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Series/SerialsCrookedProduced by Two-Tone Pictures 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 - Series 2Produced by Werner Film Productions Tara returns to the Academy with her sights set firmly on representing the country at the world's most prestigious ballet competition. But she should be more focused on just surviving second year where, having climbed to the top over the last twelve months - in dance, life and love - she now has a very long way to fall. Danger 5Produced by Dinosaur Pty Ltd Set in a bizarre, 1960's inspired version of World War II, action comedy series DANGER 5 follows a team of five spies on a mission to kill Hitler. Danger 5 is the finest group of special operatives the allies have to offer; Jackson from the USA, Tucker from Australia, Ilsa from Russia, Claire from Britain and Pierre from Europe. Each episode Danger 5 unravels another of Hitler's diabolic schemes and travels across a myriad of exotic locations spanning the globe. (6 x 25min) Dogstar - series 2Produced by Media World Pictures 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. Ghosts of TimeProduced by Three's A Company Some kids find a haunted house that can travel through time, they and its ghostly inhabitant go on adventures which are both comic and thrilling. Lowdown - series 2Produced by High Wire Films Pty Ltd Alex Burchill writes the Lowdown column for struggling tabloid newspaper, the Sunday Sun. Circulation is in decline and the paper is downsizing and adapting to the brutal economic climate, and Alex's methods for unearthing stories become increasingly desperate. Each week he must come up with a shock-and-awe story for the embattled paper, and each week that shock-and-awe story somehow ruins his own life. Micro NationProduced by The forgotten island nation of Pullamawang has seceded from mainland Australia and is home to a cast of larger-than-life characters including young citizen Emma who desperately wants to leave. The absurd habits and comfortable lives of the islanders are thrown into disarray and conflict by the discovery of diamonds, thwarting Emmas dreams of escaping to the wider world. (15 x 4.5min / 1x62min) A Place to Call HomeProduced by Redfern NowProduced by Blackfella Films Redfern Now will centre around and will explore contemporary inner city Indigenous life. 6 x 1 hour Reef DoctorsProduced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions Lisa McCune stars as Dr Sam Stewart, the Sherlock Holmes of tropical medicine and the head doctor in the only medical clinic for the Great Barrier Reef Islands. Filming from November 28 to April 2012 The Strange CallsProduced by Hoodlum Entertainment Hapless city cop Toby Banks is demoted to night duty in the sleepy beachside village of Coolum, only to find himself investigating strange late night phone calls that reveal the bizarre truth of the town — a place where men turn into chickens, mermaids fall in love with locals and cats return from the grave… Tricky BusinessProduced by Screentime 13 episode series about a family that runs a debt collection business. Underbelly 5Produced by Screentime no details are available Winners & Losers - series 2Produced by It's a case of "Saturn Return" for Bec, Sophie, Jenny and Frances, as the four friends face new challenges and question the direction their lives are taking. With millions of dollars in the bank, the world is their oyster. But what is it they each truly want from life? The journey to the answer the question will lead them to love, laughter, loss...and more surprises. MiniseriesBrothers in ArmsProduced by Screentime A six-part drama about the Milperra Bikie Massacre, a gunfight between two rival Australian biker gangs that took place in suburban Sydney in 1984. Based on the bestselling book Brothers in Arms by Sandra Harvey and Lindsay Simpson Howzat! The Kerry Packer StoryProduced by Laid - series 2Produced by Like A Virgin Pty Ltd In the second series, the world of our heroine Roo, is turned upside down when she is introduced to somebody stricken with a vaguely similar set of mysterious circumstances to the ones plaguing her — although this person is very different from Roo. Lightning PointProduced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions When Zoey and Kiki, two irrepressible girls from another galaxy become castaways in the quiet, Australian seaside town of Lightning Point, they recruit local girl Amber to keep them undercover. But the whole town is abuzz with the sighting of UFOs and the girls soon realise that they may not be the first intergalactic visitors. Filming began November 08, 2010 at the Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast. Mako - Island of SecretsProduced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions When 15-year-old Zac goes camping on Mako Island, he has no idea his every move is being monitored by real-life mermaids Sirena, Nixie and Lyla, whose job it is to ward off trespassers. When he comes into contact with the magical waters of the Moon Pool on the night of a full moon, Zac is given a taste of Mako's powers, waking the next day to discover he has been granted fin-like feet and the power to control water... causing all sorts of trouble for Sirena, Nixie and Lyla. ResistanceProduced by That's-a-wrap Productions The fate of humankind is in the hands of a small group of brilliant resistance fighters. Armed with technology beyond the cutting edge and trained to the highest level by a mysterious young billionare, they're our last line of defence against Alien invasion. 26 x 24min TelemoviesThe Beach HouseProduced by: Masterbrand Films and Promotions
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 BeaconsfieldProduced by Southern Star John Edwards Beaconsfield tells the story of how Matthew Gill and Pat Ball and their rescue teams rescued Todd Russell and Brant Webb. It is the story of the women they left behind, and how they sustained themselves, but, most of all it is the story of two men who had nothing in common, trapped together for 15 days in a dark wet space so small they could neither fully sit up nor fully lie down. Two men who kept their heads together, and their hopes alive, for 15 days and nights. Dripping in ChocolateProduced by Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd When Detective Bennett O'Mara finds a chocolate wrapper on a strangled girl it leads him to voluptuous chocolatier Juliana Lovece. Just as this perceptive woman gets under his skin, he suspects she may be at the centre of an increasing murder count. The Great Mint SwindleProduced by Cordell Jigsaw Productions and Zinc Finger Films An extraordinary tale about the most famous gold heist in Australia's history — a major crime that remains unsolved to this day. Jack Irish: Bad Debts / Jack Irish: Black TideProduced by Essential Media and Entertainment Jack Irish: Bad Debts life is hard enough for Jack - his beloved football club has moved interstate, the odds ofhis latest plunge at the track seem too long and he's still cooking forone. So a phone message from ex-client Danny McKillop (Simon Russell) doesn't ring any bells. But then Danny turns up dead and Jack must take a walk back into a dark and dangerous past. Jack Irish: Black Tide sees Jack helping out an old family friend Des Connors (Ron Jacobson) whose son Gary (Nicholas Coghlan) has gone missing. As Jack begins to dig, he discovers Gary Connors was a man with something to hide, and his friends are people with darker and more deadly secrets. MaboProduced by Tradewind Films Pty Ltd Tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes: Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who left school at fifteen, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that once and for all overthrew the fiction of terra nullius. SundownerProduced by Cordell Jigsaw Productions An extraordinary tale about two innocent men who become embroiled in one of the most famous heists in Australia's history. It is a mysterious saga about their fight to clear their names over a crime that has never been solved. X-RayProduced by: X-Ray is the story of Australian Terry Hicks' battle for justice on behalf of his son David, who was held for more than five years in detention without trial at Guantanamo Bay. Thanks to the rigorous campaigning by his father, David Hicks finally had his day in court in March 2007. Based on Chris Tugwell's acclaimed stage play Camp X-Ray, this main-event telemovie will take audiences behind the headlines that captivated Australia for years, into the emotional heart of a story about the torturous road that a father took on behalf of a troubled son. |
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