The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote is an Australian television comedy series on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation starring Sam Simmons. The program premiered on 14 September 2009 on ABC2 at 8.55pm and then repeated on ABC1 from 2 October 2009 at 11:10pm. Episodes are five minutes long. The series is presented in mockumentary style and draws parallels between human and animal worlds.[1] The 'Murray Foote' character is an animal warrior, conservationist, scientist, recording artist, good bloke and ladies man. The promotional blurb states that the series was created in 1987, then lost, and then rediscovered recently in a garage in suburban Melbourne.