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Australian television script-writer.
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Slide
SLiDE
( dir. Shawn Seet
et. al. )agent
Australia
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Playmaker Media
Hoodlum
,
2011
Z1798786
2011
series - publisher
film/TV
young adult
'SLIDE is an exciting integrated multiplatform drama experience and tracks five teens as they smash their way into adulthood. When you’re 17, life can turn in 24 hours and for Bryan, Tammy, Luke, [Scarlett] and Eva this will be the transformative time of their lives. They’ve got 10 weeks, each other and a lift home from mum when they need it. SLIDE: survive your teenage years with a smile.'
Source: Screen Australia
- 2012 nominated The International Emmy Awards — Digital Program: Children & Young People
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form
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Blue Water High
( dir. Ralph Strasser
et. al. )agent
Australia
:
Southern Star Entertainment
,
2005-2008
Z1881687
2005-2008
series - publisher
film/TV
young adult
'Seven 15 year-old surfers have been selected from around Australia and overseas to take part in an intensive 12-month residential school program at Blue Water High. At the beachside school they join other pupils in a normal year's academic work as well as receiving special coaching in surfing. At the end of the year, two of the seven will qualify to surf the pro-circuit and win a three-year sponsorship contract. The series is a race into the finals for the wild card, a race to get through the year, and a race to grow up. The seven teens, forced to live, study and train together—at the same time become best friends and greatest competitors.'
Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 20/8/2013)
- 2007 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Children's Program
- 2005 nominated AFI Awards Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Children's Television Drama
- 2006 nominated AFI Awards Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Children's Television Drama
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form
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All Saints
All Saints : Medical Response Unit
( dir. Leigh Spence
et. al. )agent
1998
Australia
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Seven Network
Red Heart Entertainment
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1998-2009
Z1571142
1998
series - publisher
film/TV
One of Australia's highest rating dramas, All Saints is a Logie Award-winning Australian medical drama set in the fictional All Saints Western General Hospital in suburban Sydney. The stories originally focused on the nursing staff of Ward 17 run by Nursing Unit Manager Terri Sullivan. It was sometimes referred to as the 'garbage ward' because it took the overflow of patients.
In 2004 Network Seven producers overhauled the series in an effort to increase the show's gradually dwindling audience. They achieved this by closing down Ward 17 and transferring some of the staff to the Emergency Department managed by Frank Campion. Several other new lead characters were also introduced. The changes also saw the storylines begin to focus more on the lives of the doctors and nurses.
Another significant change to the series came in early 2009 when the producers introduced the Medical Response Unit. Central to this development was the helicopter which took doctors to rescue situations outside the hopsital and which in turn brought patients to the All Saints Emergency Department. The show's name was also changed at this time to All Saints: Medical Response Unit. The increased production costs created by having scenes shot on location played a part, however, in the series being cancelled mid-year. The series ended with the Emergency Department and Medical Response Unit teams having a dinner to farewell the last remaining original character, Von Ryan on her final day at All Saints.
All Saints was popular in many countries including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium and Iran.
- 1999 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Australian Program
- 2000 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Australian Program
- 2001 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
- 2001 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Australian Program
- 2002 winner Logie Awards — Most Popular Australian Program
- 2004 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Australian Program
- 2004 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
- 2005 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
- 2006 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
- 2006 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
- 2007 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
- 2008 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
- 2010 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Series
- 2002 nominated AFI Awards Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Television Drama Series
- 2005 nominated AFI Awards Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Television Drama Series
- 2006 nominated AFI Awards Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Television Drama Series
- 2007 nominated AFI Awards Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Television Drama Series