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Film Details - Frontline Television Productions ; ABC Television , 1994-1997

Producers:

Michael Hirsh (executive producer); Debra Herman, Emma McLean, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, and Rob Sitch (producers).

Production Companies:

Working Dog Productions, Frontline Television Productions, and Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Director of Photography:

Santo Cilauro.

Music:

Craig Harnath.

Cast:

Including Rob Sitch (Mike Moore), Jane Kennedy (Brooke Vandenberg), Tiriel Mora (Martin di Stasio), Alison Whyte (Emma Ward), Santo Cilauro (Geoffrey Salter), Anita Smith (Domenica Baroni), Linda Ross (Shelley Cohen), Pip Mushin (Stuart O'Hallaran), Trudy Hellier (Kate Preston), Torquil Neilson (Jason Cotter), Boris Conley (Elliot Rhodes), Marcus Eyre (Hugh Tabbagh), Genevieve Mooy (Jan Whelan), Bruno Lawrence (Brian Thompson), Kevin J. Wilson (Sam Murphy), Steve Bisley (Graeme Prowse), Peter Stratford (Bob Cavell), and Eng Aun Khor (Khor the Cleaner).

Release Dates:

9 May 1994 (Australia).

Location:

Filmed in Melbourne.

Awards:

Best Episode in a Television Drama ('Epitaph'), AFI Award, 1997.
Best Screenplay in a Television Drama ('Epitaph'), AFI Award, 1997.
Best Episode in a Television Drama ('Keeping Up Appearances'). AFI Award, 1996.
Best Episode in a Television Drama ('The Siege'), AFI Award, 1995.
Most Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, Logie Award, 1998.
Most Outstanding Series, Logie Award, 1998.

Notes:

List of episodes (series one):
All episodes written by Santo Cilauro, Tom Glesiner, Jane Kennedy, and Rob Sitch.

1. The Souffle Rises
2. The Desert Angel
3. City of Fear
4. She's Got the Look
5. The Siege
6. Playing the Ego Card
7. We Ain't Got Dames
8. The Art of Gentle Persuasion
9. The Invisible Man
10. ... Add Sex and Stir
11. Smaller Fish to Fry
12. Judge and Jury
13. This Night of Nights

List of episodes (series two):
All episodes written by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, and Rob Sitch.

1. One Big Family
2. Workin' Class Man
3. Heroes and Villains
4. Office Mole
5. Basic Instincts
6. Let the Children Play
7. Divide the Community, Multiply the Ratings
8. Keeping Up Appearances
9. All Work and No Fame
10. Changing the Face of Current Affairs
11. A Man of His Convictions
12. The Great Pretenders
13. Give 'Em Enough Rope

List of episodes (series three):
All episodes written by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, and Rob Sitch.

1. Dick on the Line
2. My Generation
3. The Shadow We Cast
4. One Rule for One
5. A Hole in the Heart, Part One
6. A Hole in the Heart, Part Two
7. The Simple Life
8. I Get the Big Names
9. The Art of the Interview
10. 'I' Disease
11. Addicted to Fame
12. The Code
13. Epitaph

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