''Very Small Business'' is an Australian

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series first broadcast on Wednesday 3 September 2008 on ABC1. The series is written by Wayne Hope,

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, and Robyn Butler, and produced by Hope and Butler. It comprises fourteen half-hour episodes. A new season began screening in September 2018 titled ''Back in Very Small Business''. It comprises six half-hour episodes.

Synopsis

Don Angel is the small business owner of the Worldwide Business Group, a business he's trying to grow. This business includes publishing of dubious niche magazines such as ''Feelin' Great'', ''Railway Union Monthly'' and ''Music, Music, Music, Music'' - mere vehicles used by smooth-talking Don to sell advertising space to unsuspecting businesses. He's just hired Ray Leonard, a down-and-out former journalist for ''

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'', as his senior journalist and sole employee.

Cast

* Wayne Hope as Don Angel/Marcus Goode/James White/Haydn King/Kerry Akermanis/Pete Mandela *

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as Ray Leonard Leonard/Harvey Bunning * Roman Hadley-Lund as Leslie Leonard *

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as Tina * Geoff Paine as Lloyd * Molly Daniels as Sam Angel * Sally Cooper as Janet Wilson * Marg Downey as Yvonne * Steve Mouzakis as Rolf * Brian Vriends as Jerome * Jeremy Kewley as Ron Greally * Katerina Kotsonis as Blanca * Ian Bliss as Tony Orsini *

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as Sol Dolman * Beejan Land as Lynton McGyver

Episodes

Season 1 "Very Small Business"

Season 2 "Back in Very Small Business"

DVD release

Very Small Business

References

External links

* (No longer in use)
''Very Small Business'' on ABC TV
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Very Small Business (Tv Series) 2008 Australian television series debuts Australian television sitcoms Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming 2008 Australian television series endings