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Status: Ended
Network: ABC TV
Type: Scripted
Rating: 7.2/10
Upper Middle Bogan
Overview
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.
This production, originally released in 2013, has captivated audiences with its unique storytelling. As a Scripted series, it brings a fresh perspective to the Comedy genre, maintaining a strong viewer rating of 7.2 across its 3 seasons.
- Storyline Highlights:
- • Explores themes within Comedy.
- • Produced in Australia.
- • Original Language: English.
Starring Cast
Annie Maynard
Bess Denyar
Patrick Brammall
Danny Bright
Robyn Malcolm
Julie Wheeler
Michala Banas
Amber Wheeler
Rhys Mitchell
Kayne Wheeler
Madeleine Jevic
Brianna Wheeler
Lara Robinson
Edwina Bright
Harrison Feldman
Oscar Bright
Seasons
Specials
2 Episodes • Aired 2013-08-14
No season overview provided for this season.
Series 1
8 Episodes • Aired 2013-08-15
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.
Series 2
8 Episodes • Aired 2014-10-16
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.
Series 3
8 Episodes • Aired 2016-10-12
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.
