The Librarians | |
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The Librarians title card
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Genre | Situation comedy |
Created by |
Wayne Hope Robyn Butler |
Directed by |
Wayne Hope Tony Martin |
Starring |
Robyn Butler Roz Hammond Heidi Arena Stephen Ballantyne Keith Brockett Bob Franklin Wayne Hope Nicole Nabout Kym Gyngell Josh Lawson |
Opening theme | "A Night in Tunisia" by Dizzy Gillespie. |
Composer(s) | James Black |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Release | |
Original network | ABC TV |
Picture format | 16:9 HD |
Audio format | Stereo |
First shown in | Australia |
Original release | 31 October 2007 – 1 December 2010 |
External links | |
Website |
The Librarians is an Australian television comedy series which premiered on 31 October 2007 on ABC TV. In Ireland, the show airs on RTÉ Two. The series is produced and written by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope who are also the principal cast members. Hope is also the series' director. The first series comprised six half-hour episodes. The second series with another six episodes began airing on 5 August 2009 and was filmed at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds.
The series centres on the trials and tribulations of Frances O'Brien, a devoutly Catholic and blithely racist Head Librarian. Her life unravels when she is forced to employ her ex-best friend, Christine Grimwood – now a drug dealer – as the Children's Librarian. Frances must do all she can to contain her menacing past and concentrate on the biggest event of the library calendar – Book Week.
Filming on a third and final series took place in early 2010 and aired on ABC1 later that year. The Librarians theme music is an upbeat variation on the popular jazz tune "A Night in Tunisia" by Dizzy Gillespie.