Pig's Breakfast
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- Australian television shows featuring puppetry
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- Television series about extraterrestrial life
- Australian television series about teenagers
- Television shows set in Melbourne
- ITV children's television shows