Pig's Breakfast

*Pig's Breakfast*
Pig's Breakfast
Also known as	Off The Air
Genre	Children; Science fiction
Created by	John Thomson; Mark Shirrefs
Written by	Mark Shirrefs; John Thomson; Lynda Gibson; Kym Goldsworthy; Steve J. Spears; Kevin Nemeth; Phil Thomson; Brendan Luno; Geoff Kelso; Clare Madsen; Holly Lyons; Rhett Walton; Helen Steel; John Lind; Sue Thomson; Brian Nankervis; Andrew Goodone; Mark Cutler; Nancy Black
Directed by	Esben Storm; Kathy Mueller; Ralph Strasser; John Thomson
Starring	Nicholas Russell; Eve Morey; Heath McIvor; Jennifer Priest
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	78
Production
Executive producer	Noel Price
Producer	Susie Campbell
Production locations	Melbourne, Victoria
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Nine Network Australia
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	5 July 1999 –; 22 October 2000

Pig's Breakfast (also known as Off The Air) is an Australian science fiction children's television series by Mark Shirrefs and John Thomson that was broadcast in 1999.

Background

Shirrefs and Thomson originally conceived of Pig's Breakfast in 1989 as a magazine series about aliens who crash-land on Earth and interview humans to learn more about the planet. The premise was changed to suit a sitcom format ten years later.^[1] After they pitched it, Channel 9 and production company Southern Star made a deal to co-produce 52 episodes without commissioning a pilot.^[2]

The show aired in many countries, including ITV's CITV in the United Kingdom and RTÉ2's The Den in Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

Premise

Two alien school kids named Grob and Meeba accidentally crash their galactic school bus into a television studio on Earth, Channel 9. A producer mistakes them for two actors in rubber suits, there to do a skit on her children's TV show. The aliens are such a hit that she hires them to host the show, whose ratings soar. Two children, Rodney and Lucy Green, discover the aliens' identity and help to keep them safe while they try to fix their bus and return home.

Cast

Main/regular

Eve Morey as Lucy Green
Dean Measor as Plaaag Warrior
Nicholas Russell as Rodney Green
Catherine Mack-Hancock as Jessica
Sally Cooper as Dee Davis
Heath McIvor as Grob
Jennifer Priest as Meeba

Guests

Annie Jones as Sue Green
Ernie Gray as Mr. Pratt
Francis Greenslade as Martin Green
Gary Files as Mr. Howard
Geoff Paine as Malcolm Wilson
George Kapiniaris as Queegle
Jeremy Hopkins as Phillip Bailey
Jeremy Kewley as Gavin Bailey (6 episodes)
Kate Gorman
Lynda Gibson as Di Bailey
Monica Maughan
Paul Mercurio (4 episodes)
Peta Brady as Nancy
Phillip Millar as Queegle
Rebecca Ritters as Caz (2 episodes)
Sophie Heathcote
Sullivan Stapleton
Tania Lacy as Rebecca (1 episode)
Terry Norris

Setting

The Television Studio scenes were filmed in and around the Richmond studios of GTV-9 Melbourne.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Everton, Denise (23 July 1999). "Sci-fi sitcom a winner". Illawarra Mercury.
^ Ketchell, Misha (15 July 1999). "Aliens pig out at breakfast". The Age.

External links

Pig's Breakfast at IMDb

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[everton-1] Everton, Denise (23 July 1999). "Sci-fi sitcom a winner". Illawarra Mercury.

[ketchell-2] Ketchell, Misha (15 July 1999). "Aliens pig out at breakfast". The Age.

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