The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting

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The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting
Genre Comedy
Created by Trent O'Donnell
Phil Lloyd
Jason Burrows
Directed by Jungleboys:
Trent O'Donnell
Abe Forsythe
Craig Melville
Al Morrow
Wayne Blair
Scott Pickett
Leigh Richards
Alethea Jones
Christiaan Van Vuuren
Connor Van Vuuren
Starring Craig Anderson
Damon Herriman
Darren Gilshenan
David Eastgate
Georgina Haig
Janis McGavin
Patrick Brammall
Phil Lloyd
Robin McLeavy
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducersChloe Rickard
Nicola Woolfrey
Running time28 minutes
Production company Jungleboys
Original release
Network ABC1
Release3 April (2013-04-03) 
8 May 2013 (2013-05-08)

The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting was a six-part sketch comedy series produced by Australian production house Jungleboys. It first aired in Australia on ABC TV on 3 April 2013. [1]

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  1. "The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting". IMDb.com. Retrieved 25 March 2017.