''All Together Now'' was an Australian

sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...

that was broadcast on

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between 1991 and 1993. The premise involved an aging rocker, played by

Jon English Jonathan James English (26 March 1949 – 9 March 2016) was an English-born Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He emigrated from England to Australia with his parents in 1961. He was an early vocalist and rhythm guitarist for S ...

trying to maintain his music career while living with his son and daughter. For an undetermined number of initial episodes filmed prior to public broadcast, the show title was "''Rhythm and Blues''" and had a different theme song.

Cast

* Jon English as "Bobby Rivers" *

Rebecca Gibney Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964) is a New Zealand actress known for her roles on Australian television in ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Halifax f.p.'', ''Packed to the Rafters'', ''Winter (TV series), Winter'' and ''Wanted (2016 Aus ...

as "Tracy Lawson" (Eps 1–86) * Steven Jacobs as "Thomas Sumner" * Jane Hall as "Anna Sumner" *

Garry Who Garry Who (born Garry Weston, 1 May 1954) is an Australian actor and comedian, best known for his role as Doug Stevens in the Australian sitcom '' All Together Now''. Career Beginning his working life as a signwriter, Who began his career in th ...

as "Doug Stevens" (Eps 1–76) *

Bruno Lucia Bruno Lucia (born 27 January 1960) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and performer. With his bald, clean-shaven head, and Italian descent, Lucia became popular in the early 1990s with his role as entertainment agent Wayne Lovett on tele ...

as "Wayne Lovett" *

Kerry Armstrong Kerry Michelle Armstrong (born 12 September 1958) is an Australian actress and author. She is one of only two actresses to win two Australian Film Institute Awards in the same year, winning Best Actress in a Leading Role for ''Lantana'' and B ...

as "Beth Sumner" (Eps 85–101)

Awards

At the 1992

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, the show and its actors were nominated for four awards: * The show (Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Program) * Rebecca Gibney (Most Popular Actress, and Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Female Performer) * Jon English (Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Male Performer) The show was also nominated at the 1993

, again for Most Popular Comedy Program, as was Jon English for Most Popular Comedy Personality.

Home Media

Series 2 is still currently available on DVD and The Complete Series is available on Umbrella Streaming Service and Amazon Prime Video

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:All Together Now (Tv Series) Australian television sitcoms Nine Network original programming Television shows set in Melbourne 1991 Australian television series debuts 1993 Australian television series endings

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