Mother and Son: ABC to reboot beloved sitcom with comedians Denise Scott and Matt Okine

The new show, which will explore ageing with the added twist of the migrant experience, leads the ABC TV programming lineup for 2023

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A reboot of the great Australian sitcom Mother and Son, starring comedians Denise Scott and Matt Okine as Maggie and Arthur Beare, leads the ABC TV programming lineup for 2023.

Almost three decades after the original show ended its successful 10-year run on the ABC, Okine has collaborated with the original writer, Geoffrey Atherden, to create a new program which explores ageing and changing family dynamics, with the added twist of the migrant experience brought by Okine, who is half-Ghanaian.

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