Genre: | Black comedy Drama |
Creator: | Marieke Hardy Kirsty Fisher |
Starring: | Alison Bell Celia Pacquola Abe Forsythe Toby Truslove Damon Herriman |
Opentheme: | "My Girl's Pussy" by R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders |
Country: | Australia |
Language: | English |
Num Series: | 2 |
Num Episodes: | 12 |
Director: | Trent O'Donnell Abe Forsythe |
Producer: | Liz Watts |
Executive Producer: | Debbie Lee Vincent Sheehan |
Runtime: | 26–30 minutes |
Network: | ABC1 |
Laid is an Australian television comedy series that first aired on 9 February 2011 on ABC1. The 12-episode comedy series was written by Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher, and produced by Liz Watts. Laid was renewed for a second series, which aired from 2 May to 6 June 2012.
Roo McVie is a market researcher who faces an unenviable situation when her former lovers start dying in strange and unexpected circumstances. With EJ, her best friend and flatmate, Roo embarks on a quest to find a pattern and stop the trail of deaths.[1]
In October 2011, it was reported that television network NBC bought the rights to adapt an American version of the series.[2]
The first series of Laid was released on DVD under the title of Laid: The Complete First Season on 7 April 2011.[3] The second series was released on DVD under the title of Laid: The Complete Second Season on 5 July 2012.[4]
Year | Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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2011 | AACTA Awards[5] | Best Comedy Performance | Alison Bell | |
Celia Pacquola | ||||
Best Comedy Series | Liz Watts | |||
Best Screenplay | Kirsty Fisher | |||
Australian Writers' Guild Awards[6] | Best Situation or Narrative Episode | Marieke Hardy | ||
2012 | Australian Directors Guild Awards[7] | Best Direction in a TV Comedy Series | Trent O'Donnell | |
Australian Writers' Guild Awards[8] | Best Situation or Narrative Episode | Marieke Hardy | ||
Monte-Carlo Television Festival[9] | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Damon Herriman | ||