''Under the Milky Way'' is an Australian television comedy series which first screened on community television in 2016. The series was also released as a movie in 2017.

Plot

Helene McKenzie is an avid astronomer in the observatory that overlooks the New South Wales regional town of

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. Helene and her team of misfit colleagues actively fights its closure when a nearby and much newer observatory threatens its funding and research grant.

Cast

* Lee McClenaghan as Helene McKenzie * Matt Stewart as Steven Eggbird * Tom McCathie as William 'Wild Bill' Sadie *

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as Harry Rosenfeldt * Kirsty Snowden as Leslie Browning * Mark Gambino as Simon Redding * Bryce Hardy as Mike Finch * Rowan Francis as Mayor Darryl Barnham * Sophie Cusworth as Halle Smith * Davini Malcolm as Ronny McKenzie * Kate Dehnert as Aileen *

Rob Sitch Robert Ian Sitch (born 17 March 1962) is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter, actor and comedian. Early life Sitch was born in 1962, the son of Melbourne bus proprietor Charles (Charlie) Sitch. Sitch attended St Kevin's College and ...

as Sam McKenzie

Awards

Antenna Awards

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, Lee McClenaghan , Best Actor in a Narrative Drama, Comedy or Sketch , , - , ''Under the Milky Way'' , Outstanding Theme Song in a Program , , - , ''Under the Milky Way'' , Outstanding Creative Achievement in a Program , , - , ''Under the Milky Way'' , Best Narrative and/or Fictional Program ,

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