Bump (Australian TV series)
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- Claudia Karvan
- Kelsey Munro
- Kelsey Munro
- Jessica Tuckwell
- Timothy Lee
- Steven Arriagada
- Mithila Gupta
- Geoff Bennett
- Gracie Otto
- Leticia Cáceres
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| Genre | Comedy drama |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
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| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
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| Executive producer | Chris Chard |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Roadshow Rough Diamond |
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| Network | Stan |
| Release | 1 January 2021 – 30 November 2025 |
Bump is an Australian comedy drama television series created by Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro, which premiered on Stan on 1 January 2021. The story centres on a high-achieving teenage girl and her boyfriend, both still at school, who have a surprise baby, and the complications that ensue for them, their extended families, and friends.
The second season premiered on 26 December 2021, the third on 26 December 2022, and the fourth on 26 December 2023. The fifth and final season was released on 26 December 2024. Bump: A Christmas film, which serves as a conclusion to the series, was released on 30 November 2025. A spin-off series, titled Year Of, was released on 9 June 2023.
Set in and around an inner city high school, the ten-part first series centres around Oly, an ambitious and high-achieving teenage girl who has a surprise baby, and the complications that ensue for two families.[1]
Cast and characters
- Nathalie Morris as Olympia 'Oly' Chalmers-Davis
- Carlos Sanson Jnr as Santiago 'Santi' Hernández
- Claudia Karvan as Angie Davis
- Angus Sampson as Dom Chalmers
- Ricardo Scheihing Vásquez as Matías Hernández
- Ava Cannon as Jacinda Hernández Chalmers-Davis
- Anita Hegh as Edith Chalmers
- Christian Byers as Bowie Chalmers-Davis
- Safia Arain as Reema
- Ioane Saula as Vince Ingram
- Catalina Palma Godoy as Ángel
- Paula García as Rosa Hernández
- Peter Thurnwald as Lachie Koh
- Roman Delo as Zac Russo
- Sarah Meacham as Madison
- Claudia de Giusti as Bernadita
- Miguel Andrade as Alejandro
- Ryan Johnson as Tim
Episodes
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 10 | 1 January 2021 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 26 December 2021 | ||
| 3 | 10 | 26 December 2022 | ||
| 4 | 10 | 26 December 2023 | ||
| 5 | 10 | 26 December 2024 | ||
| Film | 30 November 2025 | |||
Season 1 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "¡Sorpresa!" | Geoff Bennett | Kelsey Munro | 1 January 2021 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Startle Reflex" | Geoff Bennett | Kelsey Munro and Steven Arriagada (story by) | 1 January 2021 |
| 3 | 3 | "Relative Strangers" | Geoff Bennett | Jessica Tuckwell | 1 January 2021 |
| 4 | 4 | "Sin Salida" | Geoff Bennett | Timothy Lee | 1 January 2021 |
| 5 | 5 | "#oleema" | Gracie Otto | Mithila Gupta | 1 January 2021 |
| 6 | 6 | "Limerence" | Gracie Otto | Jessica Tuckwell | 1 January 2021 |
| 7 | 7 | "Driftwood" | Gracie Otto | Steven Arriagada | 1 January 2021 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Strange Situation" | Leticia Cáceres | Jessica Tuckwell | 1 January 2021 |
| 9 | 9 | "All Happy Families" | Leticia Cáceres | Timothy Lee | 1 January 2021 |
| 10 | 10 | "Matrescence" | Leticia Cáceres | Kelsey Munro | 1 January 2021 |
Season 2 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [2] |
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| 11 | 1 | "Daddy Sleepover" | Geoff Bennett | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2021 |
| 12 | 2 | "Tickle Time Part 1" | Geoff Bennett | Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2021 |
| 13 | 3 | "Silencio" | Geoff Bennett | Timothy Lee | 26 December 2021 |
| 14 | 4 | "Superwoman" | Matthew Moore | Mithila Gupta | 26 December 2021 |
| 15 | 5 | "Just Kids" | Matthew Moore | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2021 |
| 16 | 6 | "AITA" | Jessica Tuckwell | Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2021 |
| 17 | 7 | "Strays" | Matthew Moore | Steven Arriagada | 26 December 2021 |
| 18 | 8 | "Birds of a Feather" | Leticia Cáceres | Fernanda Peñaloza & Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2021 |
| 19 | 9 | "Tickle Time Part 2" | Leticia Cáceres | Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2021 |
| 20 | 10 | "Love v Freedom" | Leticia Cáceres | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2021 |
Season 3 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 21 | 1 | "First Day" | Kriv Stenders | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2022 |
| 22 | 2 | "Caring Gives You Cancer" | Kriv Stenders | Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2022 |
| 23 | 3 | "Jellyfish" | Kriv Stenders | Nick Coyle | 26 December 2022 |
| 24 | 4 | "The Argentine" | Kriv Stenders | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2022 |
| 25 | 5 | "Feliz Dia de la Madre!" | Geoff Bennett | Jessica Redenbach & Timothy Lee | 26 December 2022 |
| 26 | 6 | "Can’t We Just Have A Few Nice Things" | Geoff Bennett | Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2022 |
| 27 | 7 | "The Owl and the Pussycat" | Geoff Bennett | Nick Coyle | 26 December 2022 |
| 28 | 8 | "Love in the Time of Chaos" | Margie Beattie | Fernanda Peñaloza & Jessica Tuckwell | 26 December 2022 |
| 29 | 9 | "Parents of the Year" | Rebecca O'Brien | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2022 |
| 30 | 10 | "No Fairytales" | Rebecca O'Brien | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2022 |
Season 4 (2023)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 31 | 1 | "Work" | Geoff Bennett | Kelsey Munro Claudia Karvan | 26 December 2023 |
| 32 | 2 | "2" | Geoff Bennett | Nick Coyle Kelsey Munro Claudia Karvan | 26 December 2023 |
| 33 | 3 | "Would You Rather?" | Geoff Bennett | Jorrden Daley Kelsey Munro Claudia Karvan | 26 December 2023 |
| 34 | 4 | "Both On Three..." | Ismail Khan | Timothy Lee Kelsey Munro Claudia Karvan | 26 December 2023 |
| 35 | 5 | "La Hora Loca" | Margie Beattie | Kelsey Munro Claudia Karvan | 26 December 2023 |
| 36 | 6 | "Dating" | Margie Beattie | Nick Coyle Kelsey Munro Claudia Karvan | 26 December 2023 |
| 37 | 7 | "Talk It Out" | Margie Beattie | Chika Ikogwe Kelsey Munro Claudia Karvan | 26 December 2023 |
| 38 | 8 | "Jeffurry" | Rebecca O'Brien | Shanti Gudgeon Kelsey Munro Claudia Karvan | 26 December 2023 |
| 39 | 9 | "The Styx Valley" | Rebecca O'Brien | Kelsey Munro Claudia Karvan | 26 December 2023 |
| 40 | 10 | "Toilet Baby" | Rebecca O'Brien | Kelsey Munro Claudia Karvan | 26 December 2023 |
Season 5 (2024)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 41 | 1 | "Dog Day" | Margie Beattie | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2024 |
| 42 | 2 | "Prophecy" | Margie Beattie | Nick Coyle | 26 December 2024 |
| 43 | 3 | "A Hand-Shaped Balloon" | Margie Beattie | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2024 |
| 44 | 4 | "In Records" | Margie Beattie | Timothy Lee | 26 December 2024 |
| 45 | 5 | "Gemini Sun" | Ismail Khan | Shanti Gudgeon Nathalie Morris | 26 December 2024 |
| 46 | 6 | "A Cup of Tea" | Ismail Khan | Nick Coyle | 26 December 2024 |
| 47 | 7 | "Pivots" | Ismail Khan | Nick Coyle | 26 December 2024 |
| 48 | 8 | "Magpie" | Rebecca O'Brien | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2024 |
| 49 | 9 | "Cinders" | Rebecca O'Brien Joelene Crnogorac | Shanti Gudgeon | 26 December 2024 |
| 50 | 10 | "Rebirth" | Rebecca O'Brien Joelene Crnogorac | Kelsey Munro | 26 December 2024 |
Film (2025)
On 18 February 2025, Stan announced Bump: A Christmas Film was in production. The film is set in between episodes 9 and 10 of the fifth season, with Claudia Karvan, Nathalie Morris and Carlos Sanson Jnr returning for the film.[3][4] It was announced that the film would release on 30 November 2025 on Stan.[5]
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| Bump: A Christmas Film | Margie Beattie | Kelsey Munro | 30 November 2025 |
Production
The series was co-created by Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro, who also co-wrote with a writing team of Jessica Tuckwell, Timothy Lee, Mithila Gupta, and Steven Arriagada. Karvan produced the series along with John Edwards and Dan Edwards. Geoff Bennett, Gracie Otto, and Leticia Cáceres directed the series.[1][6]
The first season of the series had to adhere to strict COVID-19 protocols, as it was shot in 2020.[7]
The series ran for five seasons and ended on the creators' own terms. Nathalie Morris, who portrayed the lead role of Oly in the series, made her screenwriting debut in the fifth season.[8]
Release
Bump premiered on Stan on 1 January 2021.[7] In July 2021 it was confirmed that production on the second season was under way in Sydney and that a third season had also been confirmed.[9][10][11] On 25 November 2021 a trailer for the second season was released along with an announcement that the season was scheduled to be released on 26 December 2021.[2]
The third season premiered on 26 December 2022. A spin-off series set in the same universe, Year Of, was released on 9 June 2023.[12]
The fourth season of Bump went into production in July 2023[13] and was released on 26 December 2023.[14]
It was renewed for a fifth season on 12 March 2024.[15] Production for the fifth and final season commenced in July 2024[16] and was released on 26 December 2024.[17][8]
On 7 October 2025 Bump began airing on the Nine Network.[18]
Ratings
Series One
| No. | Title | Air Date | Free To Air | Viewers | Ref |
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| 1 | Sorpresa! | 1 January 2021 | 7 October 2025 | 421,000 | [19] |
| 2 | The Startle Reflex | 14 October 2025 | 376,000 | [20] | |
| 3 | Relative Strangers | 21 October 2025 | 246,000 | [21] | |
| 4 | Sin Salida | 28 October 2025 | |||
| 5 | #oleema | ||||
| 6 | Limerence | ||||
| 7 | Driftwood | ||||
| 8 | The Strange Situation | ||||
| 9 | All Happy Families | ||||
| 10 | Matrescence |