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Pamela Rabe: ‘I find wandering up and down the aisles of Officeworks very calming’

The towering actor on original sin, being proud of her brain and going to supermarkets to decompress

The Guardian - AU · Jun 5

The Mother and Son reboot has fresh things to say about adult children and their ageing parents

Mother and Son has long been regarded as one of Australia’s greatest sitcoms. First airing in 1984, the tale of the ageing Maggie Beare and her hapless son, Arthur, was not only very funny, but revealed the pain, frustration and love that underpinned their relationship.

The Conversation · Aug 28, 2023

Three things with Denise Scott: ‘I lost them in a fire – a fire I lit’

The comedian and actor on her enthusiasm for pruning and the journals she sacrificed to a backyard incinerator

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2023

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Mother and Son review – Matt Okine’s remake can’t hold a candle to the original

The salty genius of the beloved sitcom is lost in a flurry of antics where the laughs don’t land – despite some likable performances from Okine and Denise Scott

The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2023

Ahsoka, M3GAN and new Mother and Son: what’s new to streaming in Australia this August

Plus Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd join Only Murders in the Building, Nicolas Cage’s first western and a Japanese ‘zom-com’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2023

A nostalgic trip back to the original Mother and Son, reflecting on why it was so good

The idea of a slightly senile widow and her adult son living together might not sound like comedy fodder, but Mother and Son was hilarious. With a reboot in the works, here's why it was such a hit.

ABC News · Nov 28, 2022

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

The new show, which will explore ageing with the added twist of the migrant experience, leads the ABC TV programming lineup for 2023

The Guardian - AU · Nov 24, 2022

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