Wormwood (TV series)

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Wormwood
Starring Kelly Paterniti
Nick Stevenson
Karli-Rae Grogan
Valentina Barron
Shannon Lively
David Moran
Igor Sas [1]
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 [1]
Production
Executive producerPaul Barron [1]
Running time24 minutes [1]
Release
Original network Network Ten
ABC1
Original release4 October 2007 (2007-10-04)

Wormwood is an Australian children's television program that premiered on Channel Ten on 4 October 2007. [2] It also screened in 2008 on the ABC, as part of the Rollercoaster show. It also showed on Foxtel's Disney channel in 2008. [3]

Contents

There are 13 episodes based on the stories by Paul Jennings. [2]

Storyline

The Bourke family relocate to the strange town of Wormwood who's economy is driven by poo from giant earthworms. [4]

Cast

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Fairytale told in modern style", Western Suburbs Weekly (Perth, Australia), 2 October 2007
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