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Middle-class Bess Denyar discovers she's adopted. She's shocked to find her birth parents head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs. Angry at her adoptive mother Margaret for lying to her all these years, Beth decides to concentrate on getting to know her birth parents but becoming one big family could take longer than hoped.
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/upper-middle-bogan/ (Sighted 06/12/2013)
Adaptations
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form
y
Furst Born
Upper Middle Bogan
United States of America (USA)
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CBS
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2016
9327511
2016
series - publisher
film/TV
humour
'[T]he extended family show is about a wife and mother who learns she was adopted and that her birth parents are a flamboyant but loving family of drag-racers. Sagal will play Julie, the wife of Wayne (Lynch) and the matriarch of the family. After Wayne lost an eye, Julie stepped in as the lead driver of Team Wheeler.'
Source: Deadline Hollywood (http://deadline.com/2016/02/katey-sagal-cast-cbs-pilot-butler-hope-oshannon-1201709255/). (Sighted: 26/2/2016)
Notes
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Award-winning and individually published episodes are indexed on AustLit.
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1.05form y No Angel Australia : Gristmill , 2013 7184421 2013 single work film/TV
'While Bess is thrilled that her two families are coming together, when Danny finds out that Shawn and Edwina have skipped school and gone dirt bike riding, he freaks out, jumping to all sorts of wrong conclusions. 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.'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 31/3/2014)
Australia : Gristmill , 2013 -
1.08form y Nationals Australia : Gristmill , 2013 8498691 2013 single work film/TV
'Bess, Danny, Margaret and the kids arrive at a dingy motel for the Drag Racing Championships. Danny is cross because Bess has cancelled their anniversary weekend away to be here but Bess really wants to support Team Wheeler. Bess tries to solve engine problems; however the aftermath is filled with fury. Will they sever ties?'
Source: Australian television Information Archive. (Sighted: 24/4/2015)
Australia : Gristmill , 2013 -
3.01form y New Kids on the Block Australia : Gristmill , 2016 10318330 2016 single work film/TV Australia : Gristmill , 2016
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Our Suburban Contempt
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , November 2016; 'In Australia, we have a limited set of character types to talk through our collective visions of suburbia. Kath & Kim and Upper Middle Bogan deliver parodies of the nouveau riche philistine, while Chris Lilley dons brownface to draw laughs from a stereotype of Polynesian identity. Over on commercial and cable, reality television shows such as the Real Housewives construct characters out of participants’ lives, fortifying a sense of ‘realism’ across our screen fictions.' (Introduction) -
TV Comedies Finally Hit the Sweet Spot
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 27 October 2016; (p. 3) The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 October 2016; (p. 3) -
The Bogan Aesthetic
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Island , no. 139 2014; (p. 9-15) 'Australian society has never been more diverse, intricate and sophisticated than it is right now. But, as Simon Caterson writes, never have we been more bogan.' (9) -
You Slice'n'Dice the Couch Potatoes
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 19 December 2013; (p. 8) -
Notable Australian TV of 2013
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 December 2013;
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan 2013 series - publisher film/TV ; Home and Away 1988 series - publisher film/TV ; Top of the Lake 2013 series - publisher film/TV
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Show of the Week
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 August 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan 2013 series - publisher film/TV -
Comedy Will Rev Engine
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 August 2013; (p. 5)
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan 2013 series - publisher film/TV -
Enjoying Life in Drag
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 August 2013; (p. 36)
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan 2013 series - publisher film/TV -
Write On - Cast Give a Bogan Tale Class
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 August 2013; (p. 43) The Age , 15 August 2013; (p. 40)
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan 2013 series - publisher film/TV -
Notable Australian TV of 2013
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 December 2013;
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan 2013 series - publisher film/TV ; Home and Away 1988 series - publisher film/TV ; Top of the Lake 2013 series - publisher film/TV -
Real Life on Screen for 2013
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 2 December 2012; (p. 12) -
Life's a Drag in Bogan-ville
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 12) -
How the Other Half Laughs
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 18) -
Too Few Houses of Representatives
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 12 September 2013; The Canberra Times , 12 September 2013; -
You Slice'n'Dice the Couch Potatoes
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 19 December 2013; (p. 8)
Awards
- Melbourne, Victoria,