''A Moody Christmas'' is an Australian television comedy series that follows the adventures of Dan Moody, who returns home from London to spend each Christmas with his dysfunctional family. It was created and written by Trent O'Donnell and Phil Lloyd at

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, and was directed by Trent O'Donnell. The series was produced by Andy Walker, co-produced by Phil Lloyd, and executive produced by Jason Burrows of

and Debbie Lee of

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. The six-part series was first screened on

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in the lead up to Christmas in October, November, and December 2012. Shot largely in

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, Australia, each episode runs for half an hour, following the Moody family on

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over six years. A second series, ''

The Moodys ''The Moodys'' is an Australian television comedy series, which follows on from '' A Moody Christmas''. ''The Moodys'' began airing on ABC on 5 February 2014 and aired in the United States on Hulu in Spring 2014. Originally written and created ...

'', began airing on ABC on 5 February 2014. The eight-part series follows the Moody family through a year's worth of celebrations, including Australia Day, Easter, and Bridget's 40th birthday. The second series was aired in the United States on Hulu in Spring 2014. An American version of ''A Moody Christmas'' was announced in August 2013 and the show had a put pilot commitment to air on FOX. On 21 October 2019, it was announced that the series, titled ''

'', would premiere on 4 December 2019.

Cast

Ian Meadows Ian Meadows is an Australian actor, playwright and writer. Early life and education Born and raised in Collie, Western Australia, Meadows trained at Curtin University and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating ...

as Dan Moody *

Patrick Brammall Patrick Brammall (born 30 March 1976) is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as Sean Moody in the ABC comedy '' A Moody Christmas''; as Leo Taylor in Series 5 of Channel Ten's ''Offspring;'' and as Sergeant James Ha ...

as Sean Moody *

Jane Harber Jane Harber is an Australian actress who is known from her role as Zara Perkich in the television series ''Offspring''. Career Television Harber's television roles have included Susie Money in the series ''Underbelly'', Zdenka Milanovic in ''Th ...

as Cora Benson *

Danny Adcock Danny Adcock (born 29 June 1948) is an Australian actor, known for his work in television and theatre. His television acting roles include 7 different roles in Crawford Production series ''Matlock Police'' as the killer of Michael Pate's chara ...

as Kevin Moody *

Tina Bursill Tina Bursill (born 24 July 1951) is an Australian actress. She played Louise Carter on the television series '' Skyways'' (1979–1981) and Sonia Stevens on ''Prisoner'' (1983–1984). She played Meryl Knight in the Nine Network drama series ...

as Maree Moody *

Rachel Gordon Rachel Gordon (born 10 May 1976) is an Australian actress. Early life Gordon was born in Brisbane, Australia, the daughter of Donna Gordon. Her great-grandfather was Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, and her great-grandmother was Dame Enid Lyons, ...

as Bridget Quaill * Phil Lloyd as Roger Quaill *Robina Beard as Gwen Dawes *

Darren Gilshenan Darren Gilshenan is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his in television series ''The Moodys'', ''Maximum Choppage'', '' Chandon Pictures'' and '' Full Frontal''. Early life Darren was first introduced to acting while he was a ...

as Terry Moody *

Guy Edmonds Guy Edmonds is an Australian born director, writer, actor and author. He co-created, wrote, acted in and directed the Emmy award-winning comedy series Hardball. He co-authored the hit book series Zombie Diaries and Zoo Crew. As an actor he is b ...

as Hayden Roberts

Episodes

Additionally, two composition episodes, ''Episode 7 Composition: Parts 1-3'' and ''Episode 8 Composition: Parts 4–6'', were broadcast on

on 25 December 2012 and 26 December 2012 respectively. This was effectively an encore screening of the series, in two parts, across

and

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2012.

Trivia

The Moody house was at 31 Reserve St Denistone. It has since been demolished, the land subdivided and two houses built on the site.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moody Christmas, A 2012 Australian television series debuts 2012 Australian television series endings Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian comedy television series Television shows set in Sydney Christmas television series

Cast

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