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Australian television script-writer and script editor.
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form
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Water Rats
( dir. Tim Burstall
et. al. )agent
1996
Australia
:
Nine Network
Hal McElroy Southern Star
,
1996-2001
Z1725223
1996
series - publisher
film/TV
crime
Water Rats is an Australian police television series which was broadcast on the Nine Network between 1996 and 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney Harbour.
- 1998 shortlisted Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Series
- 1998 shortlisted Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
- 1997 winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Achievement in Drama Production
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form
y
Home and Away
1988
Australia
:
Seven Network
,
1988-
Z1367287
1988
series - publisher
film/TV
Home and Away is a television serial created by Alan Bateman and produced by the Seven Network. The idea for the series came to Bateman (then head of drama at Seven) after he stopped to buy ice-creams in a small country town in southern NSW. While chatting to some locals, he learned that the town was unhappy about plans to build a home for foster kids from the city. At that time, Channel Seven was still smarting from its decision to let Neighbours go to the Ten Network, where it had become hugely popular, and was looking to create another series to rival its success. Bateman saw in the idea that became Home and Away the potential for plenty of storylines and conflict by having streetwise city kids being relocated to a small regional environment,
In the beginning, the series focused on Pippa and Tom Fletcher, who, being unable to have children of their own, decide to become foster parents. When Tom is retrenched from his city job, the couple buy the rundown Summer Bay Caravan Park and move there with their five foster children. Soon after arriving, they also take in troublesome Bobby Simpson.
The series debuted in January 1988 with an hour-long telemovie. Although this rated well, the series itself took some while to develop an audience. Having learned their lesson from the Neighbours debacle, Network Seven gave its new show time, and its ratings gradually increased. As with Neighbours, the Home and Away series and performers became very popular in the United Kingdom.
- 2015 winner Logie Awards — Best Drama
- 2014 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
- 1998 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
- 1996 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
- 1995 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
- 1994 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
- 1993 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
- 1991 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
- 2019 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
- 2018 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
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form
y
Neighbours
1985
Australia
:
Reg Grundy Enterprises
FremantleMedia Australia
,
1985-
Z1367509
1985
series - publisher
film/TV
A daily television drama series set in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough, Neighbours chronicles the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street. The series initially revolved around three families: the Ramsays (at number 24 Ramsay Street), the Robinsons (at number 26), and the Clarkes (at number 28). The scope of the series has since broadened to include new Ramsay Street familes.
- 1990 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
- 1989 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Series
- 1988 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
- 1987 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
- 2019 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
- 2019 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series