Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
As part of Series Mania this year we premiered the first two episodes of Preppers.
Hear from the co-creators, Nakkiah Lui and Gabriel Dowrick as they discuss the making of their new comedy series with Julia Zemiro.
If you missed our premiere, you can catch the first episode on ABC iView here on Wednesday 10th November at 9.10pm: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/preppers.
About Preppers
Black Comedy co-writer and star Nakkiah Lui returns to our screens as a young Aboriginal woman surrounded by doomsday preppers.
Charlie's world has just ended. Escaping her life as a breakfast television host, she returns to Country only to find her Nan’s land has been leased to Monty (Uncle Jack Charles) and has been repurposed as a doomsday preppers’ commune. Charlie, Monty and an eccentric assemblage of outcasts work together to prepare for every possible end to the world – be it pandemic, nuclear war, global warming or biblical apocalypse.
From the sharp comedic minds of Gabriel Dowrick and Nakkiah Lui (Black Comedy) who also stars as Charlie alongside a stacked supporting cast including Aaron McGrath, Meyne Wyatt, Ursula Yovich, Eryn-Jean Norvill and Brooke Satchwell, Preppers is for anyone who was blown away by Lui’s legendary appearance on the finale of Get Krack!n and wondered... what happened next?
About Series Mania: https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/series-mania-melbourne-2021/
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As part of Series Mania this year we premiered the first two episodes of Preppers.
Hear from the co-creators, Nakkiah Lui and Gabriel Dowrick as they discuss the making of their new comedy series with Julia Zemiro.
If you missed our premiere, you can catch the first episode on ABC iView here on Wednesday 10th November at 9.10pm: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/preppers.
About Preppers
Black Comedy co-writer and star Nakkiah Lui returns to our screens as a young Aboriginal woman surrounded by doomsday preppers.
Charlie's world has just ended. Escaping her life as a breakfast television host, she returns to Country only to find her Nan’s land has been leased to Monty (Uncle Jack Charles) and has been repurposed as a doomsday preppers’ commune. Charlie, Monty and an eccentric assemblage of outcasts work together to prepare for every possible end to the world – be it pandemic, nuclear war, global warming or biblical apocalypse.
From the sharp comedic minds of Gabriel Dowrick and Nakkiah Lui (Black Comedy) who also stars as Charlie alongside a stacked supporting cast including Aaron McGrath, Meyne Wyatt, Ursula Yovich, Eryn-Jean Norvill and Brooke Satchwell, Preppers is for anyone who was blown away by Lui’s legendary appearance on the finale of Get Krack!n and wondered... what happened next?
About Series Mania: https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/series-mania-melbourne-2021/
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Let's talk about the future of screen culture.
ACMI is Australia’s only national museum of film, TV, videogames, digital culture and art. Every donation, large or small, helps us inspire the next generation of storytellers, coders, makers, watchers and players.
DONATE: https://tickets.acmi.net.au/donate/i/23
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