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Five aspiring singers must navigate the difficulties of the music industry after they compete in reality television program Pop Rush and find themselves as the newly manufactured girl group Harlow.

Based on an original idea from Belinda Chapple, one of the original members of girl group Bardot (which emerged from reality television program Popstars).

Sources include

https://if.com.au/10-reveals-cast-of-helium-pictures-paper-dolls/

'Catalina Parkes Pérez (Cat to her friends) is like any other teenager who wants to fight the powers that be. There’s just one complication: her mother is the Prime Minister of Australia.'

Source: Screen Australia.

'Charismatic retail mogul and serial bad mum ‘Sando’ moves back in with her estranged family in an effort to recapture their glory days in this tale of the prodigal parent.'

Source: Screen Australia.

'When he is knocked off his pedestal and on to the Impaired Registrants Program, prodigal Sydney surgeon and party boy Hugh Knight must return to his family home in rural Whyhope where he might learn to swallow his pride and mend his ways – or not.'

Source: Production blurb.

'After bankruptcy and a mental breakdown, former high-flyer Timothy returns to live with his parents in Wollongong. Life with the demanding Timothy may not be easy, but it will never be boring. ' (Production summary)

'It's A Date is a comedy series exploring the trials and tribulations of the world of dating. The eight-part narrative comedy series features an extraordinary mix of Australia's most respected performers including Gold Logie award-winners Asher Keddie, Kate Ritchie, John Wood and Lisa McCune alongside stars of the stage and screen Stephen Curry, Sibylla Budd, Shane Jacobson, Sophie Lowe, Nadine Garner, Pia Miranda, Peter Helliar, Lawrence Mooney, Ian Smith, and from the UK, comedy superstar Ross Noble in a rare TV acting role. Alongside these seasoned performers are some of Australia's best emerging comedy talents including Jess Harris, Ronny Chieng, Kate McLennan, Luke McGregor and Nazeem Hussain.

'It's A Date explores the tension, expectation and complication of finding true love. Each episode thematically links two self-contained dates as they bravely head toward desire or disaster.

'Each new episode features a different cast tackling a different set of situations and addressing a new question

each week. Should you have sex on a first date? Does age matter? How accurate are first impressions? How important is honesty on a first date? These are just some of the questions and issues addressed in series one of It's A Date.' (Source: ABC 1 website)

'... 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)