''The Moth Effect'' is an Australian

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television series on

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from 30 July 2021. The series is Amazon's first scripted Australian

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series. The six part series features sketches, music videos and interstitials. The Moth Effect was created and written by Nick Boshier and Jazz Twemlow, with a team of writers which includes Sarah Bishop, Bridie Connell, Mark Humphries, Nazeem Hussain, Natesha Somasundaram, David Woodhead and Meg O’Connell and Ramsay David Nuthall. is directed by Craig Anderson and Gracie Otto. produced by Lauren Elliott and Jordana Johnson and executive produced by Sophia Zachariou.

Cast

The series features Bryan Brown,

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, David Wenham,

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, Peter O'Brien, Kate Box, Zoe Terakes, Miranda Tapsell, Jake Ryan, Mark Humphries, Nazeem Hussain,

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, Lucinda Price, Dave Woodhead, Louis Hanson,

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, Tim Franklin, Sam Cotton, Christiaan Van Vuuren, Sarah Bishop, Sam Campbell, Megan Wilding and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moth Effect, The Amazon Prime Video original programming English-language television shows Australian television sketch shows 2021 Australian television series debuts 2020s Australian comedy television series Television series by Amazon Studios