Alan Coleman Alan Coleman i(A143953 works by)
Born: Established: 28 Dec 1936
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 10 Dec 2010 Central Coast, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1974
Heritage: English
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1 y separately published work icon One Door Shuts : My Autobiography Alan Coleman , Bloomington : Trafford Publishing , 2009 8155747 2009 single work autobiography

Autobiography of English-born Australian television producer Alan Coleman.

1 form y separately published work icon The Adventures of the Bush Patrol Bush Patrol Sarah Smith , Terry Finch , Tiffany Evans , Cathy McCormick , Carol Matthews , Don Linke , Russell Hagg , Megan Bond , Michelle Rogers , Jenny Sharp , Adam Whitbread , Roslyn Silvestrin , Patrick Edgeworth , Coral Drouyn , John Coulter , Alan Coleman , Nicholas Flanagan , Ron Elliott , Kit Oldfield , Geraldine Mellet , Neil Luxmoore , Kelly Lefever , Peter A. Kinloch , Jim Howes , Fiona Hile , Peter Hepworth , Shane Brennan , Alister Webb , Penelope Trevor , Emma J. Steele , Sarah Rossetti , Faye Grant-Williams , Carole Wilkinson , ( dir. Alan Coleman et. al. )agent Australia : Rosenbaum Whitbread Film & Television Productions , 1996-1998 Z1889011 1996-1998 series - publisher film/TV

'The series is based on a national park ranger, her two children, their friends and how they form the Bush Patrol to help protect the park and its native inhabitants. There's plenty of adventure and fun featuring Australia's unique flora and fauna and modern family relationships.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 3/12/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon Case for the Defence Anne Brooksbank , Ron McLean , Tony Morphett , Bob Ellis , ( dir. Alan Coleman et. al. )agent Sydney : Reg Grundy Enterprises , 1978 Z1826901 1978 series - publisher film/TV

Like King's Men, Case for the Defence was devised by Ron McLean when he first began work with Grundy's. The program focuses on Sydney defence lawyer John Case and his girlfriend/legal partner Winsome ('Win') Blake.

Don Storey notes, in his Classic Australian Television, that unlike such predecessors as Consider Your Verdict, Divorce Court, and The Unloved, which focused on events in the court room, 'events prior to the cases coming to court were a major part of the storylines, and were backed up by extensive location filming'. Storey summarises the program as follows:

The series consistently followed a tried and true formula. John Case always seemed to get the baffling cases that, on the surface, appeared impossible to defend. Each episode had Case and friends involved in a certain amount of sleuthing, with a myriad of suspects and many plot twists and turns. The real culprit would then be revealed at the end of the show. Although the format was predictable, it was very well written, with competent acting and direction, and had high production standards. The only valid criticism of the show is that it was produced on videotape, rather than film, which gave it a cheap and amateurish look.

Albert Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, notes that the program was 'not particularly successful', though it had 'high production values' and 'was one of John Hamblin's better television roles'.

1 1 form y separately published work icon The Young Doctors Alan Coleman , Michael Laurence , Betty Quin , Reg Watson , Brian Faull , Margot Hilton , David Phillips , John Misto , Rick Maier , Patrea Smallacombe , ( dir. Alan Coleman et. al. )agent Sydney : Reg Grundy Enterprises , 1976 Z1826767 1976 series - publisher film/TV

According to Don Storey, in his Classic Australian Television, The Young Doctors was the result of Grundy's association with Ron McLean, who devised a pilot for a program called City Hospital at the same time as he was developing the ultimately unsuccessful King's Men.

Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, notes that

The domain of the serial was young viewers, and accordingly the emphasis was on romance and relationships at the Albert Memorial Hospital. Divorce, sex, social and medical problems were all off-limits for this deliberately lightweight serial concerning the various doctors, nurses and patients at the hospital.... However, shootings, bombings and invasions by dangerous psychotics were all permissable ways of removing regular characters and rearranging relationships.

Though less critically and commerically successful than its rival The Sullivans, The Young Doctors ran for five years, ultimately amassing more screen time than either The Sullivans or Number 96.

1 form y separately published work icon The Two Way Mirror Reg Watson , ( dir. Alan Coleman ) Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises , 1975 8155910 1975 single work film/TV

The Two Way Mirror was intended as a pilot for the kind of 'sexy' soap opera that would compete with Number 96.

According to producer-director Alan Coleman in his autobiography:

The programme, if successful, was to be set in a cosmetic and fashion house–and featured a two-way mirror through which characters could watch nude photographic sessions–or whatever–that would take place in the studio next door. (One Door Shuts, p.266).

The series was not picked up after its initial pilot was filmed.

1 1 form y separately published work icon Class of '74 Class of '75 Ted Hepple , Lyle Martin , ( dir. Alan Coleman et. al. )agent Melbourne : Reg Grundy Enterprises , 1974 Z1826615 1974 series - publisher film/TV

A soap opera set in the fictional Waratah High, Class of '74 was Grundy's first excursion into what would be their most successful genre.

Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, notes

If Cash-Harmon had properly initiated the modern soap opera on Channel Ten two years earlier, it was the genius of Grundy's to recognise that a young segment would be a vital part of the overall audience for soap opera. By originating a serial at Waratah High and by concentrating on the older school kids as much as teachers, parents and other adult figures, Class was including what would be a vital element of the genre.

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