The Ex-PM

 ( 2015 Australian Television Series Debuts ) 

The Ex-PM is an Australian television comedy series.

The six-part series first aired on the ABC on Wednesday 14 October 2015. It was written by and stars Shaun Micallef with director Sian Davies and producer Nick Murray for Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder. The series focuses on Andrew Dugdale (Micallef), a fictional former Prime Minister of Australia, who struggles to adjust to private life.

Season two of the show premiered on 26 October 2017.

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Synopsis

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Season 1 Former prime minister Andrew Dugdale (Shaun Micallef) owes his publishers an advance, and is assigned a ghostwriter to help him get his memoirs done.

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Season 2 Dugdale stands for election in a marginal rural seat at his party's request. Moving into the town's sewage farm, he campaigns on local issues in a race beset by corruption. A mysterious benefactor donates one million dollars to his campaign.

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Cast

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Main

• Shaun Micallef as Andrew Dugdale
• Lucy Honigman as Ellen
• Nicki Wendt as Catherine
• Kate Jenkinson as Carol
• Nicholas Bell as Sonny
• Francis Greenslade as Curtis
• Jackson Tozer as Myles
• Ming-Zhu Hii as Rita
• John Clarke as Henry

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Recurring

• Drew Tingwell as Mr Vole (2 episodes)
• Emily Taheny as Bertha Quigley (2 episodes)
• Frank Woodley as Reece (2 episodes)
• Nick Farnell as George (2 episodes)
• Owen Wahrenberger as Stefan (5 episodes)
• Tony Rickards as Crazy Joe (3 episodes)
• Vince Colosimo as Fabian Silver (3 episodes)

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Guests

• Bob Franklin as Keith
• Grant Piro as Bambino
• Greg Stone as Neil Blanchard
• Ian Smith as Cardinal Bell
• Lachy Hulme as Himself
• Lisa McCune as Lorelei Baggins
• Shane Jacobson as Butcher
• Tegan Higginbotham as Floor Manager

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Episodes

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Series overview

	1	6			11 November 2015
	2	6			6 December 2017

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Season 1 (2015)

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Season 2 (2017)

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See also

• List of Australian television series
• List of programs broadcast by ABC (Australian TV network)

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External links

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