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E Street (TV Series)
''E Street'' is an Australian television soap opera created by Forrest Redlich and produced by his production company, Westside Television Productions, for Network Ten. It was broadcast twice weekly, from Wednesday, 24 January 1989 to Thursday, 20 May 1993. The series won several Logie awards. ''E Street'' is short for Eden Street, which is based in a tough fictional inner-city district called ''Westside.'' The action of the soap opera revolves around the local community. The soap opera, '' Richmond Hill'', which was produced by the Grundy Organization, was cancelled by Network Ten to make way for ''E Street''. ''E Street'' initially rated poorly in Australia, but early audience research indicated that it had attracted both a significant proportion of the 14–35 audience demographic and a large male viewership. After a radical overhaul of the show, revised storylines and updated characters targeting the niche demographics, the ratings steadily climbed. ''E Street'' ran for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is '' Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westerdeich
''Westerdeich'' is a German television series, based on the Belgian television series '' Wittekerke'', which, in turn, was a remake of the Australian soap opera, '' E Street''. ''E Street'' originally aired from 1989 to 1993 on Network Ten, a commercial TV network in Australia, and was created by Forrest Redlich. In English, ''Westerdeich'' literally means ''West-dike'' - but a more accurate translation would probably be ''Westside'' - this is also the name of the district in which the original series, ''E Street'', was set. The serial ran on the TV channel RTL from 29 January 1995, and was always shown weekly on Sunday evenings. There was one season containing 37 episodes. ''Westerdeich'' was the second Australian soap opera to be re-formatted for a European audience by RTL. The first was in 1992; the Grundy Organisation soap opera, ''The Restless Years'' (1977–81), was remade as ''Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten'' (''Good Times, Bad Times''), and this series is still runnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Dayman
Leslie Ernest Dayman (born 19 January 1938) credited variously as Les Dayman and Les Daymen, is an Australian retired actor best known for his performances on television (serials and telemovies) and film, major small screen roles including ''Homicide'', ''Prisoner'', '' Sons and Daughters'' and '' E Street''. As Career Theatre Dayman was born in Footscray, Victoria, Australia in 1933 and is the son of AFL/VFL footballer Les Dayman. He started a career in theatre in 1955, and thereafter worked as an actor, director and narrator, Television A staple of the small screen, his television career began in 1964, when he appeared in the police procedural crime series ''Homicide.'' As senior detective Bill Hudson he appeared in 104 episodes from 1966 to 1968. In the 1980s, he was a regular cast member in three major Australian soap operas, all of which had international success: in Grundy Television's '' Sons and Daughters'', he played Roger Carlyle, a ruthless shady businessman in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyssa-Jane Cook
Alyssa-Jane Cook (born 16 February 1967) is an Australian actress, singer and TV presenter currently on TVSN. Actress roles She is best known for her regular role as ''Lisa Bennett'' on the Australian television soap opera '' E Street''. She played the lead role of ''Olivia Murray'' in the series '' Above the Law'', and appeared as ''Kelli Edwards'' in ''Home and Away''. As a presenter, she hosted the series ''"Sex/Life"'', co-hosted ''Australia’s Funniest People'', and was a regular on ''Home Life Style'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', and ''Good News Week''. In the science fiction series ''Farscape'' she appeared as the character Gilina Renaez in the episodes " PK Tech Girl", "Nerve", "The Hidden Memory", and " John Quixote". On stage, Cook played ''Columbia'' in ''"The New Rocky Horror Show"'' 1992 Australian tour, and has appeared in ''The Vagina Monologues''. In 2008, Cook was the face of weight-loss company Bodytrim. She appeared in advertisements on Australian T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Rooney
Vic (; es, Vic or Pancracio Celdrán (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 843. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9. «Vic o Vich (viquense, vigitano, vigatán, ausense, ausetano, ausonense): Ciudad barcelonesa, cabeza del partido judicial situada cerca de los ríos Ter y Méder, en la Plana de Vich.») is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Vic is located from Barcelona and from Girona. Geography Vic lies in the middle of the Plain of Vic, equidistant from Barcelona and the Pyrenees. Vic has persistent fog in winter as a result of a thermal inversion, with temperatures as low as -10 °C, an absolute record of -24 °C and episodes of cold and severe snowstorms. For this reason the natural vegetation includes the pubescent oak typical of the sub-Mediterranean climates of eastern France, Northern Italy and the Balkans. Names Originally known as ''Auso'', it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Martin (Australian Actor)
Anthony Martin (born 1 January 1953) is an Australian actor. Career Martin is probably best known by Australian audiences for his portrayal of Detective Bill McCoy in the ABC's television series '' Wildside'', and to older audiences as Rev Bob Brown in the TV series '' E Street''. He played Bill Southgate in ''Heartbreak High''. He has also gained much acclaim as his portrayal of notorious underworld figure Arthur "Neddy" Smith in the Australian miniseries '' Blue Murder''. Personal life He married Rachael Blake on 21 December 2003. They later appeared alongside one another in HBO Asia's presentation of ''Serangoon Road''. His son, Justin, is also an actor, with appearances in ''Somersault'' and '' Blue Water High'' to his credit. Filmography * 1988: ''The First Kangaroos'' * 1989–93: '' E Street'' * 1994–95: ''Heartbreak High'' * 1995: '' Blue Murder'' * 1996: '' Parklands'' * 1997–99: '' Wildside'' * 1998: ''The Interview'' * 2000: '' The Games'' * 2003: ''Inspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Hodda
Noel Hodda (born 1954) is an Australian actor, writer, dramaturge, director and teacher. Acting career Hodda was a founding member of the Riverina Theatre Company, located in Wagga Wagga and Project TYER, a Theatre In Education Co., for whom he also wrote and appeared in the play ''Strata Digger''. Subsequently, he graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) at the UNSW Sydney and then worked as an actor for the Sydney Theatre Company, the Queensland Theatre Company, the Griffin Theatre Company, the Ensemble Theatre, the Q Theatre, Marian Street Theatre, Sport for Jove at the Seymour Centre and others. He also performed in major national and international tours, including ''The Removalists'', ''Are You Lonesome Tonight'', ''The Club'', ''The Life Of Galileo'', ''Chasing The Dragon'', ''Diving For Pearls and Dinner''. He has appeared in numerous Australian television series and tele-dramas as both a lead and guest character, including continuing roles in the dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Mikey Anderson
Brooke Paige "Mikey" Anderson (born 15 August 1981) is an Australian actress, who started her career as a child actress when she played the character Claire Fielding on the Australian series '' E Street'', and has appeared in two episodes (" ?" and "Live Together, Die Alone") of the American series ''Lost''. Anderson trained at Gala Productions run by her mother Lynda Keane and father Greg Anderson in Sydney Australia. Her parents also had a very popular dance troupe during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s called The Keane Kids. This dance troupe performed on numerous television shows, Royal Command Performances and overseas productions. This dance troupe had helped train and form a number of well known Australian actors and theatre performers. Biography She appeared as a child actor in the Australian soap opera '' E Street'', which aired on the Ten Network from 1989 to 1994. She was written out of the series after writers had trouble coming up with storylines for her character. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Cook
Penelope Cook (13 July 1957 – 26 December 2018) was an Australian actress, stage director, TV presenter and writer. She played roles in the soap opera ''A Country Practice'', as Vicki Dean Bowen from 1981 to 1985, '' E Street'' as lead anchor-character, Dr Elly Fielding, between 1989 and 1991, and ''Neighbours'' in the recurring role of Prue Brown from 2007 to 2010. She was also a presenter on travel show '' The Great Outdoors'' Early life Cook was born in Melbourne, and grew up in Woollahra, Sydney. Her mother was a physiotherapist and her father served in the Royal Australian Navy, based at Garden Island Naval Precinct. After completing high school, Cook auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) but failed to gain a place. Instead, her mother helped her get a radiography traineeship at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. A year later, Cook auditioned for NIDA again and was successful. She graduated in 1978. Career Television Cook made her debut on television i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. The network's headquarters are located in Sydney. As of 2014, it is the second-largest network in the country in terms of population reach. The Seven Network shows various nonfiction shows—such as news broadcasts (''Seven News'') and sports programing—as well as fiction shows. In 2011, the network won all 40 out of 40 weeks of the ratings season for total viewers, being the first to achieve this since the introduction of the OzTAM ratings system in 2001. As of 2022, the Seven Network is the highest-rated television network in Australia, ahead of the Nine Network, ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. Headquarters Seven's admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HeadLand
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984, pp. 80, 246. . Headlands are characterised by high, breaking waves, rocky shores, intense erosion, and steep sea cliff. Headlands and bays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is flanked by land on three sides, whereas a headland is flanked by water on three sides. Headlands and bays form on discordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bays form when weak (less resistant) rocks (such as sands and clays) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such as chalk, limestone, and granite) forming a headland, or peninsula. Through the deposition of sediment within the bay and the erosion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Grundy Organisation
Reg Grundy Organisation (founded as Reg Grundy Enterprises, later known as both Reg Grundy Productions and Grundy Television and known informally as Grundy's) was an Australian-based multinational mass media company, primarily involved in television as a production company but also in distribution and licensing. Reg Grundy, the company's namesake founded the media enterprise locally in 1959, It branched out internationally in the late 1980s under the banner Grundy World Wide Limited with divisions in Europe, United Kingdom, the United States and Asia The company first produced game shows, then branched into soap operas in 1973. In 1995 Reg Grundy sold the company to Pearson Television, now known as Fremantle, part of the RTL Group (in turn 90% owned by Bertelsmann). In 2006 Fremantle merged Grundy Television and Crackerjack Productions to form the localised arm Fremantle Australia. Until 2013 the Grundy name still existed internationally in Germany as Grundy Light Entertai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
