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Alternative title: The Diplomat
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 False Witness
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Film Details - Screentime , 2009

Producers:

Justin Bodle (executive producer).
Peter Andrikidis (producer).
Sam Thompson (line producer).
Richard Mewis (development producer).

Production Companies:

Screentime.

Finance Organisations:

NSW Film and Television Office.
Screen Australia.

Director of Photography:

Owen McPolin and Mark Wareham.

Editors:

Neil Thumpston.

Production Designers:

Kim Buddee.

Music:

Burkhard von Dallwitz.

Cast:

Including Dougray Scott (Ian Porter), Rachael Blake (Detective Chief Inspector Julie Hales), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Mark Wilson), Richard Roxburgh (Charles Van Koors), Claire Forlani (Pippa Porter), Don Hany (Sergei Krousov), Elan Zavelsky (Nikolai Krousov), Jonny Pasvolsky (Antonio Morelli), Tony Martin (Bill Murray), Socratis Otto (Shannon Cross), and Stephen Curry (Detective Sergeant Neil Trent).

Release Dates:

World premiere on Australia's UKTV (a BBC Channel) on the Foxtel platform on Sunday January 11 at 8.30pm.

Location:

  • Filmed on location in Sydney, London, and Tajikistan.

Post Production:

Huzzah Sound (sound post-production).
The LaB Sydney (high-definition post-production).

Awards:

  • Astra Award, Most Outstanding Drama (won), 2010.
  • Astra Award, Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male (nominated), 2010.
  • ADG Award (Australian Directors Guild), Best Direction in a TV Mini-Series (nominated), 2009.
  • AFI Award, Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama (nomination), 2009.
  • AFI Award, Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama (nomination), 2009.
  • AFI Award, Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (nomination), 2009.
  • AFI Award, Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (nomination), 2009.
  • AFI Award, Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (nomination), 2009.
  • AFI Award, Best Direction in Television (nomination), 2009.
  • Screen Music Award, Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie (nominated), 2009.
  • ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Sound for a Tele-Feature, Mini-Series or Short Run Series (nomination), 2009.
Subjects:
  • 2000s
Settings:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • London,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Tajikistan,
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    Central Asia, Asia,
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