''Bullpitt!'' was a short-lived Australian television comedy series which screened in 1997 to 1998 on the

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, reprising the main character in the 1980s

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''. It was written by

Gary Reilly Gary Reilly (born New Zealand, 1945) is an Australian radio and television producer and writer. He is known for his work on a variety of comedy series such as ''The Naked Vicar Show'', ''Kingswood Country'', '' Hey Dad..!'' and '' Bullpitt!''. He ...

and

Tony Sattler Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leag ...

. ''Bullpitt!'' saw the return of the character Ted Bullpitt, portrayed by (

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) who is now single and retired, living in a

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. He is still complaining and repeating many of his

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s from ''Kingswood Country'' such as "Pickle me grandmother!". Also in the cast

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and Kirstie Hutton. The series, like its predecessor, featured many well-known Australian actors in guest cameo roles. It was produced by

RS Productions ''RS Productions'' was an Australian television and radio production company best known for producing the 1980-1984 sitcom ''Kingswood Country''. The company was founded by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler, originally to produce comic sketches such a ...

. In 1998, the show was nominated at the

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for Most Popular Comedy program. However it lost to sketch comedy '' Full Frontal''. 13 of the 26 episodes of the show have been released on DVD under the title ''The Best of Bullpitt! Volume 1''.

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* Australian comedy television series Australian television sitcoms Seven Network original programming 1997 Australian television series debuts 1998 Australian television series endings Television shows set in New South Wales {{Australia-tv-prog-stub