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A Moody Christmas

Produced by Jungleboys FTV in association with ABC TV and Screen NSW

Creators: Trent O'Donnell and Phil Lloyd
Executive Producers: Jason Burrows, Debbie Lee
Producer: Andy Walker
Co-Producers: Phil Lloyd & Trent O'Donnell
Writers: Trent O'Donnell and Phil Lloyd
Director: Trent O'Donnell

Aired: October 31 - December 05, 2012 (ABC)

A narrative comedy series centred on the Moody family. Every Christmas, with 12 months passing between each episode, we visit the Moodys as they come together to share this universally celebrated holiday, stuffed full of all the fun, fights, bad gifts, boring uncles, overbearing in-laws, shocking family secrets and bizarre eccentricities that any family who has experienced the melting pot of Christmas Day will relate to. Because, while in theory Christmas is a time for family to share and celebrate, in practice it's often a day spent with relatives you hardly know, where dirty laundry is aired, family rifts resurface, strangers are forced to act like family, and celebratory drinks can disintegrate into drunken rows — as often happens at the Moodys. (6 x 30min)