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Trailer Park Boys

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Trailer Park Boys
Genre
Created byMike Clattenburg
Starring
Voices ofMichael Smith
Theme music composerBlake Morris
Composers
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes105 (10 specials)
Production
Executive producers
  • Gareth Howsam
  • Eric Benson
  • Norman Bolen
  • Michael Fulford
  • Paul Michaels
Producers
  • Michael Clattenburg
  • Bartholomew Dunn
  • Michael Volpe
  • Jonathan Walker
  • Michael Smith
  • John Tremblay
  • Robert Wells
Cinematography
  • Adam Liley
  • David Albiston
  • Michael Clattenburg
Editors
  • Jeremy Harty
  • Irving Thatcher
  • Sarah Byrne
  • Callum MacLennan
  • Michael Clattenburg
Camera setupMultiple-camera
Running time1,800–2,700 s
Production companies
  • Trailer Park Productions (2001–2008)
  • Topsail Entertainment (2001–2008)
  • Showcase Television (2001–2008)
  • Sunnyvale Productions (2014–12)
  • Swearnet Pictures (2014–12)
Original release
Network
Release
  • Original series:
  • April 22, 2001 (2001-04-22) – December 7, 2008 (2008-12-07)
  • Revival series:
  • September 5, 2014 (2014-09-05) – March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)

Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian mockumentary created by Mike Clattenburg. It is produced by Mike Clattenburg, Barrie Dunn and Michael Volpe. In Canada, it was shown on the Showcase Television. The series had thirteen seasons and ran from April 22, 2001 to December 7, 2008. It then restarted by on the streaming service SwearNet and released through Netflix from September 5, 2014 until March 30, 2018.

The series mainly follows three men Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles and their life inside the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

The television programme has spawned four movies: Trailer Park Boys: The Movie on October 6, 2006, Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day on September 25, 2009, Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It on April 18, 2014, and Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story on December 6, 2024.

TV.com rated the series a 10.[1]

An animated show called Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series started showing on Netflix on March 31, 2019.[2] A spin-off called Trailer Park Boys: Jail started on January 1, 2021. There was also a Christmas special released. It was the last show John Dunsworth was featured in before he died.[source?]

  1. Credited as Ellen Page; Page came out as transgender and changed his name in 2020.[3]

References

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  1. TV.com. "Trailer Park Boys". TV.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  2. "Spring Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series: 2019 Edition". Deadline. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  3. Donnelly, Matt (December 1, 2020). "Oscar-Nominated 'Umbrella Academy' Star Elliot Page Announces He Is Transgender". Variety. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2025.

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