All Together Now (1991 Australian TV series)

All Together Now was an Australian sitcom that was broadcast on Nine Network between 1991 and 1993.[1][2] The premise involved an ageing rocker, played by Jon English trying to maintain his music career while living with his son and daughter.[1][2] For an undetermined number of initial episodes filmed prior to public broadcast, the show title was "Rhythm and Blues" and had a different theme song.[1][2]

All Together Now
Stars (left to right) Steven Jacobs, Jane Hall, Jon English, Rebecca Gibney, Garry Who, Bruno Lucia
GenreSitcom
Created byPino Amenta, Philip Dalkin, John Powditch
Directed byPino Amenta (96) Kendal Flannagan (3)Andrew Friedman (2)
StarringJon English
Rebecca Gibney
Steven Jacobs
Jane Hall
Garry Who
Bruno Lucia
Kerry Armstrong
Theme music composerJon English
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes101
Production
Executive producerKris Noble
ProducerAlan Hardy
Production locationsMelbourne, Victoria
Australia
EditorPhilip Reid
Running time25 minutes
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release22 January 1991 (1991-01-22) –
14 September 1993 (1993-09-14)

Cast

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Main

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Recurring

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Guests

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Awards

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At the 1992 Logie Awards, the show and its actors were nominated for four awards:

The show was also nominated at the 1993 Logie Awards, for Most Popular Comedy Program, as was Jon English for Most Popular Comedy Personality.[6]

Home Media

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Series 2 is still currently available on DVD and The Complete Series is available on Umbrella Streaming Service and Amazon Prime Video.[citation needed]

Title Format Ep # Discs Region 4 (Australia) Special Features Distributors
All Together Now (Season 01) DVD 21 4 6 November 2013 Goof Reel Umbrella Entertainment
All Together Now (Season 02) DVD 23 4 5 March 2014 Goof Reel Umbrella Entertainment
All Together Now (Season 03) DVD 26 4 6 July 2016 N/A Umbrella Entertainment
All Together Now (Season 04) DVD 31 5 6 July 2016 N/A Umbrella Entertainment
All Together Now (Complete Series) DVD 101 17 4 July 2018 N/A Umbrella Entertainment

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Squires, Tony (21 January 1991). "The Noble art of comedy". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 48. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Cockington, James (31 August 1992). "Sitcom gets its laughs together". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 52. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Sadler, Kevin (20 January 1991). "Who's in a name". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 159. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. ^ Lawrence, Mark (13 May 1993). "Armstrong finds". The Age. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "1992: March 8-14 - TV Week Logie Award nominations". Television.AU. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  6. ^ "1993: March 21-27 - TV Week Logie Award nominations". Television.AU. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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