Michael Offer Michael Offer i(A145725 works by)
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1 form y separately published work icon BeastMaster Daniel Goddard , ( dir. Peter Andrikidis et. al. )agent Australia United States of America (USA) : Coote Hayes Productions Tribune Entertainment Network Ten , 1999-2002 Z1845900 1999-2002 series - publisher film/TV

BeastMaster was a Canadian and Australian co-production, largely scripted by Canadian and American script-writers, but with a number of Australian actors and with Australian directors. It followed the adventures of Dar, a warrior with a telepathic link to animals, and his companions Tao, Arina, and Kyra, as they dealt with a violent world in which tribal ties and magic were slowly giving way against the increasing power of technology.

Australian star Daniel Goddard contributed six scripts to the program, some sole authored and some written in collaboration with American script-writers. See note below for details.

1 form y separately published work icon Without Consent David William Boutland , ( dir. Michael Offer ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1996 Z1916457 1996 single work film/TV crime

'When a series of rapes occur all fingers point to one of Jane Halifax's patients. This can't be as Jane is his alibi. But why are the rapes exact reenactments of this patient's past attacks?'

Source: Screen Australia

1 form y separately published work icon Twisted Tales Duncan Ball , Neil Burman , Heather Christie , Daniel Krige , Gary N. Lines , Gabiann Marin , Louis Nowra , Tim Rolfe , Graeme Nixon , Simon Hunter , ( dir. David Caesar et. al. )agent Australia : Nine Network , 1996 Z1845993 1996 series - publisher film/TV horror

An anthology-style television program, like its British predecessor Tales of the Unexpected, Twisted Tales featured a weekly story of horror or the unexpected, each with a surprise ending. The program made use of a combination of emerging and experienced writers and directors. Each episode was introduced by Bryan Brown.

Twisted Tales was followed by Two Twisted.

1 4 form y separately published work icon Water Rats Anne Brooksbank , Peter Gawler , Denise Morgan , Sue Hore , Michael Miller , David Worthington , Michaeley O'Brien , Philip Dalkin , Peter Neale , David Phillips , Serge Lazareff , Ted Roberts , Kristen Dunphy , Deborah Parsons , Ray Harding , Tony Morphett , David Allen , Russell Hagg , Margaret Wilson , Ellie Beaumont , Chris Hawkshaw , Christine McCourt , Andrew Kelly , Grant McAloon , Elizabeth Packett , Bill Searle , Tim Pye , Adam Todd , Alexa Wyatt , John Banas , Graeme Koetsveld , Grant Fraser , Louise Crane , Tim Gooding , John O'Brien , Sam De Brito , Vicki Madden , Amanda Higgs , James Cohen , Rhett Gable , Brian Campbell , Margaret Morgan , John Hugginson , Tony Morphett , ( 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.

1 form y separately published work icon One Way Ticket Daniel Krige , ( dir. Michael Offer ) Australia : Nine Network , 1996 8124251 1996 single work film/TV horror
1 form y separately published work icon The Territorians Ted Roberts , ( dir. Michael Offer ) Australia : Robert Bruning Productions Channel 7 , 1996 6097481 1996 single work film/TV crime detective

'When Constable Tom Daly (Aaron Pedersen) of the Territory Police is thrown into the position of local man-in-charge, he fears the worst when he learns he is to be teamed up with Detective Sergeant Robert McCabe (Steven Vidler), a no-nonsense city cop with fixed ideas on how proceedings should be conducted. While Tom is a laid back Aboriginal Australian who relies on intuition when assessing situations, Robert is hard-nosed, meticulous and a man who goes strictly by the book. The spate of unexplained murders finds the two men sharing the dangers of the vast open desert space and rugged escarpments as they race against time in a painstaking hunt for a psychotic killer. Their forced time together also finds them combining their individual talents to become a formidable, investigative team.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 28/6/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon The Territorians Ted Roberts , ( dir. Michael Offer ) 1996 Australia : Robert Bruning Productions , 1996 24970613 1996 film/TV

"Two policemen – one British in every way, one an Aboriginal man born and bred in the Outback – are forced to combine their talents to solve a major crime."

Source: South Australia Made Showcase.

1 form y separately published work icon Lies of the Mind Jan Sardi , ( dir. Michael Offer ) Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995 Z1916447 1995 single work film/TV crime

'When Sharon Sinclair brutally murders her parents her psychiatrist informs the police he has been treating Sharon for multiple personality disorder. Forensic psychiatrist, Jane Halifax, is called in by the court to give a psychiatric assessment of Sharon.'

Source: Screen Australia

1 form y separately published work icon The Feds : Vengeance Tony McDonald , ( dir. Michael Offer ) Melbourne : Crawford Productions Nine Network , 1995 6058522 1995 single work film/TV crime detective
1 form y separately published work icon Law of the Land Glenda Hambly , Peter Gawler , Bill Garner , Galia Hardy , Shane Brennan , Ro Hume , John Coulter , Jan Sardi , Emma J. Steele , ( dir. Michael Offer et. al. )agent 1993 Australia : Roadshow Coote and Carroll Nine Network , 1993-1995 6019480 1993 series - publisher film/TV crime

Produced by the same television production company responsible for the successful medical drama G.P., Law of the Land moved away from the inner-city urbanity of G.P. Set in the fictional small town of Merringanee, series one involves the arrival in town of young magistrate Peter Lawrence, who (thanks to a stolen car and a long-buried body) learns that the locals have their own way of enforcing the law.

Series two involved a different character, Kate Chalmers, unravelling the truth behind Peter Lawrence's death.

The program ran to a total of four thirteen-episode series, yet it is obscure enough today that little information about it is readily available.

Cinematographer Brendan Lavelle did, however, contribute an article to Metro Magazine ('A Day in the Life: The Work of a Cinematographer', issue 99) while he was working on the series.

1 form y separately published work icon G. P. Sue Masters , Chris Anastassiades , Linda Aronson , Luis Bayonas , Shelley Birse , David William Boutland , Anne Brooksbank , Don Catchlove , Elizabeth Coleman , Judith Colquhoun , John Coulter , Michael Craig , Louise Crane , John Cundill , Joe Dowse , Kristen Dunphy , Matt Ford , Peter Gawler , Michael Gaylard , Howard Griffiths , Chris Hawkshaw , Noel Hodda , Ro Hume , Louise Johnson , Patricia Johnson , Andrew Kelly , Margaret Kelly , Carla Kettner , Joseph King , Peter A. Kinloch , Graeme Koetsveld , Susan MacGillicuddy , Rick Maier , Tony Maniaty , Grant McAloon , Christine McCourt , Lina Mckenzie , Stephen Measday , Jennifer Mellet , Michael Miller , Greg Millin , John Misto , Margaret Morgan , Tony Morphett , Mary Morris , Peter Neale , Carol Nemo , Alison Nisselle , Felicity Packard , Deborah Parsons , David Phillips , Tim Pye , Oliver Robb , Ted Roberts , Leon Saunders , Peter Schreck , Bill Searle , Mark Sims , Robyn Sinclair , Steve J. Spears , Caroline Stanton , Helen Steel , Charlie Strachan , Marnie Taylor , John Thomas , Keith Thompson , Katherine Thomson , Steven Vidler , Craig Wilkins , Carol Williams , Kris Wyld , Peter Yeldham , ( 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.

2 6 form y separately published work icon A Country Practice Graeme Ellis , Anne Brooksbank , Hugh Stuckey , David William Boutland , Moya Wood , Leon Saunders , Luis Bayonas , James Davern , Roger Dunn , David Sale , Peter A. Kinloch , Keith Thompson , Chris Thomson , Tony Morphett , Denise Morgan , Christine McCourt , Gwenda Marsh , David Allen , Christine Schofield , Ro Hume , Galia Hardy , Marcus Cooney , Beverley Phillips , Don J. Townshend , Margaret Mitchell , Michael Aitkens , Patricia Johnson , Sheila Sibley , Margaret Kelly , Judith Colquhoun , Agi Schreck , Mary Wright , John Graham , Ted Roberts , Michael Brindley , Forrest Redlich , Anthony Wheeler , Michael Freundt , Russell E. Webb , Bill Searle , Cliff Green , Foveaux Kirby , Helen Steel , Howard Griffiths , Suzanne Hawley , Terry Larsen , Serge Lazareff , Helen Boyd , Carol Williams , David Worthington , Ray Harding , Bevan Lee , Stephen Measday , Patrea Smallacombe , Shane Brennan , Betty Quin , Graeme Koetsveld , Tim Pye , Jenny Sharp , Bob Herbert , Tom Galbraith , Alister Webb , David Phillips , Andrew Kennedy , Craig Wilkins , Grant Fraser , Sally Webb , Caroline Stanton , Chris Roache , Geoff Newton , David Marsh , Colin Free , Thomas Mitchell , Brett Mitchell , Steve J. Spears , Louise Crane , Ian David , Robyn Sinclair , Micky Bennett , Linden Wilkinson , Terry Fogarty , Michael Cove , Patrick Flanagan , Peter Neale , Peter Lavelle , Julieanne Stewart , Sally Irwin , John Hanlon , David Henry , Jenni Kubler , Jo Barcelon , John Misto , Katherine Thomson , Neville Brown , Margaret Morgan , Susan Bower , Sean Nash , John Lonie , Paul Spinks , Christifor McTrustry , Andrew Kelly , Charlie Strachan , Susan Bower , James Balian , Peter Dann , Michael Harvey , Jerome Ehlers , Jo Horsburgh , Jeff Truman , Rod Rees , Peter Gawler , Linda Aronson , Catherine Millar , Lynn Bayonas , James Davern , ( dir. Igor Auzins et. al. )agent Sydney Australia : JNP Films Seven Network , 1981-1993 Z1699739 1981-1994 series - publisher film/TV

Set in a small, fictional, New South Wales country town called Wandin Valley, A Country Practice focused on the staffs of the town's medical practice and local hospital and on the families of the doctors, nurses, and patients. Many of the episodes also featured guest characters (frequently patients served by the practice) through whom various social and medical problems were explored. Although often considered a soap opera, the series was not built around an open-ended narrative; instead, the two one-hour episodes screened per week formed a self-contained narrative block, though many of the storylines were developed as sub-plots for several episodes before becoming the focus of a particular week's storyline. While the focus was on topical issues such as youth unemployment, suicide, drug addiction, HIV/AIDS, and terminal illness, the program did sometimes explore culturally sensitive issues, including, for example, the Aboriginal community and their place in modern Australian society.

Among the show's principal characters were Dr Terence Elliott, local policeman Sergeant Frank Gilroy, Esme Watson, Shirley Dean Gilroy, Bob Hatfield, Vernon 'Cookie' Locke, and Matron Margaret 'Maggie' Sloan. In addition to its regularly rotating cast of characters, A Country Practice also had a cast of semi-regulars who would make appearances as the storylines permitted. Interestingly, while the series initially targeted the adult and older youth demographic, it became increasingly popular with children over the years.

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