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Emerald Falls

Aired: March 23, 2008 (Ten)
Ratings: 0.836 million viewers (8th for the night)
Produced by Pacific & Beyond and Spider Ink
Created by: Tim Pye and Cathy Strickland
Executive Producers: Sue Masters, Ron Saunders
Producers: Tim Pye, Cathy Strickland
Associate Producer: Georgie Parker
Writers: Tim Pye, Cathy Strickland
Director: Peter Andrikidis

Set in the scenic Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Emerald Falls mixes warm and idiosyncratic characters into a complex, plot-driven mystery. Seduced by the smell of eucalyptus, and against her ex-husband's advice, Joni Ferguson buys an almost-derelict bed and breakfast and moves there with her 15-year-old son Zac. The murder mystery that unfolds a year after their arrival becomes a surprising catalyst for new understanding between mother and son.

Starring: Georgie Parker, Catherine McClements, Tom Green, Geoff Morrell, Oliver Ackland, Ella Scott Lynch, Vince Colosimo, Rhys Muldoon, Heather Mitchell, Leon Ford, Andrew McFarlane

Scorched

Aired: Sunday, August 30, 2008 (Nine)
Executive Producers: Rosemary Blight & Chris Hilton
Producer: Kylie Du Fresne
Co-producer, Ellenor Cox
Director: Peter Duncan
Writer: Tony Tilse

Australia, 2012. There has been no rain in the catchments for over 200 days. Sydney's water supply is at its lowest levels in recorded history. The state government has built a desalination plant to drought-proof the city. At least that was the promise...
By midday on Christmas Eve the city is ringed by huge bushfires burning out of control. Mother Nature is on the warpath. A state of emergency is declared.
The NSW Premier, Angela Boardman (Georgie Parker), is a woman whose career — like the city itself — is teetering on the brink of disaster. It all depends on the successful management of the bushfire crisis.
Despite calls for calm, panic rises. More and more suburbs succumb to the flames. The city's infrastructure groans under the pressure. Power lines melt. Communications go down. Hospitals are running on generators with limited power — and there is barely any water left in the hoses to fight the fires.

Starring: Vince Colosimo, Rachael Carpani, Georgie Parker, Cameron Daddo, Bob Morley, Les Hill, Libby Tanner, Kathryn Beck, Brittany Byrnes, Alexandra Fowler

Valentine's Day

Aired: Sunday, July 06, 2008 (ABC)
Ratings: 1.037 million viewers (10th for the night)
Produced by December Films Pty Ltd
Producer: Tony Wright
Director: Peter Duncan
Writer: Peter Temple

Valentine's Day tells the story of Ben Valentine who drifts into the small Victorian country town of Rushworth. He quickly finds himself in trouble with the law. As a famous Aussie Rules footballer fallen on hard times, he is given 200 hours of community service coaching the town's 'no-hoper' football team. But is he in fact who he seems to be?
Teetering on the brink of demise, The Mighty Bears (aka The Growlers) need to win three out of the four next games or they will be forced to merge with their arch rivals, Lucan. Worse still, the town's beloved pie factory, Dicks, which was recently bequeathed to the Bears, will have to be sold.
For the proud, close-knit community the future is looking bleak. Embraced heart and soul by the townsfolk, this one-time drifter learns how to live and hope again - as does the town.

Starring: Rhys Muldoon, Michael Tuahine, Anita Hegh, Freya Stafford, Roy Billing, Terry Norris, Bruce Kerr, Steve Rodgers, Jacinta Stapleton, Lulu McClatchy, Patrick Harvey, Marley Sharp, Adam Zwar, Simon Lyndon, Nathan Bocskay, Donal Forde, Nikolai Nikolaeff, Frances Hutson, Judy Johnson, Andrew S Gilbert, Luke Ryan, Louise Siversen, Victoria Eagger, Andrew Blackman, Steve Kimm, Warwick Sadler, Rob Disckson