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Les Norton

Produced by Roadshow Rough Diamond

Producers: John Edwards, Dan Edwards
Executive Producers: Sally Riley, Andrew Gregory, John Schwarz, Michael Schwarz, John Singleton, Jack Singleton
Writers: Morgan O’Neill, Christopher Lee, Samantha Winston, Shanti Gudgeon, Malcolm Knox, Jessica Tuckwell
Directors: Jocelyn Moorhouse, Fadia Abboud, David Caesar

Airing: August 04, 2019... (ABC)

Set in 1985, the series follows the exploits of Les Norton, a country bloke from outback Queensland. On the run from a troubled past, he blows into Sydney where he lands a job as a bouncer at a notorious illegal casino in Kings Cross. A classic fish out of water who’s desperate to get home, he soon finds himself seduced by the city’s illicit charms and dragged into a web of underground criminality. Based on the best-selling novels by Robert G. Barrett. (10x45min)