Swift & Shift to deliver more on SBS

By David Knox on February 4, 2009 / Filed Under News 26

swift-shift1SBS has confirmed a second series of Swift and Shift Couriers to air later in 2009.

Written, produced and directed by Paul Fenech (Pizza), the comedy will feature the return of favourite characters from the first series, which included Amanda Keller, Melissa Tkautz, Ian Turpie, Brendan Jones, Kirsty Lee Allan and Angry Anderson.

Fenech’s knockabout humour certainly has its fans, although last season the network agreed it had gone one gag too far after complaints from the family of deceased soldier Jake Kovco, and dropped an episode.

For the second season, currently in pre production, ‘Amanda’ decides to launch a budget courier service that operates out of India to crush her former employer.

The first series will also be repeated from Monday March 23 at 8.30pm on SBS.

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  1. franz chong September 7, 2011 at 4:07 pm -

    All of these shows now are junk.What about bringing back South Park instead or putting on something that makes people laugh even re screening Iron Chef has got to be better than all this Fat Pizza,Bogan Pride and Swift and Shift couriers nonsense.

  2. Michael September 28, 2009 at 7:27 pm -

    Glad second season is being aired. Good show but i think Pizza is better if u watch the earlier seasons you will relise how good it is. Does anyone know if Pizza is going to be aired on sbs again. Missing Fat Pizza Bring it back to SBS and bring back Sleek The Elite!

  3. David Knox September 23, 2009 at 2:16 pm -

    Summer or 2010. Click on show’s Tag for latest info.

  4. Byron September 23, 2009 at 1:07 pm -

    Where is the second season? Not seeing it on the schedule anytime soon and it’s already getting close to October.

  5. Elliott July 30, 2009 at 6:08 pm -

    Dude if its got Kristy Lee Allan in it ill still watch it =P

  6. Luke June 1, 2009 at 2:52 pm -

    I loved this series.. all the stereotypes and the swearing.. sometimes I get stomach cramps laughing sooo hard at this show!

    Awesome to hear that a second season is on the way! I cant wait.

    I thought bogan pride was usually great as well.. Swift and Shift followed by Bogan Pride made for one hour of the funniest TV I have seen in a while.. well done!!

  7. brett May 8, 2009 at 4:41 pm -

    bring sleek the elite rocky and habib in as new characters and it would be perfect and get rid of alex/djbj.

  8. kiwileese April 27, 2009 at 8:36 pm -

    I love swift and shift this programe is such a crack up! definately buying the DVD, and am so glad theres a second series

  9. Michael Smith March 31, 2009 at 8:25 am -

    I love this show. i work in a similar environment and the crazy comings and goings i can really relate to. and a second series, great news. And what an excellent choice of actors for the parts. GREAT!!

  10. Michael Smith March 31, 2009 at 8:20 am -

    i love this show. i work in an environment very much like this (who doesn’t) and i can really relate to it. It’s great, and what a perfect choice of stars for the parts. and even better, a second series.

  11. Stevo February 18, 2009 at 5:12 am -

    Swift and Shift Couriers is miles above Bogan Pride and Fat Pizza. I’m so glad there’s a second series.

  12. CandiceM February 9, 2009 at 6:22 pm -

    I am sooo happy Swift And Shift is coming back !!

  13. JohnP February 5, 2009 at 8:33 pm -

    I though Pizza was better… Both have the ingredients but just need to be put together a bit better so they don’t become monotonous.

    Bogan Pride had it’s moments but only a few of them. The musical numbers were just too silly and had predictable lame lyrics. Rebel plays the same character in every show. The co-star friends were the best of the lot.

  14. No_NetFilter February 5, 2009 at 6:29 pm -

    @Someone BBBA ; The missing ‘banned’ episode 7 is out there on the net, you just have to look in the usual places. I saw it and really couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about, other than a possibly tasteless remark in the last 10 seconds of the closing credits.

  15. James February 5, 2009 at 12:46 pm -

    Great news!
    However, the first series had too many characters!
    Keep the good characters, drop the lesser characters.
    Drop that painfully unfunny S&S driver – “Sole” – who damaged both S&S and Pizza 2007 (where he played “Junior”) with his poor attempts at humour!

  16. Ianblair23 February 5, 2009 at 8:16 am -

    I loved this series. Great to hear they are making season 2.

  17. Tony Harrison February 4, 2009 at 10:51 pm -

    Ad in today’s Telegraph looking for “indian” extras for the new series – if anyone’s interested.

  18. Jimbo February 4, 2009 at 10:12 pm -

    im glad that this is coming back for a second season :)

  19. Luke February 4, 2009 at 8:02 pm -

    Great news! I’m hoping they may repeat the first series or break some news on maybe bringing out a DVD.

  20. steve February 4, 2009 at 6:28 pm -

    Excellent!! :-D Really enjoyed Swift and Shift last year!!

  21. David Knox February 4, 2009 at 5:58 pm -

    Safran is back to ABC this year.

  22. Andrew K February 4, 2009 at 5:50 pm -

    I thought Bogan Pride was really hysterical – my kids and I just loved it! There’s no compariosn between that and Swift & Shift. Also, what ever happened to John Safran being on SBS, his show was great too!

  23. Saga February 4, 2009 at 5:25 pm -

    I quite liked what I saw, was all of two episodes. I was hoping they’d repeat it, but they brought back Pizza instead. Hopefully they have a recap then, I was in Thailand for the bulk of the season.

    Bogan Pride was plain out poor. I watched a few episodes of that and couldn’t be bothered continuing. But I hope it does get a second chance, as it was very different.

  24. Someone BBBA February 4, 2009 at 4:48 pm -

    They had better play that censored episode this time round. They claimed that part of the reason for not broadcasting it was that a funeral for an Australian solder (not Jake Kovco) was being held the week it was scheduled to be broadcast, so if they continue to avoid showing the episode then it casts great doubt onto the truth of that claim. What this all boils down to is the fact that we, as Australians, are entitled to freely view a television program which was produced with our tax dollars.

  25. Mike Beckham February 4, 2009 at 4:39 pm -

    Yeah neither are any good.

  26. Gemma February 4, 2009 at 4:30 pm -

    What about a second series of Bogan Pride? That was a show far superior in comedy and talent than Fenech.

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