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1 form y separately published work icon 100% Wolf : The Book of Hath Tess Meyer , Fin Edquist , Josephine Dee Barrett , Charlotte Rose Hamlyn , Jean Tong , Sarinah Masukor , David Park , Michelle Offen , Lawrence Leung , Timothy Groenendyk , Antony Webb , Tracey Defty , Miley Tunnecliffe , ( dir. Jacquie Trowell et. al. )agent Australia : Flying Bark Productions , 2023 26049091 2023 series - publisher film/TV children's

'[W]ere-poodle Freddy and his friends return to Howlington to broaden their understanding of werewolf lore and magic, putting this knowledge into practise as they face their most formidable foes yet. Our heroes go paw to paw with ancient dark magic in an epic battle through time and space to save Milford, werewolves, and the world as we know it.'

Source: ScreenWest (https://www.screenwest.com.au/news/latest-news/100-wolf-book-of-hath-premiering-1-may-on-abc/).

1 form y separately published work icon MaveriX Sam Meikle , Fin Edquist , Michelle Offen , Kelly Schilling , Sarinah Masukor , ( dir. Isaac Elliott et. al. )agent Australia : Brindle Films Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2022 21974555 2022 series - publisher film/TV children's

Six gifted juniormotocross riders spent the summer holidays in Central Australia.

1 1 form y separately published work icon Beat Bugs Joshua Wakely , Cleon Prineas , Erica Harrison , Michael Stokes , Katherine Thomson , John Armstrong , Jennifer Daley , Kym Goldsworthy , Brian Hartigan , Deborah Jarvis , Joshua Mapleston , Karen Moonah , Kate Mulvany , Michelle Offen , Keith Thompson , Tamara Asmar , 2016 Australia Canada : 11:11 Creations Production 1 Beyond International Atomic Cartoons Thunderbird Productions , 2016 9752736 2016 series - publisher film/TV children's fantasy

'Beat Bugs is an animated series, revolving around the lives and adventures of five charming and funny child-like bugs who live in an overgrown American-style backyard.' (Production summary)

1 2 form y separately published work icon The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill Fin Edquist , Bruce Griffiths , Charlotte Rose Hamlyn , Zoe Harrington , Sam Meikle , Michelle Offen , Cleon Prineas , Giula Sandler , Jane Schneider , R. A. Spratt , Adam Smith , Jason Tammemagi , ( dir. Andrew Collins et. al. )agent Australia : Flying Bark Productions , 2016 10444995 2016 series - publisher film/TV children's fantasy

Commissioned by the Seven Network for channel 7TWO, this series features a slightly older Blinky, defending his outback home with the help of his friend Jacko, a frill-necked lizard.

1 form y separately published work icon Tashi Cleon Prineas , Fin Edquist , Giula Sandler , Zoe Harrington , Sam Meikle , Michelle Offen , Alexa Moses , Joshua Tyler , David Evans , Jane Bodie , Laurent Auclair , Charlotte Rose Hamlyn , ( dir. Marc Wasik et. al. )agent Australia : Buzz Studios Flying Bark Productions , 2014 6911480 2014 series - publisher film/TV adventure fantasy

'When young Jack is bundled off and sent to stay with distant relatives in a far off land, he has no idea quite how much his life is about to change.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 14/1/2014)

For a (currently incomplete) list of episodes, authors, and airdates, see Film Details.

1 form y separately published work icon Blood at the Wheel Michelle Offen , ( dir. Sian Davies ) Byron Bay : Every Cloud Productions , 2013 7081240 2013 single work film/TV crime

'In the fast-moving world of an all-women's motorcar garage, Phryne's mechanic Ailsa is preparing for an annual rally put on by the Victorian Automobile Association. Everything changes when Gerty, the driver for the ladies' team, is found dead in her roadster. The crash deals a solid blow to the case for women drivers and has Phryne up in arms struggling to convince Jack that her friend's death was no accident.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 26/2/2014)

1 5 form y separately published work icon Tricky Business Greg Haddrick , Jeff Truman , Felicity Packard , Tamara Asmar , Fiona Kelly , Michelle Offen , John Misto , Jane Allen , John Banas , Pete McTighe , Chris Hawkshaw , Elizabeth Coleman , Screentime (publisher), ( dir. Shawn Seet et. al. )agent 2012 Australia : Screentime , 2012 Z1859845 2012 series - publisher film/TV

'13 episode series about a family that runs a debt collection business.

Warm, funny and moving, Tricky Business looks at the lengths people go to get themselves out of trouble - financial trouble, emotional trouble, growing up trouble, relationship trouble... things we all have to deal with at some time or other. Nine's exciting new Aussie family drama looks at the lengths people go to get themselves out of trouble.'

(Source: Channel Nine website)

1 2 form y separately published work icon Conspiracy 365 Michelle Offen , Kristen Dunphy , Michael Miller , Kris Wyld , Michael Brindley , Mark Shirrefs , Julie Lacy , Sam Carroll , Shanti Gudgeon , ( dir. Paul Goldman et. al. )agent 2012 Australia : Circa Entertainment , 2012 Z1828106 2012 series - publisher film/TV children's crime mystery

'Conspiracy 365 is the story of a year in the life of teenager Cal Ormond, who is forced to go on the run and become a fugitive as he searches for the truth behind a deadly family secret.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive (Sighted: 5/4/2013)

1 14 form y separately published work icon Wild Boys Sarah Smith , Julie McGauran , John Ridley , James Walker , Dave Warner , Michelle Offen , Sarah Smith , Sam Meikle , ( dir. Jeffrey Walker et. al. )agent Australia : Southern Star Entertainment Seven Network , 2011 Z1802435 2011 series - publisher film/TV adventure

'In Hopetoun there are few rules... And even fewer willing to follow them.

'In this town moral codes are muddied by circumstance and opportunity. There's gold for the taking, cash being splashed and power wielded ruthlessly with little regard for right and wrong. It's hard to know the good guys from the bad when guns, blades and fists speak louder than any law.

'This is the world of the Wild Boys, a high-energy adventure series about a gang of bushrangers whose charisma is as captivating and entertaining as their extreme exploits in the Australian bush.

'Set in 1860s NSW at the frontier - where gold has lured the opportunistic away from the still fledgling main colonies - Wild Boys follows four men on the outside of the law as they come up against authority, the rich and greedy and the foibles of their own hearts.

'Jack, Dan, Conrad and Captain Gunpowder are the Wild Boys.

'Jack wants enough gold to head west, buy land and settle down with Mary, Hopetoun's publican, butcher and brothel owner.

'Dan wants enough gold to head west and buy women (any women, really).

'Captain Gunpowder just wants to have fun with Jack, Dan and his cache of explosives (and maybe win the heart of a certain school teacher).

'And Conrad doesn't really care about money; he just wants to elope with the mayor's daughter Emilia.

The Wild Boys are making plans for the future, but for now they will have to make do with each other - staging hold-ups and keeping one step ahead of traps, trackers, and other outlaws.

'The question is: Are they smart enough to stay ahead of Fuller, Fife and Scanlon (each of whom has a very good reason to want the Wild Boys dead)?'

Source: Wild Boys official website )http://au.tv.yahoo.com/wild-boys/) (Sighted: 30/08/2011)

1 9 form y separately published work icon East West 101 Kristen Dunphy , Kris Wyld , Michael Miller , Kris Mrksa , Michelle Offen , Sherine Salama , David Ogilvy , Vanessa Bates , Katherine Thomson , Steve Knapman , Steve Knapman , Kris Wyld , ( dir. Peter Andrikidis ) Australia : SBS Television Knapman Wyld Television , 2009-2011 Z1643485 2009-2011 series - publisher film/TV (taught in 1 units)

Series One of East West 101 focuses on two men whose destinies are irrevocably intertwined. Malik is driven by a hunger for justice. He was twelve when a masked gunman held up the family shop. Malik refused to hand over the money and his father was subsequently shot and injured. He later joined the police force and has been looking for the shadowy figure who pulled the trigger. When he finally finds him, Malik's belief in the justice system is challenged by a powerful desire for revenge. As he hunts down the truth, it is revealed that one of his colleagues, Crowley, had a part to play in the original investigation. Crowley is a man whose vision has been blighted by pain and prejudice. His son, Paul, was found dead of an overdose on drugs sold to him by a Lebanese dealer. When the drug dealer who sold Paul the heroin is found murdered, Internal Affairs come asking questions.

In Season Two, East West 101 expands to seven episodes as the Major Crime Squad investigate crime and murder in all quarters of multicultural Sydney. But overarching all is the quest for Detective Zane Malik to find the truth behind a car bomb attack which kills two men. The Major Crime Squad form a joint task force with the NSO (National Security Organisation) to deal with the crime. There is paranoia in the city and fallout on the Muslim community. Malik knows that in order to stop the circle of hate, he must solve the crime. Was the bomb really an act of extremists, as the media suggest, or a sophisticated killing by a career criminal? Malik doggedly pursues the truth until he, too, becomes a target. Inspector Patricia Wright questions his motives but her vision is clouded by personal issues that she wants to keep hidden from the squad. Crime has touched her own family.

Season Three : The Hero's Journey. 'In [this] third season of East West 101, the Major Crime Squad investigates a 36 million dollar robbery in Australia and its connections to the murder of 17 people in Afghanistan. Is the robbery to fund an act of terror by military trained radicals, or the work of sophisticated criminals? For Detective Zane Malik the case has savage personal and professional ramifications. Malik is obstructed in his quest to find those responsible by the interference of newcomer Detective Neil Travis. Travis has fought in Iraq and his attitude and approach to the investigation cause conflict with Malik. In the hunt for an elusive foe, ultimately both men are forced to confront what makes a man a hero, or a coward...'

(Source: East West 101, SBS website)

1 2 form y separately published work icon Rush Southern Star John Edwards (publisher), Christopher Lee , Todd Boland , Adam Todd , Alice Bell , Samantha Winston , Justin Monjo , Leon Ford , Jessica Redenbach , Andrew Prowse , Sam Carroll , John Ridley , Jeff Truman , Keith Thompson , Louise Fox , Tony McNamara , Kris Mrksa , Michelle Offen , John O'Brien , Tim Alexander , Shelley Birse , Kylie Needham , Steve Rodgers , Rene Zandweld , Meaghan Rodriguez , Todd Winston , David Caesar , Jonathan Gavin , Tim Dylan Lee , Vanessa Bates , Michael Boland , Ben Chessell , Raquel Stevens , ( dir. Andrew Prowse et. al. )agent 2008 Australia : Southern Star John Edwards Network Ten , 2008-2011 Z1622238 2008 series - publisher film/TV crime

'... a contemporary action drama series set in a critical incident police unit, providing an insider's view of police under pressure. Our heroes are a mobile squad trained to be smarter, tactically superior and technologically advantaged.'

Source: Australian Television website, www.australiantelevision.net (sighted 08/09/2009)

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