The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote
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The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote is an Australian television comedy series on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
starring Sam Simmons and Janis McGavin
as Lee-Anne.
The program premiered on 14 September 2009 on ABC2
at 8.55pm and then repeated on ABC1
from 2 October 2009 at 11:10pm. Episodes are five minutes long.
The series is presented in mockumentary
style and draws parallels between human and animal worlds. The 'Murray Foote' character is an animal warrior, conservationist, scientist, recording artist, good bloke and ladies man. The promotional blurb states that the series was created in 1987, then lost, and then rediscovered recently in a garage in suburban Melbourne.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
starring Sam Simmons and Janis McGavin
Janis McGavin
Janis McGavin is an Australian actress and comedy performer, best known for her roles in the popular television series Comedy Inc and Balls of Steel Australia.-Career:...
as Lee-Anne.
The program premiered on 14 September 2009 on ABC2
ABC2
ABC2 is a national public television channel in Australia. Launched on 7 March 2005, it is the responsibility of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television division, and is available nationally to digital television viewers in Australia...
at 8.55pm and then repeated on ABC1
ABC1
ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
from 2 October 2009 at 11:10pm. Episodes are five minutes long.
The series is presented in mockumentary
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
style and draws parallels between human and animal worlds. The 'Murray Foote' character is an animal warrior, conservationist, scientist, recording artist, good bloke and ladies man. The promotional blurb states that the series was created in 1987, then lost, and then rediscovered recently in a garage in suburban Melbourne.
See also
- List of Australian television series
- List of Australian Broadcasting Corporation programs