Small Time Gangster
| Small Time Gangster | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime, Comedy |
| Created by | Gareth Calverley & Joss King |
| Starring |
Steve Le Marquand Sacha Horler Gia Carides Gary Sweet |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ewan Burnett |
| Producer(s) | Andrew McInally & Gareth Calverley |
| Location(s) | Melbourne, Aust. |
| Running time | 8 x 25 min |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Movie Extra |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original run | April 19, 2011 – May 31, 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Small Time Gangster is an Australian comedy series produced by Boilermaker-Burberry Entertainment for Movie Extra subscription television channel. It also screened on SBS One in 2013. [1]
The series follows the adventures of Tony Piccolo, a man who works hard to support his wife Cathy and two kids.[2] While they think he's cleaning carpets, his real profession is as an underworld enforcer, a brutal standover man.[3]
Cast
- Steve Le Marquand as Tony Piccolo
- Sacha Horler as Cathy Piccolo
- Geoff Morrell as Les
- Gia Carides as Darlene
- Gary Sweet as Barry Donald
- Fletcher Humphrys as Steve
- Jared Daperis as Charlie Donald
- Nicole Gulasekharam as Melanie Piccolo
- Samuel Johnson as Gary
- Sean Rees-Wemyss as Matthew Piccolo
- Kevin Hofbauer as Dean
Season 1 (2011)
| # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Jingle Bells" | Jeffrey Walker | Joss King & Gareth Calverley | April 19, 2011 |
| Tony Piccolo is a regular family man making an honest living as a suburban carpet cleaner. But his wife Cathy and children, Melanie and Matthew, don't know that Tony has a secret double life as a ruthless underworld enforcer, roughing people up when they don't pay their debts to the big boss. Looking forward to Christmas at home with his family, Tony receives a text message from work telling him he has a job to do. Hopes of the quiet Christmas fade, especially when he finds out that the low-life bum he needs to collect payments from is his friend, Artie. | ||||
| 2 | "The Yips" | April 19, 2011 | ||
| Tony is given a new apprentice, Barry's wide-eyed, rookie son Charlie, and must show him the ropes as they try to take down a sleazy porn dealer. Still distracted and disturbed by visions of Artie's death, Tony has seriously lost his nerve and has trouble following through on the job. | ||||
| 3 | "Dangerous Talk" | April 26, 2011 | ||
| Collecting from a low-life client, Tony's nerves desert him again, leading to an unwise confession. Meanwhile, Cathy's friendship with Brent takes a new turn when he shows up at a family BBQ. | ||||
| 4 | "Who Got the RPG?" | May 3, 2011 | ||
| 5 | "Suburban Beatdown" | May 10, 2011 | ||
| 6 | "The Last Post" | May 17, 2011 | ||
| 7 | "Stand and Deliver" | May 24, 2011 | ||
| 8 | "Vengeance" | May 31, 2011 | ||
See also
References
External links
- Small Time Gangster at the Internet Movie Database
- Australian Television Information Archive
- Boilermaker Pty Ltd