| The Ex-PM | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Shaun Micallef |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Production company | CJZ |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 14 October 2015 (2015-10-14) – 6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) |
The Ex-PM is an Australian television comedy series.
The six-part series first aired on theABC on Wednesday 14 October 2015.[1] It was written by and starsShaun Micallef with director Sian Davies and producer Nick Murray for Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder. The series focuses on Andrew Dugdale (Micallef), a fictional formerPrime Minister of Australia, who struggles to adjust to private life.
Season two of the show premiered on 26 October 2017.[2]
Former prime minister Andrew Dugdale (Shaun Micallef) owes his publishers an advance, and is assigned a ghostwriter to help him get his memoirs done.[3][4]
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.[5]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Region 4 | |||
| 1 | 6 | 14 October 2015 (2015-10-14) | 18 November 2015 (2015-11-18) | 11 November 2015 | |
| 2 | 6 | 26 October 2017 (2017-10-26) | 30 November 2017 (2017-11-30) | 6 December 2017 | |
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Australian viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Arrival" | 14 October 2015 (2015-10-14) | 803,000[6] |
| 2 | 2 | "Childhood" | 21 October 2015 (2015-10-21) | 660,000[7] |
| 3 | 3 | "Legacy" | 28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) | 580,000[8] |
| 4 | 4 | "Rivalry" | 4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) | 622,000[9] |
| 5 | 5 | "Immortality" | 11 November 2015 (2015-11-11) | 594,000[10] |
| 6 | 6 | "Love" | 18 November 2015 (2015-11-18) | 553,000[11] |
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Australian viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | "Money" | 26 October 2017 (2017-10-26) | 454,000[12] |
| 8 | 2 | "Power" | 2 November 2017 (2017-11-2) | 365,000[13] |
| 9 | 3 | "Image" | 9 November 2017 (2017-11-9) | 302,000[14] |
| 10 | 4 | "Justice" | 16 November 2017 (2017-11-16) | 318,000[15] |
| 11 | 5 | "Faith" | 23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) | 310,000[16] |
| 12 | 6 | "Reckoning" | 30 November 2017 (2017-11-30) | 322,000[17] |