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Chatroom Chicks

Produced by Southern Star Kids
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CHATROOM CHICKS is about three young teenage girls - one German, one Singaporean and one Australian - who become friends while studying together at an international school in Singapore. To their delight and amazement though, the girls accidentally discover that their mobile phones and computers can combine to physically transport them via a chatroom into each other's houses. From then on it's fun, mayhem, adventure (and a little romance) as the three teens spend their days moving freely between Singapore, Germany and Australia.

Crooked

Produced by Two-Tone Pictures
Producers: Paul Bellman, Matthew Holmes, Adam Wilson
Director: Matthew Holmes
Writers: Paul Bellman, Matthew Holmes, Adam Wilson
Cast: Paul Bellman, Adam Wilson, Joshua Jaegar, Rohan Harry, Tristan Hudson, Anna Cheney Holmes, Stephen DeGenaro, Pete Michell, Terry Rogers, Van Crouch, Michael Allen, Rod Ho'vel
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Based around the story of a bunch of suburban no-gooders who dream of becoming real gangsters. They want to hit it the big time in the criminal underworld, but there's one thing stopping them - none of them are really gangster material. An improvised mockumentary shot on the mean streets of Adelaide. (6 x 45 min)

Dance Academy

Produced by Werner Film Productions for ABC TV and ZDF.
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Network: ABC

A 26x30 minute series in which 15-year-old Tara Webster has grown up on a farm in outback Australia but has always dreamt of becoming a dancer. When she makes it into the National Academy of Dance—the best school in the country—she is sure her life will change spectacularly.

Dead Normal

Produced by Burberry Productions and Coolabi (UK)
Executive Producers: Ewan Burnett, Julian Scott
Producer: Margot McDonald
Director: Stephen Johnson
Writers: Barbara Slade, Sam Carroll, Richard Preddy, Neil Mossey, Clive Endersby
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Network: ABC

A 13-part children's drama series created by award-winning writer, Barbara Slade, which follows the adventures of three beautiful, strong-willed, outrageous teenage sisters... who just happen to be ghosts. A co-production between Burberry Productions and Coolabi (UK).

Dogstar - series 2

Produced by Media World Pictures
Producers: Ross Hutchens, Colin South
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After the Dogstar is accidentally relaunched into space, the intrepid Clark kids once again set off to find their missing pet Hobart and return all the world's dogs back to Earth.

Dusty

Produced by TMG Media
Producers: Michael Lawrence and Glenys Rowe
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Network: SBS

The Education of Susan Soames

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Emily Eyefinger

Produced by: Ambience Entertainment
Executive Producers: Bryan Lowe, Avrill Stark
Producers: David Webster, Donna Andrews, Justine Flynn
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Network: Seven

Animated series based on the best selling books by Duncan Ball, Emily Eyefinger is a girl with an eye for mysteries and adventure and she's got a distinct advantage—an eye on the end of her finger—COOL! (26 episodes)

G2G

Produced by Moody Street Kids (Australia) and Title Entertainment (Canada)
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Producer: Gillian Carr
Director: Gillian Carr
Writers: Ray Boseley and Katherine Sandford
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G2G follows 11-yr-old Madison Marples-Macintosh (aka MaDDie) - a unique young lady who writes the "Dear Abby" column for her school newspaper. Due to her eccentric, extrovert parents and attention seeking "look at me" best friends, our introverted lead character is always in the shadows. In fact, she much prefers standing on the peripheryŠ looking IN, rather than performing centre stage. 26 x 30 minutes, animated

Legend of Enyo

Produced by Avrill Stark Entertainment Pty Ltd
Producer: Avrill Stark
Directors: Kevin Wotton, Steve Cooper
Writers: Greg Millin, Max Dann, David Witt
Cast: Jamie Croft, Michelle Doake, Pippa Grandison
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Against a new and exciting backdrop of prehistoric beasts and shamanism, a clever and talented 12-year-old boy named Enyo, who is learning to understand the language of animals, reads hidden messages and 'sees' glimpses of the future, will take us on a spectacular journey of fantasy, fun and wild adventure.

Master Raindrop

Produced by Big Communications, Flux Animation, Flying Bark Productions
Producers: Brent Chambers, Vincent Lim
Director: Steve Cooper
Writers: Paul Barber, Stephen Batt, Joshua Chiang, Kym Goldsworthy, Lisa Hoppe, Jeff Lawrence, Brendan Luno, Leonard Mah, John Mein, James Meldrum, Kitty Phipps, Gina Roncoli, James Walker, Anthony Watt, David Witt
Cast: Jane O'Brien, Rachel King, Sarah Aubrey, Josh Quong-Tart, Josh Anderson, David Francis, Brian Meegan
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Chronicles the journey of four young friends ­ Raindrop, Shao Yen, Jinhou and Niwa ­ across The World of A Thousand Lands in search of their master, who has been captured by the evil General Bu. 3D animation brings to life characters from Asian Legends. (26 x 24min, animated)

My Place

Produced by Chapman Pictures Pty Ltd
Producers: Penny Chapman, Helen Panckhurst
Directors: Jessica Hobbs, Samantha Lang, Catriona McKenzie, Shirley Barrett, Shawn Seet
Writers: Alice Addison, Beth Armstrong, Blake Ayshford, Nick Parsons, Jacquelin Perske, Leah Purcell, Tim Pye, Greg Waters
Cast: Susie Porter, Dan Wyllie, Sacha Horler, Dan Spielman, Russell Dykstra, Leon Ford, Hayley McElhinney
Network: ABC

My Place is the story of one spot in Australia, told by the children who live there over 260 years. (26 x 24min)

Packed to the Rafters - series 2

Produced by Seven Productions
Producer: Jo Porter
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Cast: Erik Thomson, Rebecca Gibney, Michael Caton, Hugh Sherida, Jessica McNamee, Caroline Brazier, George Houvardos, Zoe Ventoura
Network: Seven

22 x 60 min

Pearlie

Produced by Sticky Pictures (Australia) and Nelvana Studios (Canada)
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Networks: Ten, YTV

An animated series based on the childrens' books by Wendy Harmer which tells the tale of a pint-sized fairy who is the caretaker of Jubilee Park. (52 x 12min)

Rake

Produced by Essential Media and Entertainment
Producers: Ian Collie, Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh
Director: Peter Duncan
Writer: Peter Duncan
Cast: Richard Roxburgh, et al
Networks: Ten, YTV

RAKE is about love, madness, addiction, and the law — in short, it is about modern life. (3 x 90min)

RESCUE Special Ops

Produced by Southern Star Entertainment
Producers: Sarah Smith and Julie McGauran
Directors: Peter Andrikidis, Geoff Bennett, Ian Barry and Garth Maxwell
Writers: Sarah Smith, Dave Warner, Michaeley O'Brien, Chris Hawkshaw, John Ridley and Liz Doran
Cast: Les Hill, Peter Phelps, Libby Tanner, Daniel Amalm, Gigi Edgley, Katherine Hicks, Andrew Lees
Network: Nine

Dean Gallagher, 29, and Chase, 26, are brothers. Competitive alpha males, they argue over everything, agree on nothing, but defend each other from outsiders no matter what. They're also members of the Special Operations Rescue Unit. Together they go about their everyday jobs of saving lives. (13 x 60min)

Rush - series 2

Produced by Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd
Producer: John Edwards
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Cast: Josef Ber, Rodger Corser, Nicole Da Silva, Samuel Johnson, Catherine McClements, Callan Mulvey, Ashley Zukerman, Jolene Anderson
Network: Ten

22 x 60 min

Swift and Shift Couriers - series 2

Produced by Antichocko Productions Pty Ltd
Producers: Joanne Weatherstone, Serena Hunt
Director: Paul Fenech
Writer: Paul Fenech
Cast: Paul Fenech, Ian Turpie, Amanda Keller
Network: SBS

Set in Swift and Shift Courier company, following the follies of character deliveries. 9 x 25 min

T. I. Taxi

Producers:Penny Chapman, Helen Panckhurst
Director: Ted Emery
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About a family that runs the taxi service on Thursday Island. (6 x 26 min)

Tangle

Executive Producers: Hugh Marks, Kim Vecera
Producers: John Edwards, Imogen Banks
Directors: Jessica Hobbs, Matthew Saville, Stuart McDonald
Writers: Fiona Seres, Tony McNamara
Cast: Justine Clarke, Ben Mendelsohn, Catherine McClements, Matt Day, Kat Stewart and Joel Tobeck
Network: Showcase (2009)

A ten part drama series dealing with the tangled lives of parents, their teenagers, and the shifting moral compass of modern life. Filming begins September 2008 for a 2009 broadcast.

Tecuaque

Produced by Pisces All Media, Mary V Graphics
Producer: Jonathan Nolan
Directors: Jonathan Nolan, Mary M.G. Vidovic
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TECUAQUE... the mysterious lost city of cannibals. Long believed to exist on the island of Gua, now the time as come for the blood-spattered charnel necropolis to give up its secrets. Decide how you come to enter this place of horror...A fully interactive adults-only digital animation experience! Animated.

The Young Doctors

Produced by Nine Films and Television Pty Ltd, FremantleMedia Australia (Melbourne)
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A relationship drama based in a hospital. In pre-production

Zeke's Pad

Produced by Avrill Stark Entertainment Pty Ltd, My Pad Productions Inc
Producer: Avrill Stark
Directors: Tim Golsby, Florian Wagner, Ian Freedman
Writers: Liz Scully, Myra Fried, Nicole Demerse, Hugh Duffy, Alan Resnick, Carolyn Hay
Cast: Michael Adamthwaite, Tabitha St. Germain, Trevor Devall, Tim Hamaguchi, Chiara Zanni
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Zeke Palmer is definitely not your ordinary 14-year-old. He's a talented artist with one extra-special gift: his electronic drawing pad that somehow brings anything he draws on it to life! But that's not all that Zeke has! He's also got a weird and seriously wacky family who constantly get in the way of Zeke's plans. Thanks to them, try as he might, Zeke just can't seem to master his own life. So he uses his pad to make things more fun, more sane, more exciting or more whatever he things of that day. The trouble is that Zeke always goes with the first impulse that enters his head for a so a short while he prevails but then...things always go crazy! (Animated, 26 x 22min)

Zigby

Produced by Thunderbird Films, Big Communications, Flying Bark Productions, Avrill Stark Entertainment Pty Ltd
Producer: Avrill Stark, Alexandra Raffe, Antony Zmak, Melanie Alexander
Directors: Mark Barnard
Writers: David Witt
Cast: Tracey Moore, Brian Drummond, Matt Hill, Michelle Doake, Jamie Croft, Katherine Cohn, Sharon Millerchip, Roslyn Oades
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Follows the wild adventures of three young friends - Zigby the Zebra, McMeer the Meerkat and Bertie the Guinea Fowl. Based on the internationally successful children's book series by Brian Patterson, this 3D animated television series is aimed at four to six-year-olds. (52 x 11min)

Bed of Roses - series 2

Produced by Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd, Ruby Entertainment
Producers: Mark Ruse, Stephen Luby
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The Circuit - series 2

Produced by Media World Pictures
Producer: Ross Hutchens, Colin South
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Writers: Kelly Lefever, Dot West, Mitch Torres, Wayne Blair
Cast: Aaron Pedersen, Gary Sweet, Kelton Pell, Tammy Clarkson, Marta Kaczmarek, Bill McCluskey, Nick Simpson-Deeks
Network: SBS

Aboriginal lawyer Drew Ellis continues his journey on the chaotic, challenging world of the Kimberley Court - a circuit that takes a magistrate and an entourage of court officers and lawyers on a regular five day 2000 kilometre round trip to dispense justice to the dusty, remote communities of north Western Australia. (6 x 52min)

East of Everything - series 2

Produced by East of Everything 2 Pty Ltd
Producer: Fiona Eagger
Directors: Stuart McDonald, Tony Tilse, Ian Watson
Writers: Deborah Cox, Roger Monk, Max Dann
Cast: Richard Roxburgh, Tom Long, Gia Carides, Susie Porter, Valerie Bader, Craig Stott, Kathryn Beck
Network: ABC

It's five months since Art and Vance Watkins submitted to their dead mother's wishes and reopened the seventies backpacker's, the Far Out East. Things are just starting to pick up when a storm blows through Broken Bay, depositing Gerry Watkins, their long-lost father, Tempest-like on the doorstep.

East West 101 - series 2

Produced by East West 101 Pty Ltd
Producers: Steve Knapman, Kristine Wyld
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writers: Kristen Dunphy, Michael Miller, Michelle Offen, Vanessa Bates, Katherine Thompson
Cast: Don Hany, Susie Porter, Aaron Fa'Aoso, Daniella Farinacci, Renee Lim
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The continuing story of Muslim Detective, Zane Malik, as he seeks to solve a bombing within a murky world of international intrigue, illegal immigration and local extremism.

K9

Produced by Stewart & Wall Entertainment Pty Ltd
Executive Producer: Grant Bradley, Jim Howell
Producers: Penny Wall, Richard Stewart, Simon Barnes
Director: TBA
Writer: Bob Baker
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K9 is a highly refined robot in the guise and personality of a dog! However - K9 is nobody's pet - he is a highly intelligent creature created from a form of 'living metal' and when we first meet this fantastic robot he is guarding an abandoned prison transportation craft. (26x30 minute mini-series)

Lockie Leonard - series 2

Produced by Goalpost Pictures Australia
Producer: Kylie du Fresne
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Writers: Keith Thompson, Michael Miller, Shelley Birse, Drew Proffit, Lee Anne Tim Pye, Wayne Blair, Rhys Muldoon, Josh Wakely, Peter Templeman
Cast: Sean Keenan, Rhys Muldoon, Briony Williams, Corey McKernan, Clarence Ryan, Gracie Gilbert
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Growing up is an even hairier business! Goes into production February 2009. 26 x 24 min

Snake Tales

Produced by Westside Film & Television Pty Ltd
Producer: Ann Darrouzet
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Snake Tales is a live action half hour tween comedy. Two completely different teenage girls from opposite ends of the world are forced to live together in a run-down snake park in Outback Australia - with only their very strange families for company. (13 x 22 min)

The Beach House

Produced by: Masterbrand Films and Promotions
Producers: Phillip Avalon
Directors: Samuel Clemens, Vanessa Rose
Writer: Russell Buchanan, Katherine Lawless
Cast: Clintin Barter, Russell Buchanan, Selena McKay, Graham Plew, Clio Ross, Jerry Stanley, Christie Steel, Tom Zimmerman
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A boy from the bush leaves home and the drought for the coast. On his rite of passage he discovers that life is not all that it seems in the faster lane. And that's only the beginning... surf, city and a country boy

Conversation Killer (aka Blood on the Sand)

Produced by: Taylor Media
Producer: Sue Taylor
Director: Rowan Woods
Writers: Ian David
Cast: Robert Menzies, Luke Ford, Nicholas Hope, Emma Booth, Bille Brown, Anni Finsterer
Network: ABC

A true crime story about an author who concocted the perfect murder only to have it put to the test by his murderous friend

Gumnutz

Produced by Big Pix Pty Ltd, Flying Bark Productions
Producers: John Cook
Directors: Clive Harrison, Margaret Parkes, Jane Schneider
Writers: Phil Sanders
Cast: Voices of Ian Bliss, Jamie Croft, Ines Vaz De Sousa, Rachel King, Keith Scott, Shane Withington
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The hero of GUMNUTZ is Claude, a neurotic numbat who is forced to save his uncle's juice factory from the clutches of the villainous Hot Shot Charlie, a crafty fox. Claude has help from his feisty friend Peppa, a fellow numbat and through their adventures they learn the importance of friendship, family and responsibility.

A Model Daughter - The Killing Of Caroline Byrne

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Cast: Cariba Heine, Garry McDonald, Gyton Grantley, David Lyons, Tiriel Mora
Network: Ten

Based on Robert Wainwright's book The Killing Of Caroline Byrne