The Adventures of Lano and Woodley

The Adventures of Lano and Woodley
Created by	Colin Lane and Frank Woodley
Starring	Colin Lane, Frank Woodley
Country of origin	Australia
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	Approx. 28 minutes ea.
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	1 September 1997 – 26 June 1999

The Adventures of Lano and Woodley is an Australian comedy television show starring the comedic duo of Lano and Woodley (Colin Lane and Frank Woodley), consisting of two series which aired on ABC TV from 1997 to 1999. The first series was distributed on VHS and in 2004 The Complete Adventures of Lano and Woodley was released as a 2-disc DVD rather than each series being released separately.

The Adventures of Lano and Woodley first screened on the ABC on 1 September 1997, and in the UK it was shown on BBC2 in September 1999. The series was produced by Working Title/Polygram UK, with Marc Gracie as the Australian Producer. The episodes "Starquest" and "The Girlfriend" were directed by Bob Spiers (who also directed Fawlty Towers and Absolutely Fabulous), with Jon Olb and Mandy Smith directing 7 and 4 other episodes each, respectively. The series' music was by Mal Webb (except for "Starquest", to which Yuri Worontschak contributed).

Episodes in the first series included:

Frank admits to Col that he is a virgin, and Col sees this as a chance to show up Frank, so he invents himself an imaginary girlfriend named Jenny. What starts off as a trick becomes a bit more serious when Frank starts feeling left out and decides to move out.

After the duo get fired again, Col tells Frank that he can't be Frank's friend. Frank plans a holiday for the two of them to strengthen their friendship. When it's time to leave, Frank realizes he has forgotten to book the caravan, and digs himself deeper and deeper by lying about the situation.

Col and Frank find out that either them or their next-door neighbour Mitchell will be evicted if their apartment doesn't pass inspection by their landlord. With the knowledge they are up against a perfectionist, their attempts to improve their apartment result in irreversible damage and a major cover-up attempt by the pair.

On Friday the 13th Col finds out that Frank is very superstitious. To help end his fears Col takes Frank to the local video shop to hire a scary video. After being spooked by the movie, Frank and Col start to experience numerous threats to their well-being.

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