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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade

Mother and Son: ABC to reboot beloved sitcom with comedians Denise Scott and Matt Okine

Comedians Matt Okine and Denise Scott are teaming up to star in a reboot of Australia’s beloved comedy Mother and Son
Matt Okine and Denise Scott are teaming up in a reboot of the TV comedy Mother and Son, which originally starred Ruth Cracknell and Garry McDonald. Photograph: ABC

A reboot of the great Australian sitcom Mother and Son, starring comedians Denise Scott and Matt Okine as Maggie and Arthur Beare, leads the ABC TV programming lineup for 2023.

Almost three decades after the original show ended its successful 10-year run on the ABC, Okine has collaborated with the original writer, Geoffrey Atherden, to create a new program which explores ageing and changing family dynamics, with the added twist of the migrant experience brought by Okine, who is half-Ghanaian.

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