Kick (TV series)

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show_name = Kick


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genre = Comedy / Family Drama
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director = Esben Storm
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starring = Zoe Ventoura
Raji James
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country = AUSTRALIA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 13
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executive_producer = Debbie Lee
producer = Esben Storm
Adam Bowen
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runtime = 25 min
network = SBS
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first_aired = 9 June 2007
last_aired = 18 August 2007
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website = http://www21.sbs.com.au/kick/
imdb_id = 0910703
tv_com_id = 74437

"Kick" is an Australian television comedy that first aired on 9 June 2007 on SBS TV and is set in Brunswick in Melbourne, Australia. The series follows the adventures of wild twenty-something Miki Mavros who is forced to move back in with her Greek-Australian parents on Hope Street after a failed attempt to "make it big". Miki meets Dr. Joe Mangeshkar, who has a girlfriend named Jan, and things spiral out of control. Miki manages a local neighbourhood soccer team, hence the series title "Kick".

The show also follows the adventures of Miki's neighbours on Hope Street, including the Salim family, a Lebanese-Australian Muslim family with siblings Amen, Osama a.k.a. "Ozzie", Taghred and Layla. Amen is an aspiring businessman with questionable ethics. Osama is going through typical teenage angst and has a crush on Taghred's friend Tatiana. Taghred is an aspiring soccer star. Layla is a university student arranged to be married to Sharif, but everything changes when Layla falls for fellow fencer Jackie.

The first season of the show is available on DVD.

eason One

eason Two

No official plans for a second season have been announced by SBS, but in an e-mail dated 8 October 2007 an SBS spokesperson wrote:

A second series of "Kick" is currently in development. At this stage no date has been set to screen the second series. However, we are pleased to inform you we do have the rights to repeat "Kick" series one. Currently no date has been set by us to re-screen it, but we expect to do so in approximately 8-12 months. Please keep an eye on the published TV guides or to our Whats On website for advanced notice of its transmission at: [http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson www.sbs.com.au/whatson] .fact|date=October 2007

Cast

* Zoe Ventoura as Miki Mavros
* Raji James as Joe Mangeshkar
* George Kapiniaris as Takis Mavros
* Maria Mercedes as Dora Mavros
* Anh Do as Hoa Tran
* Damien Fotiou as Nico Angelidis
* Firass Dirani as Amen Salim
* Nicole Chamoun as Layla Salim
* Stephen Lopez as Osama "Ozzie" Salim
* Romi Trower as Jackie Schneider
* Kat Stewart as Jan Pollock
* Alex Menglet as Zoran Baranoff
* Nadja Kostich as Martina Baranoff
* Natasha Cunningham as Tatiana Baranoff
* Osamah Sami as Sharif Doumani

ee also

* List of Australian television series
* List of television shows with LGBT characters

External links

* [http://www21.sbs.com.au/kick/ Official site]
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* [http://www.who.com/who/interviews/article/0,19971,1639589,00.html Interview with Zoe Ventoura, star of Kick!]
* [http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=6589 Interview with Nicole Chamoun, Layla on Kick!]