Latecomers

{{Short description|Australian comedy television miniseries}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2025}}

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• Comedy

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| creator = {{Plainlist|

• Emma Myers
• Nina Oyama
• Angus Thompson

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• Emma Myers
• Nina Oyama

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• Alistair Baldwin
• Madeleine Gottlieb

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• Angus Thompson
• Hannah Diviney
• Miriama Smith
• Patrick Jhanur

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| composer = Lance Gurisik

| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 5

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• Loani Arman
• Donna Chang

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| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Liam Heyen
• Hannah Ngo

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| cinematography = Grégoire Lière

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| runtime = 10 minutes

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| released = {{Start date|2023|12|03|df=y}}

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Latecomers is an Australian comedy television series. It was created by Angus Thompson, Emma Myers and Nina Oyama and stars Thompson and Hannah Diviney. It is a rom-com featuring two disabled lead characters.{{Citation | last= Northover | first= Kylie | title= Hannah Diviney took on Beyonce. Now she's breaking new ground on TV | url= https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/the-romcom-giving-us-a-new-perspective-on-disabled-people-20221118-p5bzea.html | periodical= Sydney Morning Herald | date= 23 November 2022}} It was released by SBS On Demand in December 2023.{{Citation | last= Cunningham | first= Katie | title= 'I haven't been seen as a sexual option': SBS series Latecomers to 'rip apart' sex and disability on screen | url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/nov/30/latecomers-new-sbs-tv-series-sex-and-disability-on-screen | periodical= The Guardian | date= 30 November 2022}} Anna Hickey-Moody, writing in the Conversation praised it for having actors with a disability playing characters with a disability.{{Citation | last= Hickey-Moody | first= Anna | title=Sex, comedy and vulnerability: Latecomers on SBS is an important shift in disability representation | url= https://theconversation.com/sex-comedy-and-vulnerability-latecomers-on-sbs-is-an-important-shift-in-disability-representation-195931 | periodical= The Conversation | date= 13 December 2022}}