Drop Dead Weird

*Drop Dead Weird*
Drop Dead Weird
Genre	Children / teen drama; comedy drama; Fantasy;
Created by	Sally Browning; Dean Cropp;
Written by	Stephen Abbott; Warren Coleman; Tadhg Mac Dhonnagain;
Directed by	Danny Raco; Beth Armstrong; Glenn Fraser;
Starring	Sofia Nolan; Jack Riley; Adele Cosentino; Amanda Bishop; David Collins;
Composer	Andy O’Callaghan
Country of origin	Australia; Ireland
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Camera setup	Two camera
Running time	26 minutes
Original release
Network	7TWO (2017); RTE2 (2017);
Release	6 November 2017 –; 12 August 2019

Drop Dead Weird is an Australian-Irish children's comedy drama television series screening on the Seven Network's digital channel 7TWO from 6 November 2017.^[1] This Australian/Irish co-production was created by Sally Browning and Dean Cropp. It was written by Stephen Abbott, Warren Coleman and Tadhg Mac Dhonnagain and directed by Beth Armstrong, Danny Raco and Glenn Fraser.^[2] The series was also broadcast on CITV in the United Kingdom from June 2019.

Synopsis

The Champs are an Australian family who move to Tubbershandy, an isolated seaside village in western Ireland to save the Bed & Breakfast run by their Irish grandfather. The three Aussie children Lulu, Bruce and Frankie are finding it hard to fit into a new hometown but also hide the secret that their parents recently became zombies. The kids must keep the truth under wraps from the community and in particular, local identity Bernadette (Bunni) Shanahan.^[3]

Cast

Sofia Nolan as Lulu
Jack Riley as Bruce
Adele Cosentino as Frankie
Amanda Bishop as Mum
David Collins as Dad
Maeliosa Stafford as Grandad
Pauline McLynn as Bunni
Lucy Maher as Aisling
David Rawle as Dermot
Connor Burke as Connor
Annie Byron as Maryanne
Others

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	26	6 November 2017 (2017-11-06)	11 December 2017 (2017-12-11)
2	26	8 July 2019 (2019-07-08)	12 August 2019 (2019-08-12)

External links

Drop Dead Weird at IMDb

References

^ "Seven Studios launches new children's series Drop Dead Weird on 7TWO". Mumbrella. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^ "Drop Dead Weird series 1 (2017) - The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "DROP DEAD WEIRD". Ambience Entertainment. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

[1] "Seven Studios launches new children's series Drop Dead Weird on 7TWO". Mumbrella. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

[2] "Drop Dead Weird series 1 (2017) - The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[3] "DROP DEAD WEIRD". Ambience Entertainment. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

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