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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Upper Middle Bogan
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Middle-class Bess Denyar discovers she's adopted. She's shocked to find her birth parents head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs. Angry at her adoptive mother Margaret for lying to her all these years, Beth decides to concentrate on getting to know her birth parents but becoming one big family could take longer than hoped.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/upper-middle-bogan/ (Sighted 06/12/2013)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Furst Born Upper Middle Bogan Robyn Butler , Dan O’Shannon , United States of America (USA) : CBS , 2016 9327511 2016 series - publisher film/TV humour

'[T]he extended family show is about a wife and mother who learns she was adopted and that her birth parents are a flamboyant but loving family of drag-racers. Sagal will play Julie, the wife of Wayne (Lynch) and the matriarch of the family. After Wayne lost an eye, Julie stepped in as the lead driver of Team Wheeler.'

Source: Deadline Hollywood (http://deadline.com/2016/02/katey-sagal-cast-cbs-pilot-butler-hope-oshannon-1201709255/). (Sighted: 26/2/2016)

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1.05
form y separately published work icon No Angel Gary McCaffrie , Australia : Gristmill , 2013 7184421 2013 single work film/TV

'While Bess is thrilled that her two families are coming together, when Danny finds out that Shawn and Edwina have skipped school and gone dirt bike riding, he freaks out, jumping to all sorts of wrong conclusions. Edwina wants to quit the bassoon after relentless bullying at school. She makes everything alright at a music concert where she plays in a way no one expects.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 31/3/2014)

 Australia : Gristmill , 2013
1.08
form y separately published work icon Nationals Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Australia : Gristmill , 2013 8498691 2013 single work film/TV

'Bess, Danny, Margaret and the kids arrive at a dingy motel for the Drag Racing Championships. Danny is cross because Bess has cancelled their anniversary weekend away to be here but Bess really wants to support Team Wheeler. Bess tries to solve engine problems; however the aftermath is filled with fury. Will they sever ties?'

Source: Australian television Information Archive. (Sighted: 24/4/2015)

 Australia : Gristmill , 2013
3.01
form y separately published work icon New Kids on the Block Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Australia : Gristmill , 2016 10318330 2016 single work film/TV Australia : Gristmill , 2016

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      Extent: 16x30 min. episodes; two seriesp.
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Works about this Work

Our Suburban Contempt Wyatt Moss-Wellington , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , November 2016; 'In Australia, we have a limited set of character types to talk through our collective visions of suburbia. Kath & Kim and Upper Middle Bogan deliver parodies of the nouveau riche philistine, while Chris Lilley dons brownface to draw laughs from a stereotype of Polynesian identity. Over on commercial and cable, reality television shows such as the Real Housewives construct characters out of participants’ lives, fortifying a sense of ‘realism’ across our screen fictions.' (Introduction)
TV Comedies Finally Hit the Sweet Spot Debi Enker , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 27 October 2016; (p. 3) The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 October 2016; (p. 3)
The Bogan Aesthetic Simon Caterson , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Island , no. 139 2014; (p. 9-15) 'Australian society has never been more diverse, intricate and sophisticated than it is right now. But, as Simon Caterson writes, never have we been more bogan.' (9)
You Slice'n'Dice the Couch Potatoes Craig Mathieson , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 19 December 2013; (p. 8)
Notable Australian TV of 2013 Michelle Smith , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 December 2013;
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Tony Martin , Gary McCaffrie , Kirsty Fisher , Trent Roberts , Alix Beane , 2013 series - publisher film/TV ; Home and Away Sarah Walker , Margaret Wilson , Sam Meikle , Sandy Webster , Matt Anderson , Fiona Bozic , Dan Bennett , Sue Hore , Sean Nash , James Walker , Ray Harding , Bruce Hancock , Phil Lloyd , Jason Herbison , David Worthington , Alister Webb , Andrew Osborne , John Hanlon , Greg Haddrick , Greg Stevens , Fiona Kelly , Faith McKinnon , Alison Nisselle , Maureen Ann Moran , Sarah Duffy , Phil Saunders , Stephen Vagg , Ysabelle Dean , Bevan Lee , Kelly Lefever , Anthony Ellis , Mary Dagmar-Davies , Clare Atkins , Lily Taylor , Kevin Roberts , Chelsea Cassio , Lyn Ogilvy , Cameron Welsh , Anne Brooksbank , John Hugginson , Morgan Smith , Jennifer Mellet , Christopher Gist , Louise Crane , Trent Atkinson , Leigh McGrath , Kaneana May , Neil Luxmoore , Adam Dolman , Greg Millin , Cassandra Carter , Sally Webb , Mardi McConnochie , Felicity Packard , Sabour Bradley , Rick Held , Kit Oldfield , Alexa Wyatt , Edwina Searle , Josh Mapleston , Kate Bradley , Sharyn Rosenberg , Elizabeth Coleman , John Coulter , Anthony Morris , Alison Boadle , Carla Kettner , Boaz Stark , Lois Booton , Judith Colquhoun , Michael Joshua , Cath Roden , Lesley Lewis , Zokov Nyste , Katrina Foster , Lisa Williams , Lynette Jacob , Coral Drouyn , Meg Mappin , Mark Grzic , Christine McCourt , Tom Galbraith , Drew Proffitt , Graham Foreman , Craig Wilkins , Jenny Sharp , Chris Phillips , Daniel Widdowson , Elizabeth Packett , Vicki Englund , Alan Hardy , Fiona Wood , Jenny Lewis , Samuel Atwell , Scott Taylor , Galia Hardy , Holly Lyons , Barbara Bishop , Bradley Souber , Peter Dick , Luke Devenish , Nicky Amall , Vanessa Critchley , Brooke Wilson , David Allen , Michael Harvey , Denise Morgan , David William Boutland , Pru Colville , Ray Kolle , Les Knight , Mark Elder , Jennifer Smart , Jon Concannon , Ericka Dobbins , Jane Allen , Peter Mattessi , Alex Papps , Justine Gillmer , Stuart Page , Nick King , Serge Lazareff , Blake Ayshford , James Balian , Alan Bateman , Kirrilly Burton , Louise Crawford , Jane Eakin , Ina Haas , Glenda Hambly , Matthew Hile , Raymond Meiksa , Rob Menzies , David Mesman , Annette Moore , Andy Muir , Gabrielle Somers , Matthew Tonna , Jeff Truman , Emily Vann , Peter Neale , David O'Brien , Phil Sanders , Leon Saunders , Daniel Krige , Deborah Parsons , Rebecca Greensill , Fin Edquist , 1988 series - publisher film/TV ; Top of the Lake Jane Campion , Gerard Lee , 2013 series - publisher film/TV
Show of the Week Gordon Farrer , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 August 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Tony Martin , Gary McCaffrie , Kirsty Fisher , Trent Roberts , Alix Beane , 2013 series - publisher film/TV
Comedy Will Rev Engine Paul Kalina , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 August 2013; (p. 5)
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Tony Martin , Gary McCaffrie , Kirsty Fisher , Trent Roberts , Alix Beane , 2013 series - publisher film/TV
Enjoying Life in Drag Darren Devlyn , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 August 2013; (p. 36)
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Tony Martin , Gary McCaffrie , Kirsty Fisher , Trent Roberts , Alix Beane , 2013 series - publisher film/TV
Write On - Cast Give a Bogan Tale Class Tony Squires , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 August 2013; (p. 43) The Age , 15 August 2013; (p. 40)
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Tony Martin , Gary McCaffrie , Kirsty Fisher , Trent Roberts , Alix Beane , 2013 series - publisher film/TV
Notable Australian TV of 2013 Michelle Smith , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 December 2013;
— Review of Upper Middle Bogan Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Tony Martin , Gary McCaffrie , Kirsty Fisher , Trent Roberts , Alix Beane , 2013 series - publisher film/TV ; Home and Away Sarah Walker , Margaret Wilson , Sam Meikle , Sandy Webster , Matt Anderson , Fiona Bozic , Dan Bennett , Sue Hore , Sean Nash , James Walker , Ray Harding , Bruce Hancock , Phil Lloyd , Jason Herbison , David Worthington , Alister Webb , Andrew Osborne , John Hanlon , Greg Haddrick , Greg Stevens , Fiona Kelly , Faith McKinnon , Alison Nisselle , Maureen Ann Moran , Sarah Duffy , Phil Saunders , Stephen Vagg , Ysabelle Dean , Bevan Lee , Kelly Lefever , Anthony Ellis , Mary Dagmar-Davies , Clare Atkins , Lily Taylor , Kevin Roberts , Chelsea Cassio , Lyn Ogilvy , Cameron Welsh , Anne Brooksbank , John Hugginson , Morgan Smith , Jennifer Mellet , Christopher Gist , Louise Crane , Trent Atkinson , Leigh McGrath , Kaneana May , Neil Luxmoore , Adam Dolman , Greg Millin , Cassandra Carter , Sally Webb , Mardi McConnochie , Felicity Packard , Sabour Bradley , Rick Held , Kit Oldfield , Alexa Wyatt , Edwina Searle , Josh Mapleston , Kate Bradley , Sharyn Rosenberg , Elizabeth Coleman , John Coulter , Anthony Morris , Alison Boadle , Carla Kettner , Boaz Stark , Lois Booton , Judith Colquhoun , Michael Joshua , Cath Roden , Lesley Lewis , Zokov Nyste , Katrina Foster , Lisa Williams , Lynette Jacob , Coral Drouyn , Meg Mappin , Mark Grzic , Christine McCourt , Tom Galbraith , Drew Proffitt , Graham Foreman , Craig Wilkins , Jenny Sharp , Chris Phillips , Daniel Widdowson , Elizabeth Packett , Vicki Englund , Alan Hardy , Fiona Wood , Jenny Lewis , Samuel Atwell , Scott Taylor , Galia Hardy , Holly Lyons , Barbara Bishop , Bradley Souber , Peter Dick , Luke Devenish , Nicky Amall , Vanessa Critchley , Brooke Wilson , David Allen , Michael Harvey , Denise Morgan , David William Boutland , Pru Colville , Ray Kolle , Les Knight , Mark Elder , Jennifer Smart , Jon Concannon , Ericka Dobbins , Jane Allen , Peter Mattessi , Alex Papps , Justine Gillmer , Stuart Page , Nick King , Serge Lazareff , Blake Ayshford , James Balian , Alan Bateman , Kirrilly Burton , Louise Crawford , Jane Eakin , Ina Haas , Glenda Hambly , Matthew Hile , Raymond Meiksa , Rob Menzies , David Mesman , Annette Moore , Andy Muir , Gabrielle Somers , Matthew Tonna , Jeff Truman , Emily Vann , Peter Neale , David O'Brien , Phil Sanders , Leon Saunders , Daniel Krige , Deborah Parsons , Rebecca Greensill , Fin Edquist , 1988 series - publisher film/TV ; Top of the Lake Jane Campion , Gerard Lee , 2013 series - publisher film/TV
Real Life on Screen for 2013 Karl Quinn , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 2 December 2012; (p. 12)
Life's a Drag in Bogan-ville Darren Cartwright , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 12)
How the Other Half Laughs Ruth Ritchie , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 18)
Too Few Houses of Representatives Craig Mathieson , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 12 September 2013; The Canberra Times , 12 September 2013;
You Slice'n'Dice the Couch Potatoes Craig Mathieson , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 19 December 2013; (p. 8)
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