The Jesters (TV series)

The Jesters is an Australian comedy series produced for Movie Extra subscription television channel. The series is a satire about the day-to-day battles of a sketch comedy veteran turned producer.^[2][3][4]

The Jesters
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Kevin Brumpton Angus FitzSimons
Written by	Kevin Brumpton Angus FitzSimons
Directed by	Kimble Rendall
Starring	Mick Molloy Emily Taheny Ben Geurens Christian Barratt-Hill Andrew Ryan Travis Cotton Susie Porter Deborah Kennedy
Theme music composer	Kyls Burtland
Composers	Rory O'Donoghue Kyls Burtland
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Kevin Brumpton Angus FitzSimons Ted Robinson (Movie Network)
Producers	Adam Bowen Barbara Gibbs
Cinematography	Hugh Miller
Editor	Julie-Anne Deruvo
Running time	29 minutes
Production companies	Return Fire Productions Movie Network
Original release
Network	Movie Extra
Release	8 September 2009 (2009-09-08)[1] – 12 April 2011 (2011-04-12)

Cast

• Mick Molloy as Dave Davies
• Emily Taheny as Kat Bailey
• Ben Geurens as Steve Morris
• Christian Barratt-Hill as Michael Stevens
• Andrew Ryan as Zak Green
• Travis Cotton as Tony Coggan
• Susie Porter as Julia Wilson
• Deborah Kennedy as Di Sunnington
• Dave Gibson as Ernie
• Petra Yared as Mickey
• Helen Thomson as Harriet
• Danny Adcock as Bob

Overview

The Jesters is a slick, sick and darkly comic look behind-the-scenes of a TV comedy show that proves the old maxim that nobody likes a smartarse – unless, of course, they are bringing in huge ratings.

From the absurd antics of the TV writers' room to the even more absurd network board meetings, The Jesters reveals the key ingredients of what goes into making the people of Australia laugh: jealousy, pettiness, treachery, extreme stupidity.

Episodes

Season 1

#	Title	Airdate	Timeslot
1	"Hard Time Getting Soft Time"	8 September 2009	Tuesday 9:30 pm–10:00 pm
2	"The Female Voice"	15 September 2009
3	"Breakfast Clubbed"	22 September 2009
4	"Going Corporate"	29 September 2009
5	"All Nighter"	6 October 2009
6	"Real Talent"	13 October 2009
7	"And The Loser Is..."	20 October 2009
8	"Wrap Up"	27 October 2009

Season 2

#	Title	Airdate	Timeslot
1	"Don't Look Back"	22 February 2011	Tuesday 8:30 pm–9:00 pm
2	"The Fallout"	1 March 2011
3	"A Bit on the Side"	8 March 2011
4	"The Reunion"	15 March 2011
5	"Staged"	22 March 2011
6	"Weekend at Davies"	29 March 2011
7	"Stunted"	5 April 2011
8	"Go For Gold"	12 April 2011

See also

• List of Australian television series