Bad Mothers
2019 Australian television series
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Bad Mothers is an Australian television drama series that premiered on the Nine Network on 18 February 2019.[1] The show centres on five women whose lives collide following a series of shocking events and learn that life can get a whole lot more complicated, outrageous and fun, than they ever imagined.[2]
GenreDrama
Created by
- Rachel Lang
- Gavin Strawhan
Written by
- Rachel Lang
- Gavin Strawhan
- Sarah Walker
- Tim Lee
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| Genre | Drama |
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| Composer | Kyls Burtland |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Cinematography | John Stokes |
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| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 18 February – 8 April 2019 |
Synopsis
Sarah's suburban bliss is destroyed when her husband has an affair with her best friend, Charlotte, head of the Bedford Mothers’ Club. Ousted from the snooty club, Sarah finds unexpected support among the titular Bad Mothers. The new friends exact revenge on Charlotte that leads to deadly results.[3]
Cast
- Melissa George as Charlotte[4]
- Tess Haubrich as Sarah[4]
- Daniel MacPherson as Anton[4]
- Don Hany as Kyle[4]
- Steve Bastoni as Tom[4]
- Mandy McElhinney as Maddie[4]
- Shalom Brune-Franklin as Bindy[4]
- Jessica Tovey as Danielle[4]
- Kate Lister as Phoebe[4]
- Helen Thomson as Liz
- Toby Truslove as Detective Holland
- Eddie Baroo as Matt
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | Australian viewers |
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| 1 | Episode 1 | Geoff Bennett | Rachel Lang & Gavin Strawhan | February 18, 2019 | 332393-1 | 691,000[5] |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Geoff Bennett | Rachel Lang & Gavin Strawhan | February 25, 2019 | 332393-2 | 644,000[6] |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Sian Davies | Sarah Walker | March 4, 2019 | 332393-3 | 542,000[7] |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Sian Davies | Gavin Strawhan | March 11, 2019 | 332393-4 | 495,000[8] |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Catriona McKenzie | Rachel Lang & Tim Lee | March 18, 2019 | 332393-5 | 498,000[9] |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Catriona McKenzie | Rachel Lang | March 25, 2019 | 332393-6 | 480,000[10] |
| 7 | Episode 7 | Geoff Bennett | Gavin Strawhan | April 1, 2019 | 332393-7 | 538,000[11] |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Geoff Bennett | Rachel Lang & Gavin Strawhan | April 8, 2019 | 332393-8 | 605,000[12] |
Ratings
Bad Mothers : AUS viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: [citation needed]
| Season | Episode number | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 691 | 644 | 542 | 495 | 498 | 480 | 538 | 605 | |
| No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers |
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| 1 | Episode 1 | 18 February 2019 | 691,000 | 9 | 79,000 | 8 | 770,000 | [5][13] |
| 2 | Episode 2 | 25 February 2019 | 644,000 | 9 | 68,000 | 9 | 712,000 | [6][14] |
| 3 | Episode 3 | 4 March 2019 | 542,000 | 15 | 83,000 | 14 | 625,000 | [7][15] |
| 4 | Episode 4 | 11 March 2019 | 495,000 | 16 | 119,000 | 12 | 614,000 | [8][16] |
| 5 | Episode 5 | 18 March 2019 | 498,000 | 16 | 100,000 | 14 | 598,000 | [9][17] |
| 6 | Episode 6 | 25 March 2019 | 480,000 | 16 | 133,000 | 12 | 613,000 | [10][18] |
| 7 | Episode 7 | 1 April 2019 | 538,000 | 15 | 98,000 | 10 | 636,000 | [11][19] |
| 8 | Episode 8 | 8 April 2019 | 605,000 | 13 | 95,000 | 11 | 700,000 | [12][20] |