Ro Hume Ro Hume i(A125279 works by)
Gender: Female
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Ro Hume's career in television has been primarily as a writer, and in this role she has worked on various Australian and UK television series, mini-series and telemovies. Among her credits are episodes for A County Practice (q.v.) in the early 1980s, with later series including G.P. (1992-93), Law of the land (1993), McLeod's Daughters (1996), All Saints (1998), Farscape (1999), Something in the Air (2000), Ocean Star (2003) and Casualty (2005). Hume's other television credits include co-authoring the 1994 mini-series Heartland and the 2005 telemovie Second Chance. She was also the writer for the 1999 telemovie Time and Tide.

In addition to her work as a writer Hume has on a number of occasions developed and co-created productions, notably Law of the Land and Heartland (the latter mini-series in collaboration with Cate Blanchett). She has also been employed as Script Editor and Story Editor (Pacific Drive), Script Producer (Ocean Star), and Creative Consultant (Farscape).

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form y separately published work icon All Saints All Saints : Medical Response Unit ( dir. Leigh Spence et. al. )agent 1998 Australia : Seven Network Red Heart Entertainment , 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 Program
2006 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
2006 nominated Logie Awards Most Popular Drama Program
2007 nominated Logie Awards Most Popular Drama Program
2008 nominated Logie Awards Most Popular Drama Program
2010 nominated Logie Awards Most Popular Drama Program
2007 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Television Drama Series
2006 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Television Drama Series
2005 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Television Drama Series
2002 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Television Drama Series
2003 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
2002 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
2000 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
form y separately published work icon Heartland Burned Bridge ( dir. Julian Pringle et. al. )agent Australia : Northway Productions ABC Television , 1994 Z1605422 1994 series - publisher film/TV crime

Set in a small coastal town against the turmoils of murder, mystery and romance, Heartland deals with the death of an Aboriginal girl and the doubts concerning the guilt of her boyfriend, who is arrested for her murder. Vincent Burunga, an Aboriginal police liaison officer working in the town, is an outsider to both the local Aboriginal people and the white justice system, and he finds himself constantly on the edge caught between two cultures trying to understand each other. It explores the developing relationship between Vincent and the newly arrived Elizabeth Ashton. Both are convinced of the young man's innocence but must endure hostility from both the white and black communities and get past the obstacles of their different backgrounds.

The narrative also follows the people from this seaside community and their battle to restructure their own way of life and their struggle to restore their belief in a positive future, despite the obstacles in their path.

1994 winner Human Rights Awards Television Drama Award
form y separately published work icon G. P. ( dir. Peter Andrikidis et. al. )agent 1989 Australia : ABC Television Roadshow Coote and Carroll , 1989-1996 7819205 1989 series - publisher film/TV

G.P. is an Australian television series that ran for eight seasons. Set in and around a fictional general medical practice in an inner-city suburb, the storylines explore the professional and personal lives of the doctors and staff who worked there.

1992 winner Human Rights Awards Television Drama Award
1989 winner Human Rights Awards Television Drama Award
1992 winner Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
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