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Paul Dawber
Paul Dawber is a British born-Australian stage, film and television actor. He attended drama school at National Theatre, Melbourne and graduated in 1987. That same year, he played the role of Todd Buckley in '' Sons and Daughters''. He has appeared in Australian police dramas such as ''Blue Heelers'', '' Stingers'', '' City Homicide'', and '' Satisfaction''. Dawber has also made appearances in ''Prisoner'', and ''The Flying Doctors''. He has played the recurring roles of Mr. Denning, Kim Howard, and Harry Sinclair in the soap opera '' Neighbours''. Dawber has appeared in a dozen feature films, including the lead role in ''The Novelist'' in 2017. In 2019, he toured Australia, New Zealand and Germany with the Opera Australia production of ''West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were involved in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Julian Assange Story
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magistrate (miniseries)
''The Magistrate'' is a 1989 mini series about an Italian investigative magistrate fighting the Mafia.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p213 His search causes the death of his wife and the disappearance of his son. The crimes lead him to Australia, where he discovers a landscape of political and police corruption, business fraud, media intrigue, drugs smuggling and illegal arms dealing which stretches all the way from Italy to Australia and into the Pacific. Cast * Franco Nero as Paolo Pizzi * Catherine Wilkin as Claire Boyd * Dennis Miller as Roger Davies * Julia Blake as Jean Shaw * Steve Bastoni as Robbie Shaw * Victoria Rowland as Nicole Davidson * Joe Petruzzi as Leonardo Pizzi * Paul Sonkkila as Hannaford * Andy Anderson as Tony * Caroline Gillmer as Sandy * Rod Mullinar as Ian Walters * Anthony Hawkins Anthony Hawkins (30 September 1932 – 23 September 2013), was an English-born, Australian-based television act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Running
''Inside Running'' is an Australian television series which screened in 1989 on the ABC. The thirteen part series focused on the professional and personal lives of six barristers. ''Inside Running'' was created by Bill Garner and John Reeves and produced by Ross Dimsey. It was written by Judith Colquhoun, Graeme Farmer, Bill Garner, Alison Nisselle, John Reeves, John Romeril, Jan Sardi, Colin Golvan, Rick Held, Peter Hepworth, John Lord and Alan Maddon It was directed by Peter Baroutis, Gary Conway, Peter R Dodds, Helen Gaynor, Robert Meillon and Karl Steinberg. Cast * Lewis Fiander as Robbie Renard QC * Geneviève Picot as Penelope Phillips * Kirsty Child as Beverly Lamb * Peter Curtin as Dermott O'Brien * Scott Burgess as Christopher Parvo * Donald Battee as Antoine * Taya Straton as Susan-Elizabeth Wallberg * Robert Coleby * Gia Carides * Rod Mullinar * Anne Phelan * Anthony Hawkins Anthony Hawkins (30 September 1932 – 23 September 2013), was an English-born, Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pugwall
''Pugwall'' is an Australian children's television series which first screened on the Nine Network in 1989. Based on Margaret Clark's young adult fiction novels of the same name, it revolves around the title character Peter Unwin George Wall, ''"PUGWALL"'', and his friends as they form a band. Season 2 was titled ''Pugwall's Summer''. Premise After receiving an electric guitar on his 13th birthday, Pugwall and his friends, Bazza, Orfo, and Stringbean form a band, but they need a lead singer. Whilst in hospital after a bicycle accident, Pugwall meets a girl called Jenny, they become friends and he asks her if she can sing. She tells him she can and he asks her to join the band; she agrees and the Orange Organics is formed. Each episode follows Pugwall's trials and tribulations as he goes about his family life, and follows the band as they attempt to secure a recording contract with a record company. The Orange Organics *Peter Unwin George Wall (''Pugwall'') – guitar and vocals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Power, The Passion
''The Power, The Passion'' is an Australian television daytime soap opera produced by the Seven Network in 1989. The series was devised to lure audiences away from American imports such as ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and ''The Young and the Restless'' but failed to make an impact and was cancelled due to low ratings after 168 episodes. Cast The cast included: * Kevin Miles – Gordon Byrne * Olivia Hamnett – Ellen Edmonds * Tracy Tainsh – Kathryn Byrne * Susie Cato – Anna Wright * Ian Rawlings – Ryan McAllister * Danny Roberts – Samuel Wright * Jill Forster – Sarah McAllister * George Mallaby – Justin Wright * Lucinda Cowden – Danielle Edmonds * Nick Carrafa – Nick Cassala * Alan Cassell – Dr. Andrew Edmonds * Ross Thompson – Thomas * Jane Clifton – Carla Graham * Jon Finlayson – William Somerset * Julian McMahon – Kane Edmonds * Neil Grant – Adam Edmonds * Susan Ellis – Talia Edmonds * Libby Purvis – Rebecca Wright * Jacqui Gordon †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lancaster Miller Affair
''The Lancaster Miller Affair'' is a 1985 Australian mini series about the relationship between Bill Lancaster (aviator), Bill Lancaster and Jessie Miller.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p208 Cast * Kerry Mack ... Jessie Miller, Jessica 'Chubbie' Miller * Nicholas Eadie ... Bill Lancaster (aviator), Bill Lancaster * Aaron Cull ... Haden Clarke Production The mini series became notorious for a clash with Australia's Actors Equity of Australia, Actors Equity. The lead male roles of Lancaster and his friend Hayden Clarke were offered to Sam Neill and John Hargreaves (actor), John Hargreaves, who turned them down. The producers then tested a large number of actors but claimed none of them were suitable and cast non-Australians Peter Firth, Don Batte and Joseph Bottoms. Equity objected claiming the tests of the Australian actors rejected had not been properly carried out. Shooting was put back but eventually Australians Kerr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fast Lane
''The Fast Lane'' is an Australian television show that aired between 1985 (Season 1) and 1987 (Season 2) on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It was created by John Clarke and Andrew Knight and starred Terry Bader, Richard Healy, Debra Lawrance and Peter Hosking. According to Debra Lawrance on The Conversation Hour in ABC 774 radio 15 October 2015 (at about 26 mins into the file), the ABC taped over the master Umatic tapes. ABC archives have advised (21 September 2021) that they hold copies of the entire series. Plot Overview This comedy series follows two private investigators, Bryce (Terry Bader) and Ken (Richard Healy), who run a firm known as the "Excelsior Research Foundation". They are assisted by Pat (Debra Lawrance), their receptionist. Bryce thinks he is smart and boasts about his elite private school background, but is actually very stupid and fails to understand what is really happening around him. He dropped out of law school in the second year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Time (Australian TV Series)
''Prime Time'' is an Australian soap opera drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that aired on the Nine Network in from January 1986 to January 1987. ''Prime Time'' was the last Australian soap produced with exterior location scenes shot on film and interior scenes shot on videotape. The series was not a popular success and was cancelled after sixty episodes. Premise The series was set at a fictional television station, Channel 5, and dealt with the behind-the-scenes goings-on on the set of a current affairs series called ''Assignment''. Cast * Chris Orchard – David Lockhart * Anthony Hawkins – Harry Jones * Nina Landis – Kate Macarthur * Peter Kowitz – Jim Donnegan * David Whitney – Stephen Lockhart * Julianne White – Diana Fields * Peter Whitford – Charles Garrett * Gary Sweet – Craig Lawrence * Sonja Tallis – Georgina Jones * Tottie Goldsmith – Jamie * Katrina Foster – Jocelyn Cole * Ben Mendelsohn – Bart Jones * John Hann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sword Of Honour (miniseries)
''Sword of Honour'' is an Australian miniseries made in 1986 and aired on Channel Seven. Four 100-minute episodes were made. The series starred Andrew Clarke, Tracy Mann and Alan Fletcher.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p238 The series was about two young men who are trying to get over the horrors of the Vietnam War. Andrew Clarke won best actor in a miniseries, and Tracy Mann won best actress in a miniseries in the Logies. It had a budget of A$5 million. Principal photography was completed on 18 October 1985 with second unit shot after that in Port Macquarie Port Macquarie is a coastal town in the local government area of Port Macquarie-Hastings. It is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. The town is located on the Tasman Sea co ... and Thailand."Production round-up", ''Cinema Papers'', November 1985 p48 Home media ''Sword of Honour'' was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoo Family
''Zoo Family'' is an Australian children's television series broadcast on the Nine Network on 23 June 1985. The series was produced by Crawford Productions.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p. 499 It was filmed at the Melbourne Zoo. It was later shown in reruns on Nickelodeon in the United States. Synopsis Zoo Vet Dr. David Mitchell and his children Nick and Susie make the Royal Melbourne Zoo their home. Cast * Peter Curtin as Dr. David 'Mitch' Mitchell * Steven Jacobson Nicholas Mitchell * Kate Gorman as Susie Mitchell * Rebecca Gibney as Julie Davis * Jon Finlayson as Col. Archibald Spencer * John Orcsik John Orcsik (born 3 May 1945) credited also variously as Jon Orcsik, John Orschik, John Orscik and John Crosik is an Australian actor, screenwriter, director and producer of Hungarian descent, known for his television roles starting from the l ... as Ken Bennett * Robert Summers as Tim Watson * Marion Heathfield as Mrs. Spencer See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Squad (Australian TV Series)
''Special Squad'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten in 1984. Overview The series focused on an elite division of the Victoria Police, which handled crimes either too sensitive or specialist for regular squads. The Special Squad was headed by Det. Insp. Don Anderson (Alan Cassell), with his main operatives being Det. Snr. Sgt. Greg Smith (Anthony Hawkins), and Det. Sgt. Joel Davis (John Diedrich). ''Special Squad'' was seen by many as an Australian answer to the British series ''The Professionals'' both for its focus on action and violence, and the fact that both series were produced by Raymond Menmuir. However, in reality the characters and plotlines were less developed than the British series. The series lasted for 43 episodes in total. Cast * Alan Cassell as Det. Insp. Don Anderson * Anthony Hawkins as Det. Snr. Sgt. Greg Smith * John Diedrich John Edwin Diedrich (born 25 February 1953 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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