''Pig's Breakfast'' (also known as ''Off The Air'') is an Australian children's

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that was broadcast in 1999. Two alien school kids, Grob and Meeba, accidentally crash their galactic school bus into a television studio on Earth where a producer mistakes them for two actors come to do a skit on her TV show. The aliens are such a hit that she hires them to host the show. Two children, Rodney and Lucy, discover the aliens' identity and help to keep them safe while they try to find a way to get home. It aired in many countries, including ITV's

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in the

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and

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Cast

* Nicholas Russell as Rodney Green *

Eve Morey Eve Morey (born 4 June 1983) is an Australian actress. Her roles have included Lucy Green in '' Pig's Breakfast'' and Sonya Rebecchi in the soap opera '' Neighbours'', the latter role played from 2009 to 2022. She has also appeared in '' All Sai ...

as Lucy Green * Heath McIvor as Grob *Jennifer Priest as Meeba *

George Kapiniaris George Kapiniaris is an Australian stage, television and film actor and comedian. He is of Greek descent and is best known for his role in popular sitcom ''Acropolis Now'' and composed the series' theme song. Professional background Theatre ...

as Queegle *Phillip Millar as Queegle *Jeremy Hopkins as Phillip Bailey *Lynda Gibson as Di Bailey *Sally Cooper as Dee *

Annie Jones Ann Jones (or similar) may refer to: Writers *Ann Jones (author) (born 1937), American writer on women's issues *Anne Jones (writer) (born 1955), Australian editor and administrator * Anna Jones (food writer), columnist and cookbook author * Cat ...

as Sue Green *

Francis Greenslade Francis Greenslade (born 3 October 1962 in Honiara, Solomon Islands) is an Australian comedic actor. He also teaches acting. Early life In the 1980s, Greenslade studied at the University of Adelaide where he first met Shaun Micallef. They per ...

as Martin Green *

Peta Brady Peta Brady (born 1972) is an Australian actress. She is best known for being the second actress to play Cody Willis, a role instituted by Amelia Frid in the TV soap opera '' Neighbours''. Since she left the show, Brady has appeared in the fi ...

as Nancy *

Gary Files Gary Files is an Australian-Canadian actor, theatre director and radio writer who has worked in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Resident in Australia since 1976, Files is noted for the accentual versatility of his radio-based voice a ...

as Mr. Howard *Ernie Gray as Mr. Pratt *

Geoff Paine Geoff Paine is an Australian television and theatre actor from Melbourne. After graduating from drama school Paine secured a role on the soap opera ''Neighbours'', playing the role of doctor Clive Gibbons. He remained in the role for one year be ...

as Malcolm Wilson *

Catherine Mack-Hancock Catherine Mack-Hancock (born 1983) is an Australian actress and director. Early life Mack-Hancock started acting an early age, performing locally with the Geelong Society of Dramatic Arts and landing a role in Ch 9's Kids Breakfast TV series. ...

as Jessica

Setting

*The Television Studio scenes were filmed in and around the Richmond studios of

GTV-9 GTV is a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia, owned by the Nine Network. The station is currently based at studios at 717 Bourke Street, Docklands. History GTV-9 was amongst the first television stations to begin regular t ...

Melbourne.

External links

* Australian children's television series Australian science fiction television series Nine Network original programming 1999 Australian television series debuts 2000 Australian television series endings Australian television shows featuring puppetry Television series by Endemol Australia Television series about extraterrestrial life Television series about teenagers Television shows set in Melbourne ITV children's television shows Australian preschool education television series {{Australia-tv-prog-stub