The first six-part series was produced by Jungle Entertainment and created by Trent O'Donnell and Adam Zwar. It is directed by O'Donnell along with Kate McCartney, Amanda Brotchie, Christiaan Van Vuuren and Cate Stewart. [1] It was written by Zwar with Lally Katz, Sarah Scheller, Adele Vuko, Leon Ford and Ben Crisp.

Plot

Squinters follows commuters in peak hour transit as they drive to work. The title Squinters, refers to the fact that the commuters are facing the sun as they head east from Sydney's western suburbs in the mornings, and then also face into the sun in the afternoons on the way back to the western suburbs. [2]

Cast

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 67 February 2018 (2018-02-07)14 March 2018 (2018-03-14)
2 610 July 2019 (2019-07-10)14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)

Season 1 (2018)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateAustralia viewers
(millions)
11"Hit the Road"7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)471,000 [3]
22"Rocky Road"14 February 2018 (2018-02-14)333,000 [4]
33"King of the Road"21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)319,000 [5]
44"Road to Nowhere"28 February 2018 (2018-02-28)343,000 [6]
55"Crossroads"7 March 2018 (2018-03-07)387,000 [7]
66"End of the Road"14 March 2018 (2018-03-14)367,000 [8]

Season 2 (2019)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [9] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [9] Australia viewers
(millions)
71"On The Road Again"UnknownUnknown10 July 2019 (2019-07-10)N/A
82"A Winding Road"UnknownUnknown17 July 2019 (2019-07-17)N/A
93"Roadhouse Blues"UnknownUnknown24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)N/A
104"Thunder Road"UnknownUnknown31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)N/A
115"Bless The Broken Road"UnknownUnknown7 August 2019 (2019-08-07)N/A
126"Take a Back Road"UnknownUnknown14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)N/A

Adaptation

In September 2020, Jungle Entertainment announced they are in active development on creating an adaptation of the series for U.S. audiences. [10] [11]

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