''Bogan Pride'' is an Australian comedy television series which first screened on

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in 2008. The six-part series created by and starring actress,

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. The series centres on the life of a teenage

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girl.

Synopsis

Jennie Cragg (Rebel Wilson) is an obese girl who lives in ''Boonelg'' with her extremely overweight mother Berenice, who is now confined to her living-room chair. Her Aunty Cassandra’s gay husband has left her. Nick is the extremely good-looking neighbour, and Jennie's best friends are hypochondriac Nigella and the extremely religious Amy Lee. Jennie enters a dance competition to pay for her mum’s stomach stapling operation, attempts to impress the boy she has a crush on and get revenge on the school skanks.

Cast

as Jennie Cragg * Sally Anne Upton as Berenice Cragg *

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as Aunt Cassandra * Fanny Hanusin as Amy Lee *

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as Nigella * Ryan Jones as Nick * Natasha Cunningham as Tracy *

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as Tizzneen * Janine Atwill as Tessa * Caroline Lee as Erin * Wilhelmina Stracke as Gaylene * Tim Stitz as Jimmy * Darren Amor as Stevie * Audra Hopgood as Marilyn * Leanne Courtney as Susan *

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as Burt Cragg *

Adam Zwar Adam Zwar (born 13 January 1972) is an Australian actor, voice artist, and writer. He is best known for co-creating the Australian comedy series '' Squinters'', '' Lowdown'', '' Wilfred'' and creating the critically acclaimed Channel 10 comedy ...

as Mr Laffer

Production

In 2008 Wilson created and wrote the musical comedy series ''Bogan Pride'' which was picked up for six episodes by

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. . Most of the furniture/house items and clothing were bought from charity shops. And food is bought from Aldi.Our Projects - Big and Little Films
/ref> Each episode was written by Wilson, directed by Peter Templeman and produced by Tony Ayres and Michael McMahon (''

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'', '' Walking on Water''). The show was not renewed for a second season.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080821085200/http://www.fatmandi.com/blogs/news Fat Mandi · Rebel Wison website * {{IMDb title, tt1304672 Australian comedy television series Special Broadcasting Service original programming 2008 Australian television series debuts 2008 Australian television series endings English-language television shows Mass media portrayals of the working class Television series created by Rebel Wilson Working class in Australia

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