Upper Middle Bogan

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Upper Middle Bogan
Genre Comedy
Created by
Written by
Directed by
  • Wayne Hope
  • Tony Martin
Starring
Opening theme"Comin' Home Baby" by Mel Tormé
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Wayne Hope
  • Robyn Butler
Production locations Melbourne, Australia
CinematographyDan Maxwell
EditorChris Branagan
Camera setup single-camera
Running time26–28 minutes
Production companyGristmill
Original release
Network ABC
Release15 August 2013 (2013-08-15) –
30 November 2016 (2016-11-30)

Upper Middle Bogan is an Australian television comedy program created by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope. It began screening on ABC on 15 August 2013. The series is directed by Hope and Tony Martin. The second and third series began airing on 16 October 2014 and 12 October 2016, respectively. [1]

Contents

Synopsis

Upper Middle Bogan follows the story of two different families connected by blood. Bess Denyar is a doctor who lives in a nice house in an inner city suburb of Melbourne with her architect husband Danny and 13-year-old twins Oscar and Edwina. Bess is stunned when she finds out from blood test results that she is adopted. This occurs when her overbearing posh mother Margaret is admitted to the hospital for high blood sugar levels. Bess tries to meet her birth parents, Wayne and Julie Wheeler. She is shocked to learn that she has three siblings (Amber, Kayne and Brianna) and that her biological family, the "bogan" Wheelers, head a drag racing team in the outer suburbs of the city. [2]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guests

Filming locations

The town house featured as Margaret Denyar's house in Upper Middle Bogan is located at Summerhill Road in Brighton East, Victoria. [3] It is used to shoot both interior and exterior scenes for the series. [3] The house was sold for $1,905,000 at an auction held on 24 May 2014. [3] [4]

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedDVD release
Season premiere Season finale Region 4
1 815 August 2013 (2013-08-15)3 October 2013 (2013-10-03)18 September 2013 [5]
2 816 October 2014 (2014-10-16)4 December 2014 (2014-12-04)26 November 2014 [6]
3 812 October 2016 (2016-10-12)30 November 2016 (2016-11-30)16 November 2016 [7]

International broadcasts

In the United States, the show was retitled Bess of Both Worlds when it began streaming on the subscription video-on-demand service Hulu in 2015. [8] [9] The series now streams under its original title on Prime Video in the U.S. In New Zealand, the show airs Thursday nights at 10:00 pm on TV One. Episodes are available weekly to stream through TVNZ's Watch Now service. [10] Available in UK and USA Netflix as of late 2024. [11]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
2013 AACTA Awards [12] Best Television Comedy or Light Entertainment Series Upper Middle BoganNominated
Best Performance in a Television Comedy Robyn Nevin Nominated
Best Screenplay in Television Series 1, Episode 5 ("No Angel")Nominated
2014 Logie Awards [13] Most Outstanding Light Entertainment ProgramUpper Middle BoganNominated
AACTA Awards [14] Best Costume Design in TelevisionSandi CichelloNominated
2015 Logie Awards [15] Most Outstanding Comedy ProgramUpper Middle BoganNominated
2016 AACTA Awards Best Television ComedyRobyn Butler, Wayne HopeWon

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  2. ↑ "ABC – Blogs – Upper Middle Bogan". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Andrews, Jon (21 May 2014). "Brighton East townhouse featured in Upper Middle Bogan television show is up for auction". Bayside Leader. Leader Community Newspapers. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sold Price for 1/16 Summerhill Road Brighton East Vic 3187". realestate.com.au. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "ABC Retail Partners & FAQ's".
  6. ↑ "ABC Retail Partners & FAQ's".
  7. ↑ "Upper Middle Bogan - Series 1-3 | Boxset".
  8. ↑ "Bess of Both Worlds". Hulu . Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Archer Season 5 & More Heading to Hulu This Month". Broadway World. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Upper Middle Bogan". TVNZ . Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  11. ↑ https://www.netflix.com/title/80025173
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  13. ↑ Knox, David (27 April 2014). "Logie Awards 2014: Winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  14. ↑ Knox, David (3 December 2014). "AACTA Awards 2014: Nominations". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  15. ↑ Knox, David (22 March 2015). "Logie Awards 2015: Nominations". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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