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''The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote'' is an Australian television comedy series on the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...
starring Sam Simmons and
Janis McGavin Janis McGavin is an Australian actress and comedy performer, best known for her roles in the popular television series ''Comedy Inc'' and ''Balls of Steel Australia''. Career McGavin trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts ...
as Lee-Anne. The program premiered on 14 September 2009 on
ABC2 ABC TV Plus (formerly ABC2 and ABC Comedy) is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and part of its ABC Television network. The channel broadcasts a range of general entertainment progra ...
at 8:55pm and then repeated on
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from 2 October 2009 at 11:10pm. Episodes are five minutes long. The series is presented in
mockumentary A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on c ...
style and draws parallels between human and animal worlds. The character Murray Foote is an animal warrior, conservationist, scientist, recording artist, good bloke, and ladies man. The promotional blurb states that the series was created in 1987, then lost, and then rediscovered recently in a garage in suburban Melbourne.


See also

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Good bloke ''Bloke'' is a slang term for a common man in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The earliest known usage is from the early 19th century, when it was recorded as a London slang term. The word's origin is un ...
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List of Australian television series Future shows Seven * ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–) * ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network sports ...
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List of Australian Broadcasting Corporation programs This is a list of television programmes that are currently being broadcast or have been broadcast on ABC Television's ABC TV (formerly ABC1), ABC TV Plus (formerly ABC2 and ABC Comedy), ABC Kids (formerly ABC 4 Kids), ABC Me (formerly ABC3) or ...


External links


The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote on ABC's Website


References

Australian comedy television series 2009 Australian television series debuts 2009 Australian television series endings Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming {{Australia-tv-prog-stub