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Linden Wilkinson
Linden Wilkinson is an Australian people, Australian film, television and theatre actress and writer. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role in soap opera ''Home and Away'' playing 'The Believers' cult leader Mumma Rose. Her other roles include appearances on ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner: Cell Block H'', ''A Country Practice'', ''Water Rats (TV series), Water Rats'', and ''Packed to the Rafters''. Wilkinson spends most of her time acting in and writing theatre productions, she has worked extensively in State Theatre Companies in Adelaide, Melbourne and Auckland, some of her theatre credits are ''A Day in December'', ''Family Favourites'', ''Happy House Show'', ''Nice Girls'' and ''Night of the Missing Bridegroom''. She began writing and script-editing for television series such as ''Ocean Girl'' and ''Outriders (TV series), Outriders'', and she has also written for two feature films, ''Moon River'', an adaptation of the novel by Brenda Walker of the same name, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thank God He Met Lizzie
''Thank God He Met Lizzie'' is a 1997 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Cherie Nowlan and starring Frances O'Connor, Richard Roxburgh and Cate Blanchett. It was Nowlan's directorial debut. In the United States, the film was released as ''The Wedding Party.'' Premise The film revolves around two stories, firstly the upcoming wedding of Lizzie (Blanchett) and Guy (Roxburgh) and a second story in flashback of Guy's previous relationship with Jenny ( Frances O'Connor). Cast * Richard Roxburgh as ''Guy Jamieson'' * Cate Blanchett as ''Lizzie'' * Frances O'Connor as ''Jenny'' * Linden Wilkinson as ''Poppy'' * John Gaden as ''Dr. O'Hara'' * Genevieve Mooy as ''Mrs. Jamieson'' * Michael Ross as ''Mr. Jamieson'' * Melissa Ippolito as ''Catriona younger'' * Elena Pavli as ''Catriona older'' * Craig Rasmus as ''Dominic'' * Rhett Walton as ''Tony'' * Jeanette Cronin as ''Yvette'' * Arthur Angel as ''George'' * Wadih Dona as ''Angelo'' * Celia Ireland as ''Cheryl'' * Roy Billin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of All Saints Episodes
'' All Saints'' is an Australian television medical drama that premiered on the Seven Network on 24 February 1998. The series aired for twelve seasons, and focused on the fictional lives of doctors and nurses as they dealt with the everyday medical issues that came through the doors of Ward 17, and later in the series, the Emergency Department. The show was created by Bevan Lee and John Holmes, who served as the script executive and executive producer, respectively. The series was produced by Jo Porter, Di Drew, MaryAnne Carroll and Bill Hughes. Episodes were broadcast on Tuesday nights at 8:30 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) for the first ten seasons. The eleventh and twelfth seasons aired after ''Packed to the Rafters'' on Tuesday nights at 9:30 pm AEST. All episodes were approximately forty-five minutes, excluding commercials. The first three seasons of the series were broadcast in 4:3, standard definition. The final nine seasons were broadcast in 16:9 in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints (TV Series)
''All Saints'' is an Australian medical drama television series that first screened on the Seven Network on 24 February 1998. Set in the fictional All Saints Western General Hospital, it focused on the staff of Ward 17 until its closure in 2004, which is when the focus changed and began following the staff of the Emergency Department. It was produced by John Holmes alongside Jo Porter, MaryAnne Carroll and Di Drew. The final episode aired on 27 October 2009, completing its record-breaking 12-year run. Plot ''All Saints'' follows the lives of the staff at All Saints Western General Hospital. Until its closure in 2004, the show primarily focused on the staff in Ward 17. Known as the "garbage ward" as it took all the overflow from the other wards, Ward 17 was run by compassionate nun, Sister Terri Sullivan (Georgie Parker). Her staff included her nurses Connor Costello (Jeremy Cumpston), Von Ryan (Judith McGrath), Bronwyn Craig (Libby Tanner), Jared Levine (Ben Tari) and Stephani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Call
''Murder Call'' is an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and broadcast on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The series was inspired by the ''Tessa Vance'' novels by Jennifer Rowe, both of which were adapted as episodes, while Rowe also developed story treatments for 38 episodes throughout the series. Synopsis ''Murder Call'' focuses on cases confronted by an unconventional team of homicide detectives, Tessa Vance and Steve Hayden. Steve is an often light-hearted "man's man" who is moving up the career hierarchy. Tessa is more introspective and no-nonsense, and often solves the murder with her intuition and insight. Their team includes boss Inspector Malcolm Thorne, police Constable Dee Suzeraine, forensic services expert Lance Fisk, and unorthodox doctor Imogen "Tootsie" Soames. Production ''Murder Call'' was initially conceived as an adaptation of the Verity Birdwood murder mystery novels by Jennifer Rowe. Birdwoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire (TV Series)
''Fire'' is an Australian television series transmitted on the Seven Network between 1995 and 1996. It was shown in the UK and Ireland on Sky One. In 1999 and 2000, the series was shown on Channel 5. The series explored the lives of a platoon of firefighters. The leading cast members included: Andy Anderson, Georgie Parker, Peter Phelps, Shane Connor, Deborra-Lee Furness, Danny Adcock, Wayne Pygram, Tottie Goldsmith, Liddy Clark, Aaron Jeffery, Tayler Kane and Max Phipps. Cast ''Season One'': : Firefighter 4th grade Morgan "Mad Dog" Cartwright ~ Georgie Parker : Station Officer Nick "The Boss" Connor ~ Peter Phelps : Senior Station Officer Quentin "Spit" Jacobsen ~ Wayne Pygram : Firefighter 1st grade John "Repo" Kennedy ~ Andy Anderson : Firefighter 1st/3rd grade Louis "Grievous" Fazio ~ Tayler Kane : Firefighter 1st grade David "Giraffe" Simpson ~ Shane Feeney-Connor : Firefighter 1st grade Richard "Banjo" Gates ~ Aaron Jeffery : Senior Firefighter Edward "Dinosaur" Spence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape From Jupiter
''Escape from Jupiter'' is an Australian children's science fiction drama which aired from 26 November 1994 to 11 March 1995 on ABC. Concerning a small group of children on Jupiter's moon Io, the series ran for 13 episodes. When one of Io's volcanoes erupts, the surviving colonists must flee the moon and try to reach the safety of Earth. Using a derelict space station in orbit of Io, they convert it into a rudimentary space craft and set off, having many adventures and forming close relationships along the way. The series was followed by ''Return to Jupiter''. Introduction The main character is Michael Faraday, a boy in his teens who has lived in space his whole life. Having never been to Earth, he resides with his father on the moon Io. Despite being a mining colony habituated predominantly by adults, a few have their families with them. Michael's best friend is Kingston, the son of the medical officer of the colony. In addition to this duo are Jarrod and Anna, both childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Rescue
''Police Rescue'' is an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC. Apart from the 61 episodes, there was a 90-minute pilot episode (first screened in 1989) as well as a feature film in 1994, starring Zoe Carides. The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work attending to various incidents from road accidents to train crashes. The show was very well received for the first four series, however a decline in ratings by the commencement of the 1996 series saw the cancellation of the show, following an almost epitaph in the final three episodes. ''Police Rescue'' was shown in the United Kingdom first on BBC1 and later on Sky One, in the Czech Republic as ''Záchranáři'' on TV Nova, in South Africa as "Noodroep" (dubbed in Afrikaans), in parts of Italy as ''Polizia Squadra Soccorso'' on T9, in France on TF1 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leaving Of Liverpool (TV Series)
''The Leaving of Liverpool'' is a 1992 television drama, an Australian–British co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The series was about the Home Children, the migration scheme which saw over 100,000 British children sent to Commonwealth realms such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. Plot The series follows two children—Lily (played by Christine Tremarco) and Bert ( Kevin Jones)—who meet at the Star of the Sea Orphanage in Liverpool, England in the early 1950s. They go to Australia as child migrants where they are separated and are ill-treated. Lily is eventually reunited with her mother and returns to Britain with her but Bert is sent to a young offenders institution. Cast * Christine Tremarco – Lily * Kevin Jones – Bert * Frances Barber – Ellen * John Hargreaves – Harry * Bill Hunter – Father O'Neill * Frank Whitten – Brother Jerome * Darren Yap – Dave Productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alterations (film)
''Alterations'' is a two-part 1988 Australian television film for the ABC shot in 1987 at Canberra. It deals with a married couple and their respective affairs.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996, p. 5-6. accessed 19 June 2013 The cast consists of the following: * as Richard * Angela Punch-McGregor as Ann * |
Prisoner (TV Series)
''Prisoner'' (known in the UK and the US as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'') is an Australian television soap opera, which broadcast on Network Ten (originally The 0-10 Network) from February 27 (Melbourne) February 26 (Sydney) 1979 to December 1986 (Melbourne), though the series finale would not screen until September 1987 in Sydney, where it aired as a 3-hour film that was split into three 1-hour episodes at the much-later time-slot of 10.30pm, running eight seasons and 692 episodes. ''Prisoner'' was the first Australian series to feature a primarily female-dominated cast and carried the slogan "If you think prison is hell for a man, imagine what it would be like for woman!" The series, produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, Grundy Organisation, was conceived by Reg Watson and filmed at the then Network Ten Melbourne Studios at Nunawading, Victoria, Nunawading and on location. The series garnered an international cult following, and it was one of Australia's most successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
