Preppers (TV series)

Preppers is a 2021 Australian television comedy series that aired on ABC Television.

Preppers
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Nakkiah Lui Gabriel Dowrick
Written by	Nakkiah Lui Gabriel Dowrick
Directed by	Steven McGregor
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Liz Watts Sally Riley Margaret Ross Jo Bell
Producer	Sylvia Warmer
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Porchlight Films Spirit Pictures
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	10 November 2021 (2021-11-10)

Plot

Preppers follows Charlie, a young Aboriginal woman who encounters a community of preppers at a place they call "Eden 2".^[1]

Cast

• Nakkiah Lui as Charlie
• Ursula Yovich as Kelly
• Chum Ehelepola as Lionel
• Meyne Wyatt as Guy
• Aaron McGrath as Jayden
• Eryn Jean Norvill as Kirby
• Jack Charles as Monty
• Grant Denyer as Thomas
• Christine Anu as Marie
• Miranda Tapsell as Young Nan
• Joseph Althouse as Young Monty
• Brooke Satchwell as Sophie
• Luke Carroll as Quincy
• Luke Arnold as Fig
• Tony Briggs as Kevin
• Shareena Clanton as Treena
• Annie Maynard as Gwynn
• Kate Miller-Heidke as herself
• Leeanna Walsman as Clementine

Production

The six-part series is created and written by Nakkiah Lui and Gabriel Dowrick and directed by Steven McGregor.^[2]

Episodes

Series 1 (2021)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Welcome to Eden 2"	Steven McGregor	Nakkiah Lui & Gabriel Dowrick	10 November 2021 (2021-11-10)
A young Aboriginal woman, Charlie, suffers her own personal cataclysmic event and finds herself at the centre of a mismatched community of 'preppers' planning for the apocalypse at Eden 2.
2	2	"The Penrith Panther"	Steven McGregor	Nakkiah Lui & Gabriel Dowrick	17 November 2021 (2021-11-17)
The preppers attempt a First Nations survival exercise, but after they get lost, find themselves being tracked by a mythical creature.
3	3	"Skeletons"	Steven McGregor	Nakkiah Lui & Gabriel Dowrick	24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
After finding a skeleton buried at Eden 2, the preppers kidnap an Aboriginal archaeologist to determine who the bones belong to.
4	4	"The Bunker"	Steven McGregor	Nakkiah Lui & Gabriel Dowrick	1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)
Charlie accidentally locks the preppers in the Eden 2 bunker and they must decide who should be sacrificed to ensure enough air remains for the group.
5	5	"The First Annual, Semi-Inaugural Eden 2 Blackfulla Royale"	Steven McGregor	Nakkiah Lui & Gabriel Dowrick	8 December 2021 (2021-12-08)
Charlie's mother arrives at Eden 2 to reconnect with her, and a secret mission to take on Monty's claim to the land.
6	6	"Shangri-La 2"	Steven McGregor	Nakkiah Lui & Gabriel Dowrick	15 December 2021 (2021-12-15)
Fig returns to Eden 2 with a treaty to share the prepper's land in exchange for the luxuries of his new white prepping community, Shangri-La.

Awards

Preppers was nominated for Best Narrative Comedy Series and Best Comedy Performer (Nakkiah Lui) at the 2021 AACTA Awards.^[3]