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Upper Middle Bogan
2013–2016 · 3 seasons, 24 episodes · ended
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Seasons and episodes Upper Middle Bogan
Season scores: TMDB, out of 10.
Season 1
2013 · 8 episodes · about 4h · 6.5/10
1. I'm a Swan27 min · 7.3/10
Middle-class woman, Bess Denyar, discovers she's adopted. She's shocked to find her birth parents head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs.
2. Forefathers and Two Mothers28 min · 6.0/10
Bess is angry at Margaret for lying to her all these years and decides to concentrate on getting to know her real parents. However, becoming one big family could take longer than hoped.
3. Your Roots Are Showing29 min · 6.5/10
Wayne and Julie give Bess a ride in a V8 Supercar to make up for all the birthdays they've missed. Bess is trying hard to please everyone, but no longer sure where she belongs.
4. Picture Perfect25 min · 6.0/10
Bess arranges a lunch for her two mothers, which doesn’t quite go as planned. Julie feels terrible for giving Bess up for adoption and presents her with a rather unusual gift.
5. No Angel28 min · 6.5/10
Danny is devastated when Edwina wants to quit the bassoon after relentless bullying at school. She makes everything alright at a music concert where she plays in a way no one expects.
6. Behind You!27 min · 6.5/10
After backing into another car, Wayne is forced to take a driving test. At work, Bess has a bullying issue and Wayne offers to come to her rescue - unaware she may also come to his.
7. Don't Over Think It27 min · 7.0/10
Angry with Margaret for not taking her diabetes seriously, Bess sets up training sessions with newly qualified Brianna. Margaret reluctantly agrees, but is surprised at the outcome.
8. Nationals28 min · 6.5/10
Bess and family support Team Wheeler at the drag racing championships. Bess tries to solve engine problems, however the aftermath is filled with fury. Will they sever ties?
Season summaries3 seasons, 8 episodes each
Season 1
2013 · 8 episodes · about 4h · TMDB 6.5
When Bess Denyar - a doctor with a posh mother, an architect husband and twin thirteen year olds at a private school finds out that she is adopted, she is stunned. But even more so when she meets her birth family. Wayne and Julie Wheeler, parents also to Amber, Kayne and Brianna, head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs and are thrilled to discover the daughter they thought they had lost.
Season 2
2014 · 8 episodes · TMDB 6.3
Bess Denyar, an upper middle class doctor, having discovered she is adopted and comes from a family of drag racers in the outer suburbs, continues to deal with the adoption bombshell and its consequences. Caught in the middle of two tribes, it's Bess who must keep juggling the fallout - on her adoptive and overbearing mother, Margaret, her loving but slightly spoiled husband, Danny, her twins, Oscar and Edwina, not to mention the Wheelers, her newly found - and delightfully bogan - family.
Season 3
2016 · 8 episodes · TMDB 6.6
Bess Denyar continuing to strive for a happy union between her adoptive upper middle family and her biological bogan family. Two years have passed since Bess, an upper middle class doctor, discovered she was adopted and found her drag racing, biological parents living in the outer suburbs. With her two families, the Brights and the Wheelers, each now facing a brand new set of challenges - moving houses, illness and injuries, relationships ending and beginning - Bess struggles to manage her families living at opposing ends of the freeway, with varying levels of success. Often caught in the middle of two tribes, Bess’ dreams of life as one big happy clan seem almost impossible... but only almost.
Episodes run about 27 min. Last episode: November 30, 2016
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What is it about? Upper Middle Bogan
Follow the stories of two families living at opposite ends of the freeway. Bess Denyar is a doctor with a posh mother, Margaret, an architect husband, Danny Bright, and twin 13-year-olds at a private school, Oscar and Edwina. When Bess finds out that she is adopted, she is stunned, but even more so when she meets her birth parents, Wayne and Julie Wheeler. She also discovers that she has three siblings: Amber, Kayne and Brianna. The bogan Wheelers head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs and are thrilled to discover the daughter they thought they had lost.
Genre: comedy. Themes: white trash, family, biological parents.
Cast and crew Upper Middle Bogan
AllCreators
- Created byWayne Hope
- Created byRobyn Butler
- MusicCraig Pilkington
- NetworkABC TV
Full cast125 cast members across all seasons
Cast:
- Annie Maynard · Bess Denyar · 24 ep.
- Patrick Brammall · Danny Bright · 24 ep.
- Robyn Malcolm · Julie Wheeler · 24 ep.
- Michala Banas · Amber Wheeler · 24 ep.
- Rhys Mitchell · Kayne Wheeler · 24 ep.
- Madeleine Jevic · Brianna Wheeler · 24 ep.
- Lara Robinson · Edwina Bright · 24 ep.
- Harrison Feldman · Oscar Bright · 24 ep.
- Dougie Baldwin · Shawn Van Winkle · 24 ep.
- Glenn Robbins · Wayne Wheeler · 24 ep.
- Robyn Nevin · Margaret Denyar · 24 ep.
- Kane Felsinger · Sam · 1 ep.
- Eddie Baroo · Scary Patient · 1 ep.
- Kim Gyngell · Widdicombe · 1 ep.
- Tony Martin · Barry · 1 ep.
- Gareth Yuen · Lin · 1 ep.
- Andy Matthews · Wilson · 1 ep.
- Louise Crawford · Hostess · 1 ep.
- David Serafin · Steve · 1 ep.
- Mike Frencham · Craig · 1 ep.
- Lily Jones · Madison · 1 ep.
- Steve Bastoni · Benji Amenta · 2 ep.
- Ethan Deterling · Broccoli Kid · 1 ep.
- Peter Flaherty · Stall Holder · 1 ep.
- Hayden Leith · Bloke · 1 ep.
- Dylan Murphy · Nuts · 1 ep.
- Robert Tripolino · BJ Amenta · 2 ep.
- Simone Buchanan · Kirby · 1 ep.
- James Liotta · Andrew Green · 1 ep.
- Nicole Nabout · Sales Assistant · 1 ep.
- Justin Anderson · Travis Van Winkle · 1 ep.
- Scott Brennan · Trent Van Winkle · 1 ep.
- Patrick Harvey · Tyler Van Winkle · 1 ep.
- Mark Mitchell · Mortimer · 1 ep.
- Robyn Butler · Cathy · 1 ep.
- Laura Dunemann · Receptionist · 1 ep.
- Eleanor Webster · Hockey Teacher · 1 ep.
- Nicholas Bell · French Man · 1 ep.
- Chloé Boreham · French Woman · 1 ep.
- Marco Chiappi · Lloyd · 1 ep.
Crew:
- Jo Briscoe · Production Design
- Sandi Cichello · Costume Design
- Robyn Butler · Executive Producer
- Robyn Butler · Producer
- Wayne Hope · Executive Producer
- Wayne Hope · Producer
- Geoff Porz · Executive Producer
- Craig Pilkington · Original Music Composer
- Wayne Hope · Director
- Robyn Butler · Writer
- Rick Kalowski · Executive Producer
- Wayne Hope · Writer
- Ben Grogan · Producer
- Debbie Lee · Executive Producer
- Tony Martin · Director
- Robyn Butler · Story
- Wayne Hope · Story
- Tony Martin · Teleplay
- Trent Roberts · Writer
- Gary McCaffrie · Teleplay
- Robyn Butler · Teleplay
- Tony Martin · Writer
- Kirsty Fisher · Writer
- Alix Beane · Writer
Trailer Upper Middle Bogan
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Details Upper Middle Bogan

- First episode
- August 15, 2013
- Last episode
- November 30, 2016
- Status
- ended
- Network
- ABC TV
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- English
- Studio
- Gristmill
Frequently asked questions
How many seasons does Upper Middle Bogan have?
3 seasons, 24 episodes. The last episode aired November 30, 2016.
Who’s in Upper Middle Bogan?
Annie Maynard, Patrick Brammall, Robyn Malcolm, Michala Banas, Rhys Mitchell, Madeleine Jevic, Lara Robinson, Harrison Feldman, Dougie Baldwin, and Glenn Robbins. Created by Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler.
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