Bump is an Australian comedy drama television series created by Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro, which premiered on Stan on 1 January 2021. The story centres on a high-achieving teenage girl and her boyfriend, both still at school, who have a surprise baby, and the complications that ensue for them, their extended families, and friends.
The second season premiered on 26 December 2021, the third on 26 December 2022, and the fourth on 26 December 2023. The fifth and final season was released on 26 December 2024. Bump: A Christmas film, which serves as a conclusion to the series, was released on 30 November 2025. A spin-off series, titled Year Of, was released on 9 June 2023.
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Synopsis
Set in and around an inner city high school, the ten-part first series centres around Oly, an ambitious and high-achieving teenage girl who has a surprise baby, and the complications that ensue for two families.
Cast and characters
Nathalie Morris as Olympia 'Oly' Chalmers-Davis
Carlos Sanson Jnr as Santiago 'Santi' Hernández
Claudia Karvan as Angie Davis
Angus Sampson as Dom Chalmers
Ricardo Scheihing Vásquez as Matías Hernández
Ava Cannon as Jacinda Hernández Chalmers-Davis
Anita Hegh as Edith Chalmers
Christian Byers as Bowie Chalmers-Davis
Safia Arain as Reema
Ioane Sa'ula as Vince Ingram
Catalina Palma Godoy as Ángel
Paula García as Rosa Hernández
Peter Thurnwald as Lachie Koh
Roman Delo as Zac Russo
Sarah Meacham as Madison
Claudia de Giusti as Bernadita
Miguel Andrade as Alejandro
Ryan Johnson as Tim
Episodes
Film (2025)
On 18 February 2025, Stan announced Bump: A Christmas Film was in production. The film is set in between episodes 9 and 10 of the fifth season, with Claudia Karvan, Nathalie Morris and Carlos Sanson Jnr returning for the film. It was announced that the film would release on 30 November 2025 on Stan.
Production
The series was co-created by Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro, who also co-wrote with a writing team of Jessica Tuckwell, Timothy Lee, Mithila Gupta, and Steven Arriagada. Karvan produced the series along with John Edwards and Dan Edwards. Geoff Bennett, Gracie Otto, and Leticia Cáceres directed the series.
The first season of the series had to adhere to strict COVID-19 protocols, as it was shot in 2020.
The series ran for five seasons and ended on the creators' own terms. Nathalie Morris, who portrayed the lead role of Oly in the series, made her screenwriting debut in the fifth season.
Release
Bump premiered on Stan on 1 January 2021. In July 2021 it was confirmed that production on the second season was under way in Sydney and that a third season had also been confirmed. On 25 November 2021 a trailer for the second season was released along with an announcement that the season was scheduled to be released on 26 December 2021.
The third season premiered on 26 December 2022. A spin-off series set in the same universe, Year Of, was released on 9 June 2023.
The fourth season of Bump went into production in July 2023 and was released on 26 December 2023.
It was renewed for a fifth season on 12 March 2024. Production for the fifth and final season commenced in July 2024 and was released on 26 December 2024.
On 7 October 2025 Bump began airing on the Nine Network.
Ratings
International broadcasts
On 18 June 2021, Canada's CBC premiered the first season of Bump on its CBC Gem streaming service, adding the second season on 29 July 2022. In the United Kingdom, the series began airing on BBC One on 20 October 2021.
In March 2022, the series was picked by The CW in the United States, premiering on 11 August 2022. The network however removed it from its schedule after broadcasting five episodes of the second season in September 2023.
In Portugal, it is broadcast on RTP2.