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Promotional poster for the series
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Genre |
Black comedy Drama |
Created by |
Marieke Hardy Kirsty Fisher |
Directed by | Trent O'Donnell Abe Forsythe |
Starring |
Alison Bell Celia Pacquola Abe Forsythe Toby Truslove Damon Herriman |
Opening theme | "My Girl's Pussy" by R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Debbie Lee Vincent Sheehan |
Producer(s) | Liz Watts |
Running time | 26-30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | ABC1 |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
Original release | 9 February 2011 – 6 June 2012 |
External links | |
Website |
Laid is an Australian television comedy series that first aired on 9 February 2011 on ABC1. The twelve episode comedy series was written by Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher, and produced by Liz Watts.
Laid was renewed for a second series which aired from 2 May to 6 June 2012, but was not renewed for a third season, following an announcement made on 18 December 2012 on the show's official Facebook page.
Roo McVie is a market researcher who faces an unenviable situation when her former lovers start dying in strange and unexpected circumstances. With EJ, her best friend and flatmate, Roo embarks on a quest to find a pattern and stop the trail of deaths.
In October 2011, it was reported that U.S. television network NBC bought the rights to adapt an American version of the series.
The first series of Laid was released on DVD under the title of Laid: The Complete First Season on 7 April 2011.
The second series was released on DVD under the title of Laid: The Complete Second Season on 5 July 2012.