The Librarians (2007 TV series)

The Librarians
The Librarians title card
Genre	Situation comedy
Created by	Wayne Hope Robyn Butler
Directed by	Wayne Hope Tony Martin
Starring	Robyn Butler Roz Hammond Heidi Arena Stephen Ballantyne Keith Brockett Bob Franklin Wayne Hope Nicole Nabout Kym Gyngell Josh Lawson
Opening theme	"A Night in Tunisia" by Dizzy Gillespie
Composer	James Black
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	20
Production
Production company	Gristmill
Original release
Network	ABC TV
Release	31 October 2007 (2007-10-31) – 1 December 2010 (2010-12-01)
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The Librarians is an Australian television comedy series which premiered on 31 October 2007 on ABC TV. In the Republic of Ireland, the show aired on RTÉ Two. The series is produced and written by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope who are also the principal cast members. Hope is also the series' director. The first series comprised six half-hour episodes. The second series with another six episodes began airing on 5 August 2009 and was filmed at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds.

The series centres on the trials and tribulations of Frances O'Brien, a devoutly Catholic, sexless, inept, humorless, blithely racist, self-important and insensitive Head Librarian. Her life unravels when she is forced to employ her ex-best friend, Christine Grimwood – now a petty drug dealer who needs a character reference – as the Children's Librarian. Frances must do all she can to contain her menacing past and concentrate on the biggest event of the library calendar – Book Week.

Filming on a third and final series took place in early 2010^[1] and aired on ABC1 later that year. The theme music for The Librarians is an upbeat variation on the popular jazz tune "A Night in Tunisia" by Dizzy Gillespie.

The Librarians was rated M in New Zealand for offensive language, sexual references and drug use.