Swift and Shift Couriers
Swift and Shift Couriers is an Australian comedy television series that first screened on SBS TV in October 2008. The series is produced, directed and written by Paul Fenech, who was also responsible for the comedy series Pizza. It is set around the staff of the fictional 'Swift and Shift' Courier Company, in the central business district of Sydney. Episodes have been partly filmed in Egypt, India, Thailand and the United States.
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| Country of origin | Australia
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 2
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| No. of episodes | 19 (list of episodes)
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| Producer | Tanya Fraser
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| Production location | Sydney
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| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts)
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| Original release | 27 October 2008 –
17 October 2011 |
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- Thanks to YouTube postings of episodes, the series got a few international fans.
- Several cast members spoke in false accents, for example Stuart Rawe as George Darwin.
- Some fans of Fenech's previous series - Pizza - took a dislike to Swift and Shift, while some other viewers stated that is was a "big improvement over Pizza".
- Paul Fenech's "Swift and Shift Couriers" series was followed by Fenech's "Housos" series. "Housos" turned out to be a bigger and more popular series, but many agree that "Swift and Shift Couriers" was generally a smarter, more clever, series.
- Oliver Miletic had a reasonable sized role in season one but a very small sized role in season two.
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