David Rapsey David Rapsey i(A56141 works by)
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1970-1979
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1 form y separately published work icon Wormwood Alex Burrows , Jutta Goetze , Piers Hobson , Sue Hore , David Rapsey , Maureen Sherlock , Meaghan Smith , James Beard , John Coulter , Elizabeth Huntley , ( dir. Mark DeFriest et. al. )agent Western Australia : Great Western Entertainment , 2007 Z1845696 2007 series - publisher film/TV children's fantasy

Based on various short stories by Paul Jennings, Wormwood follows the happenings in the small town of Wormwood, where the fact that the town's economy is based on the production and sale of worm excrement is not the strangest thing about the place.

Previous television series based on Jennings's short stories were Driven Crazy and Round the Twist.

1 form y separately published work icon Pirate Islands : A Modern Girl in a Pirate World Stephen Davis , Annie Fox , Michael Joshua , Peter A. Kinloch , Meg Mappin , Kris Mrksa , David Phillips , David Rapsey , Jo Watson , Kier Shorey , ( dir. Richard Jasek et. al. )agent Australia : Jonathan M. Shiff Productions Network Ten , 2003 Z1850345 2003 series - publisher film/TV children's young adult fantasy adventure science fiction

Fifteen-year-old Kate and her two younger siblings, Nicholas and Sarah, are accidentally zapped inside Kate's current video-gaming obsession: Pirate Islands, a swashbuckling action-adventure game. Now the children--and the island's existing population of castaway children, led by the fearless Mars--must battle the fearsome Captain Blackheart if they wish to get back to their own world.

The program is structured around the generic conventions of video gaming: the protagonists must find a powerful object (the Golden Idol) in order to exit the game; the islands contain 'power ups', namely a jet-pack and magic boots, that give the protagonists super-human powers; and the location is divided into several distinct environments that the protagonists can explore (Castaway Island, Haunted Island, Plant Island, Main Island, and Secret Island).

The program has never been released on DVD in its entirety, but was cut down and released as two films.

1 form y separately published work icon Li'l Horrors Ray Boseley , Glen Dolman , Annie Fox , Robert Greenberg , Peter Hepworth , Brendan Luno , Clare Madsen , David Phillips , David Rapsey , Hugh Stuckey , Penelope Trevor , Anthony Watt , Kevin Nemeth , Beverley Macdonald , Jamie Forbes , Meg Mappin , Chris Anastassiades , Adam Todd , Nancy Groll , ( dir. Chris Langman et. al. )agent Australia : December Films , 2000 Z1856886 2000 series - publisher film/TV children's humour horror

A live-action puppet show, Li'l Horrors followed the misadventures of the students at a school run by Morbidda Bates, a retired horror-film actress. The students included examples of key monsters from horror films: vampires, Frankenstein's monster, gorgons, mummies, zombies, werewolves, and swamp creatures.

According to December Films' press release for the series:

Li'l Horrors is a children's puppet sitcom specifically produced for the 5-8 year old age group. This is an age group who are currently not well catered for. Much programming is made for pre-schoolers and for 9 year olds and above. Li'l Horrors is created for this in between age group. It does not talk down to its audience or aim over its head. It is, however, infused with enough wit and off-the-wall humour to engage an even wider audience. Aimed well at [its] target audience, it is modern, slick, sly, funny and irreverent.

The program also focuses strongly on difference, with each of the characters quite strongly physically different from one another, as well as widely different in behavious and characteristics.

1 form y separately published work icon Raw FM 99.9. Raw FM Alison Tilson , Meaghan Smith , Elise McCredie , Andrew O'Sullivan , Luke Devenish , David Rapsey , Ray Argall , Katherine Gillick , Ranald Allan , Judi McCrossin , Jacquelin Perske , Glenda Hambly , ( dir. Aleksi Vellis et. al. )agent Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation Generation Films , 1997 Z1890778 1997 series - publisher film/TV

'99.9 RAW FM is the story of a community radio station that gets a licence to broadcast for a week, then for a further 90 days and then becomes a success. A phenomenal, unstoppable, ratings blitz smash.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 28/11/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon Mercury Sonia Borg , John Cundill , Glenda Hambly , David Rapsey , Deborah Parsons , Bill Garner , Sue Hore , Cliff Green , Cliff Green , ( dir. Kate Woods et. al. )agent Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1996 Z1889211 1996 series - publisher film/TV

'Set in a newspaper, MERCURY looks at the lives of journalists and their relationships with the paper and each other.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1 form y separately published work icon Haydaze David Rapsey , John Rapsey , ( dir. Chris Langman et. al. )agent Barron Entertainment Network Ten , 1990 Z845006 1990 series - publisher film/TV children's humour adventure

The Carmichaels, an old family of pioneering stock, clash with the 'back to basics' city-bred family who buy the neighbouring farm.

1 form y separately published work icon Kicking Around Joan Ambrose , ( dir. David Rapsey ) Perth : Barron Entertainment , 1982 Z1812678 1982 series - publisher film/TV children's

A resourceful but under-funded soccer team is established by players in their early teens, living in a working-class area of Fremantle. With the assistance of their coach (a former soccer star) and team manager, they struggle against better-financed teams in the Junior League competition.

According to Moran in his Guide to Australian TV Series, 'The young cast was mainly drawn from Fremantle schools and all had played soccer, though few had any acting experience'.

1 form y separately published work icon Falcon Island Joan Ambrose , Greg Shultz , ( dir. Peter Maxwell et. al. )agent Perth : Excalibur Nominees , 1981 Z1670521 1981 series - publisher film/TV children's adventure

Falcon Island follows the adventures of three children: Paul, Jocko, and Kathy. Their activities bring them up against smugglers and sandminers as they attempt to preserve the wreck of a Dutch galleon, the Golden Falcon. Their escapades also invariably involve their family and friends on the small island community. The episodes were continuous and frequently ended with the children being caught up in some dangerous or suspenseful situation.

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