Bullpitt! was a short-lived Australian comedy appearing on the Seven Network

Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

. It was produced by RS Productions

RS Productions

RS Productions was a Television and Radio production company best known for producing the 1980-1984 sitcom Kingswood Country. The company was founded by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler, originally to produce comic sketches such as The Novels of Fiona Wintergreen and "anti-ads" for ABC youth radio 2JJ...

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Screening from 1997 to 1998, the show saw the return of the character Ted Bullpitt (Ross Higgins

Ross Higgins

Ross Higgins is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Ted Bulpitt in the television situation comedy series Kingswood Country....

) who appeared on the 1980-1984 sitcom Kingswood Country

Kingswood Country

Kingswood Country is an Australian sitcom that screened from 1980 to 1984 on the Seven Network. The series started on 30 January 1980 and was a spin-off from a sketch on comedy program The Naked Vicar Show that had featured Ross Higgins as a blustering bigot...

. Higgins was the only regular cast member from Kingswood Country. Also in the cast of Bullpitt! were Elaine Lee

Elaine Lee (actor)

Elaine Lee is an Australia-based theatre and television actor best known for her long-running role in the 1970s television soap opera Number 96....

, Bruce Spence

Bruce Spence

Bruce Spence, born September 17, 1945 is an actor, having spent most of his career performing in Australia. Bruce attended Henderson High School in West Auckland....

, Vanessa Downing

Vanessa Downing

Vanessa Downing is an Australian actress. She was educated in Sydney and holds a Masters Degree in English Literature from Sydney University...

 and Peter Whitford.

Bullpitt! was set in a nursing home

Nursing home

A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing unit , care home, rest home, or old people's home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living...

 and featured Ted repeating catchphrases from Kingswood Country such as "Pickle me grandmother!".

In 1998, the show was nominated at the Logies for Most Popular Comedy program. It lost to Full Frontal

Full Frontal (TV series)

Full Frontal was an Australian sketch comedy series which debuted in 1993. The show first aired on the Seven Network on 13 May 1993, and finished on 18 September 1997....

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13 episodes of the show have since been released on DVD.