Laid is an Australian television comedy series that first aired on 9 February 2011 on ABC1. The 12-episode comedy series was written by Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher, and produced by Liz Watts. Laid was renewed for a second series, which aired from 2 May to 6 June 2012.
Premise Roo McVie is a market researcher who faces an unenviable situation when her former lovers start dying in strange and unexpected circumstances. With EJ, her best friend and flatmate, Roo embarks on a quest to find a pattern and stop the trail of deaths.
Cast
Regular Alison Bell as Roo McVie Celia Pacquola as EJ Griggs Toby Truslove as Zach Abe Forsythe as Charlie Graeme Blundell as Graham McVie Damon Herriman as Marcus Dwyer (season 2)
Recurring Tracy Mann as Marion McVie Huw McKinnon as Brendan Celia Ireland as Brendan's Mum Peter Callan as Brendan's Dad Justin Rosniak as Johnny Ryan Johnson as Davey Septimus Caton as Andrew Shaun Micallef as G-Bomb Craig Anderson as Russ Marcus Graham as Telly Judi Farr as Nan Deborah Kennedy as Jan Beane Neil Pigot as Hilary Bob Baines as Andrew's Dad
Guests Steve Le Marquand as Zalan John Batchelor as Boss Syd Brisbane as Peter Wendy Playfair as Old Lady
Episodes
Season 1 (2011)
Season 2 (2012)
Accolades
YearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult 2011 AACTA Awards Best Comedy Performance Alison Bell Celia Pacquola Best Comedy Series Liz Watts Best Screenplay Kirsty Fisher Australian Writers' Guild Awards Best Situation or Narrative Episode Marieke Hardy 2012 Australian Directors Guild Awards Best Direction in a TV Comedy Series Trent O'Donnell Australian Writers' Guild Awards Best Situation or Narrative Episode Marieke Hardy Monte-Carlo Television Festival Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Damon Herriman
Home media The first series of Laid was released on DVD under the title of Laid: The Complete First Season on 7 April 2011. The second series was released on DVD under the title of Laid: The Complete Second Season on 5 July 2012.
American version
In October 2011, it was reported that television network NBC bought the rights to adapt an American version of the series. On 11 January 2024, Peacock gave production a straight-to-series order for an American version of Laid which is developed by Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna. Stephanie Hsu is in the lead role. It premiered on 19 December 2024.
References
External links
Laid on ABC iview