Fiona Banks Fiona Banks i(A152196 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 form y separately published work icon Human Error Samantha Winston , Greg Haddrick , Gregor Jordan , ( dir. Fiona Banks et. al. )agent Australia : Roadshow Rough Diamond Nine Network , 2023 25136092 2023 series - publisher film/TV

'Human Error follows Detective Holly O’Rourke and her homicide team as a seemingly open-and-shut murder investigation threatens to destroy her career, her family, and her faith in justice. [...] As she scrambles to redeem her personal and professional reputation, Holly and her team uncover a criminal conspiracy that will change their lives forever.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1 form y separately published work icon Just Murdered Deb Cox , ( dir. Fiona Banks ) Melbourne : Every Cloud Productions Seven Network , 2019 21842190 2019 single work film/TV

'Set in swinging '60s Melbourne, the gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew, Phryne Fisher, goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea. Peregrine sets out to become a world-class private detective in her own right with the unerring guidance of The Adventuresses' Club, a group of exceptional women of which her celebrated aunt was a member. A natural rule breaker, Peregrine is fearless, fun, and charmingly down-to-earth. Despite failing at a number of jobs - hairdresser, typist and sales girl - her survival instincts have kept her afloat. Armed with an impressive collection of life skills and having recently lost her dependent mother, Peregrine is perfectly poised for a new and challenging life and looking for a sense of belonging. She's a self-starter with an innate curiosity, moral integrity and an acute sense of justice; all of which delivers her an instinct for solving crimes.' (Source : IMDB)

1 form y separately published work icon Five Bedrooms Christine Bartlett , Mithila Gupta , Michael Lucas , Xavier Coy , ( dir. Fiona Banks et. al. )agent Australia : Hoodlum Entertainment , 2019 16508273 2019 series - publisher film/TV

Five Bedrooms 'revolves around five strangers, all misfits, who find themselves at a singles table at a wedding. After an excess of alcohol they decide the solution to all their problems is buying a big five bedroom house together. Stewart is Liz, a once high-flying lawyer who has fallen from grace. Peacocke is Ben, a tradie who lives in a caravan. Younane is Heather, a middle-aged woman who is at the crossroads of her life and landlord to Ainsley (Robertson). Ainsley is secretly in love with Lachlan (Sheridan), who has a toxic marriage with Melanie (Jenkinson). Joseph is Harry, an Indian surgeon who cannot bring himself to tell his mother that he’s gay.'

Source: IF Magazine (https://www.if.com.au/peter-templeman-explains-why-hoodlums-five-bedrooms-rings-true/). (Sighted: 13/05/2019)

1 form y separately published work icon Ms Fisher's MODern Murder Mysteries Deb Cox , Samantha Winston , Jo Martino , Alli Parker , Matt Kazacos , Felicity Packard , Michael Miller , Elizabeth Coleman , Trent Roberts , Fiona Eagger , Deb Cox , ( dir. Fiona Banks et. al. )agent Melbourne : Every Cloud Productions Seven Network All3media International Acorn TV , 2019 14205116 2019 series - publisher film/TV crime historical fiction

'Set in 1964, audiences will meet the gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher who inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea. Peregrine must prove herself brilliant enough to become a world class private detective in her own right.'

Source: Screen Australia (https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2018/07-26-ms-fisher-modern-to-swing-onto-tv-screens). (Sighted: 26/7/2018)

1 form y separately published work icon Mustangs FC Michael Miller , Kirsty Fisher , Rae Earl , Warren Clarke , Magda Wozniak , Shanti Gudgeon , Alix Beane , Jonathan Gavin , ( dir. Tori Garrett et. al. )agent Australia : Matchbox Pictures Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2017-2020 13571309 2017 series - publisher film/TV children's

'A comedy drama which follows a group of girls who abandon the sidelines to start their football club's first all-girl team.'

Source: Production blurb.

1 13 form y separately published work icon Jack Irish Andrew Anastasios , Matt Cameron , Andrew Knight , Elise McCredie , ( dir. Kieran Darcy-Smith et. al. )agent 2016 Australia : Essential Media and Entertainment , 2016- 9260516 2016 series - publisher film/TV crime

Jack Irish becomes entangled in a missing persons case, which leads to a false accusation of murder, and a mystery that stretches to a remote village in the Philippines.

2 18 form y separately published work icon The Doctor Blake Mysteries Tim Pye , Jane Allen , Chris Corbett , Stuart Page , Chelsea Cassio , Pete McTighe , Marcia Gardner , Michael Miller , Roger Monk , Jeff Truman , Paul Oliver , Sarah Lambert , David Hannam , Vicki Madden , Paul Jenner , Eloise Healey , ( dir. Andrew Prowse et. al. )agent 2013 Australia : December Media Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2013-2017 Z1913390 2013 series - publisher film/TV mystery crime

'Dr Lucien Blake, a keeper of secrets, a solver of mysteries, returns home to 1959 Ballarat after a 30-year absence to take over his deceased father's medical practice, and starts solving crimes.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 19/4/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon MDA Medical Defence Australia Felicity Packard , Greg Haddrick , Kylie Needham , Fiona Wood , Rob George , John O'Brien , Bill Garner , Deborah Parsons , Ray Harding , Peter Neale , Meaghan Smith , Peter Gawler , Chris Roache , Sue Hore , John Misto , Greg Millin , David Trevor , Louise Le Nay , Jane Allen , Margaret Mitchell , Jessica Frank , David William Boutland , Tony Morphett , Judith Colquhoun , Caroline Stanton , Edwina Searle , Tracey Trinder-Doig , ( dir. Shawn Seet et. al. )agent Australia : Screentime Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2002-2005 Z1881854 2002-2005 series - publisher film/TV crime

'Enter the world of Medical Defence Australia, a medico-legal organisation that exists to defend doctors and where necessary compensate patients. All cases at MDA combine elements of law and medicine so each case is managed by a doctor and a lawyer who agree on how to proceed. It's a unique organisation that delves into morally complex and emotion filled relationships between doctors and patients.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive (http://www.australiantelevision.net/mda/mda.html). (Sighted: 22/2/2013)

1 6 form y separately published work icon Blue Heelers Tony Morphett , Hal McElroy , Seven Network (publisher), Tony Morphett , Ysabelle Dean , Howard Griffiths , Ted Roberts , Greg Haddrick , Graeme Koetsveld , Anne Brooksbank , John Upton , Peter A. Kinloch , Tim Gooding , Ray Harding , Everett de Roche , Judith Colquhoun , Patrick Edgeworth , Justin Glockerla , Stephen Measday , Sue Hore , Alan Hopgood , John Lord , Rachel Lewis , John Coulter , Hugh Stuckey , Peter Gawler , David Allen , Cassandra Carter , Michaeley O'Brien , Fred Clarke , Margaret Plumb , John Wood , Leon Saunders , Wal Saunders , Russell Hagg , Ruth Field , Shane Brennan , Max Singer , Michael Winter , David Phillips , John Banas , Jennifer Rowe , David William Boutland , Annie Beach , David Worthington , Peter Dick , Robert Harris , Louise Crane , Chris Phillips , David Marsh , Jenny Lewis , Rick Held , Kathie Armstrong , Emma Honey , Bill Garner , Beverley Evans , Anthony Ellis , Mary McCormick , David Anthony , Carol Williams , Matthew Williams , Paul Davies , Craig Wilkins , Roger Dunn , Mary Graham , Harry Jordan , Geraldine Pilkington , Caroline Stanton , Grace Morris , Piers Hobson , Lyn Ogilvy , Deborah Parsons , Bob Cameron , Brian Bell , Kelly Lefever , Karin Altmann , Coral Drouyn , Jon Stephens , Marieke Hardy , Michael Brindley , Harriet Smith , Jo Merle , Chris Corbett , Tom Hegarty , Abe Pogos , Petra Graf , Anne Melville , Julie O'Brien , Peter Hepworth , Rob George , Jane Allen , Noel Maloney , Michael Voigt , Maureen Sherlock , Alison Nisselle , Elizabeth Coleman , John Ridley , Stuart Page , Jeff Truman , Rohan Trollope , Vicki Madden , Forrest Redlich , Jo Kasch , James Dunbar , Kylie Needham , Samantha Winston , ( dir. Mark Callan et. al. )agent 1994 Sydney Australia : Hal McElroy Southern Star Seven Network , 1994-2006 Z1367353 1994 series - publisher film/TV crime

A character-based television drama series about the lives of police officers in the fictitious Australian country town of Mt Thomas, this series began with the arrival of Constable Maggie Doyle (Lisa McCune) to the Mt Thomas station in the episode 'A Woman's Place'. Doyle and avuncular station boss Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon (John Wood) were the core characters of the series until the departure of Lisa McCune.

Immensely popular for a decade, Blue Heelers was cancelled in 2006 after thirteen seasons. The announcement was front-page news in Australia's major newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney's Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun and The Age in Melbourne, and Brisbane's Courier Mail.

On June 8, 2006 Ross Warneke wrote in The Age:

'It's over and, to be perfectly blunt, there's no use lamenting the demise of Blue Heelers any more. When the final movie-length episode aired on Channel Seven on Sunday night, 1.5 million Australians tuned in, a figure that was big enough to give the show a win in its timeslot but nowhere near big enough to pay the sort of tribute that this writer believes Heelers deserved after more than 500 episodes. It is unlikely there will be anything like it again. At almost $500,000 an hour, shows such as Blue Heelers are quickly becoming the dinosaurs of Australian TV.'

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