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Sit Down, Shut Up (2001)

30m

Running Time

1
Seasons

13
Episodes

February 16, 2001
Release Date

7.6

Sit Down, Shut Up (2001)

Name: Sit Down, Shut Up
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2001-02-16

30m

Running Time

1
Seasons

13
Episodes

February 16, 2001
Release Date

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Plot.

Sit Down, Shut Up was a short-lived Australian sitcom broadcast by Network Ten. It ran from 16 February 2001 until 28 June 2001 for a total of 13 episodes. The series followed the staff and students at a dysfunctional fictional high school called Carpen Heights Secondary College, and focused on the life of the teachers in and out of the staff room. Michael Reed, a writer for the show, has claimed that Summer Heights High, a more successful show with similar themes that debuted in 2007, had borrowed certain concepts from Sit Down, Shut Up.

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Cast & Crew.

Marg Downey

Stephen Curry

Jacqueline Brennan

Paul Gleeson

Felix Sedgely

Jodie Dry

Kristin Chenoweth

Miracle Grohe

Henry Winkler

Willard Deutschebog

Tayler Kane

Stefan Ravazzi

Christopher Brown

Brent Townsend-Ross

Bernard Curry

Greg Ilyich

Details.

Release Date
February 16, 2001

Status
Ended

Seasons
1

Episodes
13

Running Time
30m

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-13

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Sit Down, Shut Up is a short-lived Australian sitcom broadcast by Network Ten. It ran from 16 February 2001 until 28 June 2001 for a total of 13 episodes.

The series followed the staff and students at a dysfunctional fictional high school called Carpen Heights Secondary College, and focused on the life of the teachers in and out of the staff room.

A writer for the series claimed that producer/comedian Chris Lilley had borrowed ideas for characters and plots from Sit Down, Shut Up for his 2007 series Summer Heights High. The ideas Lilley reportedly borrowed included the school's name and aspects of the Mr G character.