The Ex-PM explained

Genre:Comedy
Starring:
Country:Australia
Num Series:2
Num Episodes:12
Company:CJZ
Channel:ABC

The Ex-PM (pronounced 'ex P.M.') is an Australian television comedy series that first aired on ABC on Wednesday 14 October 2015.[1] The six-part series is written by and stars Shaun Micallef with director Sian Davies and producer Nick Murray for Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder. The series focuses on Andrew Dugdale (Micallef), a fictional former Prime Minister of Australia, who struggles to adjust to private life.

Season two of the show premiered on 26 October 2017.[2]

Synopsis

Series 1

Former prime minister Andrew Dugdale owes his publishers an advance, and is assigned a ghostwriter to help him get his memoirs done.[3] [4]

Series 2

Dugdale stands for election in a marginal rural seat at his party's request. Moving into the town's sewage farm, he campaigns on local issues in a race beset by corruption. A mysterious benefactor donates one million dollars to his campaign.[5]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guests

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedDVD release
Season premiereSeason finaleRegion 4
1611 November 2015
266 December 2017

Season 2 (2017)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Ex-PM coming in October Shaun Micallef Online!. shaunmicallefonline.com. 2015-09-11.
  2. Web site: Returning in 2017 – Mad As Hell and The Ex-PM – Shaun Micallef Online!. shaunmicallefonline.com. 21 September 2017.
  3. Web site: The Ex-PM. shaunmicallefonline.com. 2015-06-18.
  4. Web site: Cameras roll on Micallef's Ex-PM comedy. TV Tonight. 2015-06-18.
  5. Web site: The Ex-PM – Series 2 Ep 1 Money : ABC iview. iview.abc.net.au. 18 November 2017.