Bullpitt!

Bullpitt! was a short-lived Australian television comedy series which screened in 1997 to 1998 on the Seven Network, reprising the main character in the 1980s sitcom Kingswood Country. It was written by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler.

Bullpitt! saw the return of the character Ted Bullpitt, portrayed by (Ross Higgins) who is now single and retired, living in a retirement home. He is still complaining and repeating many of his catchphrases from Kingswood Country such as "Pickle me grandmother!".^[1] Also in the cast Elaine Lee, Peter Whitford, Bruce Spence, Vanessa Downing, Jacqueline Brennan and Kirstie Hutton as his granddaughter Contessa "Terri" Bertolucci. The series, like its predecessor, featured many well-known Australian actors in guest cameo roles. It was produced by RS Productions.

In 1998, the show was nominated at the Logies for Most Popular Comedy program. However it lost to sketch comedy Full Frontal.

13 of the 26 episodes of the show have been released on DVD under the title The Best of Bullpitt! Volume 1.

In 2023 Via Vision Entertainment released the entire series on DVD.^[2]

Cast

Main/regular

• Ross Higgins as Ted Bullpitt
• Elaine Lee as Joan Collins
• Peter Whitford as Johnno Johnstone
• Jacquie Brennan as Samantha MacDonald
• Vanessa Downing as Muriel Johnstone
• Bruce Spence as Darcy Kelso
• Kristie Hutton as Contessa "Terri" Bertolucci

Guests

• Ernie Dingo as Self
• Barry Crocker as Self
• Danny Adcock as Telstra Supervisor
• Stuart Wagstaff as Tyrone Wilde
• Elaine Smith as Journalist
• John Clayton as Judge (1 episode)
• Max Phipps as Archbishop
• Genevieve Mooy
• Robina Beard as Gwen the Ranger
• Kate Fitzpatrick as Helga

References

1. "Bullpitt! series 1". Screen Australia.
2. "Bullpitt: The Complete Series | Via Vision Entertainment".

External links

• Bullpitt! at IMDb