{"id":6759,"date":"2016-05-23T12:59:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T16:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/netflix-uk-takes-australian-musical-comedy-series\/"},"modified":"2016-05-23T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T17:51:00","slug":"netflix-uk-takes-australian-musical-comedy-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/05\/23\/netflix-uk-takes-australian-musical-comedy-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix UK Takes Australian Musical Comedy Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY: Netflix in the U.K. has acquired the Australian musical comedy show\u00a0<em>Sammy J &amp; Randy in Ricketts Lane<\/em>, the first TV series for the comedy duo.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sammy J &amp; Randy in Ricketts Lane<\/em> follows two mismatched housemates from the comedy team Sammy J &amp; Randy. Sammy J is a down-and-out lawyer who still hasn\u2019t won a case after six years. Randy, a purple puppet, is a cheating, gambling divorcee. <em>Sammy J &amp; Randy in Ricketts Lane<\/em> also stars Nathan Lovejoy (<em>This is Littleton<\/em>, <em>At Home with Julia<\/em>), Georgia Chara (<em>Wentworth<\/em>, <em>Home and Away<\/em>) and Samantha Healy (<em>Mrs Biggs<\/em>, <em>McLeod\u2019s Daughters<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The six-part series from Australian production house Sticky Pictures in association with ABC TV, Film Victoria and Screen Australia debuted in Oz late last year on ABC TV. The show is also part of the lineup on NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises\u2019s U.S. comedy platform Seeso.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled <em>Sammy J &amp; Randy in Ricketts Lane<\/em> has made its way to the U.K. via Netflix,\u201d said Sticky Pictures\u2019s CEO and executive producer, Donna Andrews. \u201cFollowing a successful premiere on ABC in Australia the series was picked up by NBCUniversal in the U.S. and now English audiences can enjoy this Aussie yet very universal comedy series.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY: Netflix in the U.K. has acquired the Australian musical comedy show Sammy J &amp; Randy in Ricketts Lane, the first TV series for the comedy duo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":6760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[571,572,573,574,575,576,577],"class_list":["post-6759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-abc-tv","tag-film-victoria","tag-netflix-uk","tag-sammy-j-randy-in-ricketts-lane","tag-screen-australia","tag-seeso","tag-sticky-pictures"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netflix UK Takes Australian Musical Comedy Series - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/05\/23\/netflix-uk-takes-australian-musical-comedy-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netflix UK Takes Australian Musical Comedy Series - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SYDNEY: Netflix in the U.K. has acquired the Australian musical comedy show Sammy J &amp; 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