Winners & Losers (season 2) | |
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Country of origin | Australia |
No. of episodes | 22 |
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Original network | Seven Network |
Original release | 26 June | – 27 November 2012
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The second season of the television drama series Winners & Losers aired from 26 June to 27 November 2012 on the Seven Network in Australia. It replaced Packed to the Rafters while the series was on hiatus. Season two follows the lives of Jenny, Bec, Sophie and Frances three months on from the events of the first season. Filming for the season began in August 2011 and creator of the show, Bevan Lee stated that viewers would see big changes for the girls. The main cast members all returned, while Anne Phelan joined them as Gross family matriarch Nanna Dot.
On 5 July 2011, it was announced that Seven had renewed Winners & Losers for a second season to air in 2012. Filming for the second season began on 23 August 2011 and completed on 5 April 2012.Bevan Lee, the creator of Winners & Losers, told the Herald Sun's Colin Vickery that viewers would see big changes in the new season. He said "We turn the girls' lives on their heads in a pretty major way in the final episode (of series one). That will give us a new launching pad for season two."Zoe Tuckwell-Smith told a TV Week reporter that the new season would see the girls get different individual storylines. Tuckwell-Smith added that she had filmed limited scenes with Melissa Bergland, who plays Bec's best friend, Jenny. Of her character's journey, Bergland revealed "Jenny is falling in love and getting everything she ever wanted ... and then ruining her life! She's doing everything in two years that everyone else has done over 10. She's 28 next season, and she's catching up." The actress commented that Winners & Losers felt like it had grown up a bit. The season began airing on 26 June 2012 in the 8:30 pm timeslot on Tuesdays.
Returning supporting cast members included Michala Banas as Tiffany Turner, PiaGrace Moon as Jasmine Patterson, Natalie Saleeba as Claire Armstrong, Mike Smith as Bec's brother Callum Gilbert and Nell Feeney as their mother Carolyn Gilbert.Nick Simpson-Deeks reprised his role as Rhys Mitchell for ten episodes.