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form y separately published work icon Please Like Me series - publisher   film/TV   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Please Like Me
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'A [...] sitcom about growing up quickly, and about realising that your parents are not heroes, but dopes with no idea what's going on - just like you.'

(Source: Australian Television In Production website)

Notes

  • Individually published and award-winning episodes are indexed on AustLit.

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form y separately published work icon Scroggin Josh Thomas , Australia : ABC Television , 2014 8282714 2014 single work film/TV

'Mum and Josh head out on a five-day hike in the scenic Tasmanian wilderness. There are some funny times and some revealing times. Mum cries herself to sleep a lot and gets trapped in a waterhole by a snake. They get stoned, and they finally talk about Mum's suicide attempts. They walk a really long way.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 24/4/2015)

 Australia : ABC Television , 2014
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form y separately published work icon Simple Carbohydrates Josh Thomas , Thomas Ward , Liz Doran , Australia : ABC Television , 2015 10270681 2015 single work film/TV Australia : ABC Television , 2015
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form y separately published work icon Coq au Vin Josh Thomas , Australia : ABC Television , 2015 10270748 2015 single work film/TV Australia : ABC Television , 2015
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form y separately published work icon Pancakes with Faces Josh Thomas , Liz Doran , Australia : ABC Television , 2015 10270781 2015 single work film/TV Australia : ABC Television , 2015
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form y separately published work icon Burrito Bowl Josh Thomas , Thomas Ward , Liz Doran , Hannah Gadsby , Australia : ABC Television , 2016 11414531 2016 single work film/TV Australia : ABC Television , 2016

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      :       ABC Television ,       2012-2016 .
      image of person or book cover 7676195902283099808.jpg
      Screen cap from promotional trailer
      Extent: 32x30min. episodes; four seriesp.
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Works about this Work

Walking and Stopping and Looking and Walking Alexander Bennetts , 2017 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 76 no. 3 2017; (p. 186-190)

'My right knee points in the wrong direction. Instead of articulating forwards and backwards like it should, it moves on an angle—inwards, towards the other knee. If I’m clumsy while running, my knees knock together. I can only assume something went wrong at the manufacturing plant.' (Introduction)
Josh Thomas Announces Please Like Me Will Not Return : 'Things Have to End' Steph Harmon , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 Februray 2017; The acclaimed series’ showrunner, who based it loosely on his life, thanks viewers and family in a Twitter announcement.
Our Pick Free to Air Debi Enker , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 November 2016; (p. 6)
— Review of Please Like Me Josh Thomas , 2012 series - publisher film/TV
World Still Likes Thomas Hazel Bradley , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 November 2016; (p. 5)
Television Star's Ascent Hits Speed Bump Andrew Fenton , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Times [Perth] , 6 November 2016; (p. 17)
Growing up for a Laugh Graeme Blundell , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 February 2013; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Please Like Me Josh Thomas , 2012 series - publisher film/TV ; Mr & Mrs Murder Marieke Hardy , Christine Bartlett , Jonathan Gavin , Katherine Thomson , John Hugginson , Bridie O'Neill , Kirsty Fisher , Jay Barnes , Sian Davies , Timothy Hobart , Harold Jordan , 2013 series - publisher film/TV
A New Lease on Love Life Melinda Houston , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 February 2013;
— Review of Please Like Me Josh Thomas , 2012 series - publisher film/TV
Puberty Blues Ruth Ritchie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 March 2013; (p. 18)
— Review of Please Like Me Josh Thomas , 2012 series - publisher film/TV
What's Not to Like but Thomas? Geoff Shearer , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 March 2013; (p. 45)
— Review of Please Like Me Josh Thomas , 2012 series - publisher film/TV
Everyone Seems to Like Josh Thomas Neala Johnson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 August 2014; (p. 33)
— Review of Please Like Me Josh Thomas , 2012 series - publisher film/TV
Please, He's Just Joshin' Andrew Fenton , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 April 2012; (p. 4)
On With the Show as ABC Dramas Hit Global Screens Michael Idato , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 July 2013; (p. 14)
Post-Millenial Man Ronnie Scott , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Monthly , August no. 103 2014; (p. 17-18)
Josh Thomas and Why No One Is Watching Australia's Best Comedy Monica Tan , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 26 August 2014;
Josh Thomas's Please Like Me Nominated for International Emmy Bridie Jabour , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 October 2014;
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