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Packed To The Rafters (season 2)
The second season of ''Packed to the Rafters'', an Australian drama television series, began airing on 30 June 2009 on the Seven Network. The season concluded on 24 November 2009 after 22 episodes. The second season aired Tuesdays at 8:30 pm in Australia and averaged 1,881,000 viewers. The season was released on DVD as a six disc set under the title of ''Packed to the Rafters: The Complete Season 2'' on 3 November 2010. The second season follows Julie and Dave Rafter through comic highs and soul-searching lows as they prepare for the unplanned but no-less welcome addition to their family of their new baby. We also explore the heart warming arrival into the Rafters world of Dave's birth mother Chel, opening in the process the door to further family revelations. We follow the tumultuous upheavals in the lives of all three Rafter children. Rachel embarks on a promising if-at-first feisty relationship with the cute young electrician who's begun working with her dad. Ben continues h ... [...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] |
Caroline Brazier
Caroline Brazier is an Australian actress who is best known for the role of Chrissy Merchant in ''Packed to the Rafters'' and the starring roles of Veronica Johnson and her twin sister Betti in the children's television series '' Parallax''. Brazier has also had a number of roles in the theatre, films and other television series. Personal life Brazier was married to fellow Australian actor Geoff Morrell. Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Brazier graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1998. In between acting engagements, Brazier often heads home to spend time with her parents in Perth. Career Brazier has appeared in ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''Julius Caesar'' and '' Antony and Cleopatra'' for the Bell Shakespeare Company, ''Whale Music'' at Darlinghurst Theatre, and ''Speed-the-Plow'' for Perth Theatre Company. In 2012 she won Best Actress in a Leading Role in an Independent Production for ''I Want To Sleep With Tom Stoppard'' (Sydney Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Jones
Gillian Jones (born 19 April 1947) is an Australian actress from Newcastle, New South Wales who is best known for appearances in ''Twelfth Night'', ''Oscar and Lucinda'', ''Last Train to Freo'' and the role of Di Paige in the television series ''Love My Way''. She had a recurring role on the Australian drama ''Packed to the Rafters'' since 2009. Filmography Film * 1982: ''Fighting Back'' - as English teacher * 1982: ''Heatwave'' - as Barbie Lee Taylor * 1987: ''Twelfth Night'' - as Viola * 1988: ''Shame'' - as Tina Farrel * 1989: '' Echoes of Paradise'' - as Mitty * 1989: '' Lover Boy'' - as Sally * 1996: ''What I Have Written'' - as Frrances Bourin/Catherine * 1997: ''Oscar and Lucinda'' - as Elizabeth Leplastrier * 1998: ''Pentuphouse'' (short) - as Della * 1998: ''Terra Nova'' - as Emily * 2003: ''So Close to Home'' - as Ramona * 2006: ''Last Train to Freo'' - as Maureen * 2007: ''Lucky Miles'' - as Chris * 2007: ''Katoomba'' (short) - as Kym * 2010: '' The Tree'' - as Vonni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Virgil
Pedro Virgil (born 28 August 1973) is a Fiji born Australian photographer and Reality TV show personality, and engineer. He is best known in the Americas for his participation as a judge and photographer on the reality show '' Caribbean's Next Top Model'', a Guest Photographer on Australia's Next Top Model and Project Runway Australia seasons 1 & 2, and his photography is featured in many magazines covers and editorials including: ''Inside Sport'', ''Men's Health'', '' GQ'', ''Sports Illustrated'', ''Gay Times'', ''DNA Magazine'', ''FHM'', ''Details''. He has worked with a long list of corporate agencies and prestigious clientele both nationally and internationally. Career Pedro's work can be recognised on major billboards from high-profile brands such as Rolex, Sony, Adidas, Sony Ericsson, Van Heusen, underwear campaigns such as Calvin Klein, and hit television shows: ''Australia's Next Top Model'', ''Project Runway'' seasons I & II, ''Football Superstar'', '' Caribbean's Nex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bensley
Peter Bensley (born 6 February 1954, Warialda, New South Wales) is an Australian actor. Early roles One of Bensley's earliest roles was as Dennis Braithwaite on the Seven Network drama series '' Class Of '74''. He also appeared in ABC Television children's show, ''Waterloo Street'', with long hair. Career Bensley went on to appear in several Grundy Television soap operas including ''The Restless Years'' in 1979; ''The Young Doctors'', in which he played Dr. Mike Newman from 1980 until the show finished in 1983; ''Prisoner'', in which he played one of the three male prisoners, Matt Delaney, for 34 episodes in 1984; ''Neighbours'' as guest character Tony Chapman in 1986; and ''Home and Away'' from 1988 to 1990 as school teacher Andrew Foley. In 2009, he returned to Neighbours for a two-episode guest role as Dean Naughton. In the 1980s, Bensley appeared as a nude centrefold in the magazine, Cleo, wearing only strategically placed scuba gear; and also featured in a cheeky adverti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Morrell (actor)
Geoff Morrell (born 19 February 1958) is an Australian film, television and theatre actor. Career Morrell began his career in theatre acting, becoming a founding member of the Theatre South organisation. In 1983, he briefly moved to England, featuring in a number of productions there. In 1985, he branched into film acting, with a minor role in a telemovie version of Oscar Wilde's ''Lady Windermere's Fan''. Over the next few years, he moved between film and theatre, starring in productions such as '' Macbeth'' and ''King Lear'', as well as several supporting roles in films, telemovies, mini-series and regular series. These included notable Australian films ''Blackrock'' and ''Oscar and Lucinda''. He has had guest roles in the series ''The Secret Life of Us'', '' Stingers'' and '' Farscape''. Morrell starred as Harry in Australia's first production of Michael Gow's play '' Away'', which was performed by the Griffin Theatre Company and premiered at the Stables Theatre, Sydney o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ria Vandervis
Ria Vandervis (born 5 July 1984) is a New Zealand actress. She is most known for her role as Harper Whitley in ''Shortland Street'' and Miratrix in ''Power Rangers Operation Overdrive''. Career From 2002 to 2006, Vandervis acted in multiple UNITEC theatre productions and short films. Between 2004 and 2006 Vandervis starred in various short films such as the ''Lovely Creature'', ''A Telling Time'', ''Tough Fortune Cookies'' and ''Billy for Lilly'' as Siren, Julia, Fran and Sarah respectively. In 2007, Vandervis played a supporting role as Cindy Cockburn in the film ''The Devil Dared Me To''. Vandervis also played Miratrix in the film ''Power Rangers Operation Overdrive''. In 2009 Vandervis played various television roles, starting in ''Packed to the Rafters'' as Layla Soubrani, ''The Cut'', ''Underbelly'' and '' Rescue: Special Ops''. In 2010, Vandervis played the regular role of Senior Constable Roxanne Perez in the Nine Network police drama ''Cops L.A.C.'' In 2013, Vandervis pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig McLachlan
Craig Dougall McLachlan (born 1 September 1965) is an Australian actor, musician, singer and composer. He has been involved in film, television, the music industry and music theatre for over 30 years. He is best known for appearing in the soap operas ''Neighbours'' and ''Home and Away'' and the BBC One spy drama '' Bugs''. He has portrayed the title character in ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'', for which he was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor; he has previously won the award in this category three times. Career Television Craig McLachlan first appeared on Australian television in a guest role on ''The Young Doctors''. He was cast as Henry Ramsay, brother of Kylie Minogue's character Charlene, in Channel 10's ''Neighbours''. After appearing in more than 800 episodes and winning the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television (1990) and Silver Logie, he was contracted to Seven Network's ''Home and Away'', playing schoolteacher Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Bromilow
Belinda Bromilow (born 21 May 1975) is an Australian actress. She is known for her roles in the Nine Network series, '' Doctor Doctor'' (2016–2021), and the Hulu series, ''The Great'' (2020–present)''.'' Education Bromilow studied acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Career Bromilow has appeared in a number of Australian television series, including ''Mcleod's Daughters'', ''Packed to the Rafters'', and ''Rake''. She played Jonquil Payne as a series regular on ''Spirited'' from 2010 to 2011. In 2016 Bromilow joined the main cast of '' Doctor Doctor'' as Betty Bell. She appeared in every episode of the series. In film, Bromilow has had roles in ''The Rage in Placid Lake'' and ''Not Suitable for Children''. Bromilow gained greater recognition outside of Australia through her role as Aunt Elizabeth in the Hulu series ''The Great''. She unsuccessfully auditioned for a part in the 2008 Sydney Theatre Company Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dina Panozzo
Dina Panozzo is an Australian-born actress of Italian descent best known for her regular roles in the television series '' Carla Cametti PD'' and '' Bed of Roses''. She has also appeared in a recurring role in ''Packed to the Rafters'' and guest roles in many Australian series including '' A Country Practice'', '' Water Rats'' and ''White Collar Blue ''White Collar Blue'' is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003. Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the po ...''. Panozzo also had regular roles in the short-lived comedy series '' Wedlocked'' and soap opera '' Richmond Hill''. FILM TELEVISION STAGE/THEATRE * ''Johnny Catillano'' (1976) * ''Jack The Ripper'' (1976) * ''II Magnifica'' (1979) * ''Tales From Land Shut'' (1982) * ''Don't Stand On Ceremony'' (1983) * ''The Time Of Your Life'' (1984) * ''A Touch Of Silk'' (1985) * ''Beautland'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Spartels
George Bernard Spartels (born 25 April 1954) is an Australian actor, presenter, director, playwright and children's musician of Greek descent on his father's ancestry, and English and Irish on his mother's. He remains best known for his role on the television soap opera ''Neighbours'', playing family patriarch Benito Alessi, along with Prisoner and Bellbird star and soap veteran Elspeth Ballantyne as his wife Cathy Alessi, two sons Felice Arena And Dan Falzon, the Alessi family of Italian descent were added to the series in mid-1992, as a new family, joining already cast cousins, the Blakeney sisters. Spartels was also a children's television presenter, having had a long tenure on ABC's '' Play School'', over 14 years between 1985 and 1999. Other roles include ''Cop Shop'' in 1978, ''Prisoner A prisoner (also known as an inmate or detainee) is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement, captivity, or forcible restraint. The term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Fitzpatrick
Kerry Kathleen Fitzpatrick (born 1 October 1947) known as Kate Fitzpatrick, is an Australian television, film, and theatre actress. Early years Kate grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Dover Gardens, and it was in Adelaide that her love for classical music, art and cricket developed. A highlight of her early years was being selected by Jeffrey Smart ("Phidias" of the '' Argonauts Club'') for a travelling art scholarship to Japan. At the age of 18 she was accepted as a drama student by NIDA and moved to Sydney. Career Theatre roles include ''The Lady of the Camellias'', ''Hamlet'', ''Celluloid Heroes'', ''The Ride Across Lake Constance'', ''Shadows of Blood'', ''Rooted'', ''Kennedy's Children''. With the Old Tote Theatre Company she acted in '' The Legend of King O'Malley'', ''The Season at Sarsparilla'', ''The Misanthrope'', ''The Threepenny Opera'', and ''Big Toys'' by Patrick White, who wrote the play for Fitzpatrick. She acted in ''Visions'' for the Paris Theatre Company, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
