Misery Guts
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Misery Guts

★ 7.5/10 TMDB Premiered 1998-12-24 1 season 13 eps

Misery Guts was an Australian children's television series on the Nine Network Australia that first screened in 1998. Keith is the only son of Vin and Marge Shipley. They live above a fish 'n' chips shop in South London and things are tough. Keith's parents are misery gutses and he is convinced that the only way for the family to regain its former happiness is for him to make his parents smile again. Keith embarks on a mission to cheer his parents up. He buys a brilliantly coloured tropical fish from Australia, where the sun shines all the time, the sea is full of fish and coconuts just fall into your hands. When all his efforts to cheer his parents up fail spectacularly, Keith decides he must somehow get his parents to Australia. People couldn't be unhappy in a paradise where fish sparkle like rainbows and it's sunny and warm all the time. Or could they? Based on Morris Gleitzman's books 'Misery Guts', 'Worry Warts', and 'Puppy Fat'.

Last Episode Aired 1999-02-01
S1E13 — Sole Search

Keith and Tracy get trapped in the opal mine when it caves in. Keith vows to end his crazy schemes when he realises they make his friends unhappy — until they return to Orchid Cove.

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Paul Giles
Keith Shipley
Brooke Harmon
Tracy
Alan Cinis
Vic Shipley
Brett Sellwood
Dennis
Jasmine Edwards
Rami
Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall
Wogga
John Orscik
Mr Gambaso
Mark Hembrow
Mark Hembrow
Arnold Flashman
Rhonda Doyle
Rhonda Doyle
Marge Shipley
Gandhi MacIntyre
Ali
Paul Sonkkila
Paul Sonkkila
Curly
Bruce Venables
Bruce Venables
Col
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