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

SBS TV

SBS One is a national public television channel in Australia. Launched on 24 October 1980, it is the responsibility of SBS's television division, and is available nationally...

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

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson is an Australian actress, writer, and stand-up comedienne, known for her roles in the television series Pizza and Bogan Pride and the film Bridesmaids.-Early and personal life:...

, is directed by Peter Templeman and produced by Tony Ayres and Michael McMahon (Home Song Stories, Walking on Water

Walking on water

Jesus' walks on water, or Jesus walking on water, is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels. Accounts of the miracle appear in three Gospels: Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 6:45-52 and...

). The series centres around the life of a teenage bogan

Bogan

The term bogan is Australian slang, usually pejorative or self-deprecating, for an individual who is recognised to be from a lower class background or someone whose limited education, speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour exemplifies such a background....

 girl. The series was not renewed for a second season by SBS.

Synopsis

Jennie Cragg (Rebel Wilson) is obese girl—her name is a pun on weight-loss firm Jenny Craig

Jenny Craig

Jenny Craig is an American weight loss guru and founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. Craig was raised in New Orleans and married Sidney Harvey Craig in 1979. In 1983, she and her husband created a nutrition, fitness, and weight loss program in Australia...

—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

• Rebel Wilson
  Rebel Wilson
  Rebel Wilson is an Australian actress, writer, and stand-up comedienne, known for her roles in the television series Pizza and Bogan Pride and the film Bridesmaids.-Early and personal life:...
  
   as Jennie Cragg
• Sally Anne Upton as Berenice Cragg
• Lulu McClatchy
  Lulu McClatchy
  Lulu McClatchy is an Australian actress and comedian. She started to write and perform her own shows at the Edinburgh Festival. She created the comedy show Supergirly and went on to present a slot on Live & Kicking. She also performed in her own sitcom, as well as performing with Elton John in the...
  
   as Aunt Cassandra
• Fanny Hanusin as Amy Lee
• Alice Ansara as Nigella
• Ryan Jones as Nick

Supporting cast

• Natasha Cunningham as Tracy
• Kate Jenkinson 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
• Brian Mannix
  Brian Mannix
  Brian Mannix is an Australian rock music singer and actor.He guest-starred in several episodes of Australian soap Neighbours in 1993 as Conor Cleary, a love interest for Lauren Carpenter....
  
   as Burt Cragg
• Adam Zwar
  Adam Zwar
  Adam Zwar is a multi award-winning Australian actor, voice artist, and writer. He is best known for co-creating the Australian comedy series Lowdown and Wilfred...
  
  as Mr Laffer