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Roz Hammond
Rosalind Hammond, often credited as Ros or Roz, is an Australian actress and writer with an extensive career in theatre, film and television. Career Hammond's television appearances include the role of Claudia in the award-winning drama '' The Heights'', and ten seasons of ''Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell'', on which she portrayed characters such as Jacquie Lambie’s press secretary Dolly Norman, conservative blogger Vomitoria Catchment, royal watcher Gay March, Tamie Fraser, and ABC shop employee Dianne. She previously worked with Shaun Micallef in three series of ''The Micallef Programme''. Hammond played the role of librarian Christine Grimwood in three series of the ABC sitcom '' The Librarians''. She was a regular cast member on ''Thank God You're Here'', ''The Never Too Late Show'', ''Bootleg'', ''Small Tales and True'', ''Eric'', '' Full Frontal'', ''Sky Trackers'', ''Snowy'' and '' Micro Nation''. Hammond has made guest appearances on the television series '' Harrow'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained city statu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Of The Land (TV Series)
''Law of the Land'' is an Australian television drama series that screened on the Nine Network from 1993–1999. The series was set in the fictional country town of Merringanee and centered on the unique way that locals dealt with and enforced the law. The series was created by Ro Hume and Sue Masters and produced by Bruce Best, Matt Carroll, Richard Clendinnen and Terrie Vincent. Cast * Lisa Hensley – Kate Chalmers * David Roberts – Peter Lawrence * Wyn Roberts – Hamilton Chalmers * Richard Moir – Sergeant Clive O'Connor * David Walters – Sean O'Connor * Angelo D'Angelo – Sergeant Marc Rosetti * Debbie Byrne – Jean Jardine * Tamblyn Lord – David Jardine * Lindy Wallis – Trish Miles * Shane Connor – Harry Miles * Radha Mitchell – Alicia Miles * Abbie Holmes – Audrey O'Connor * Peter O'Brien – Andy Cochrane * Frances O'Connor – Marissa Green * Alexandra Fowler – Jacqui Rushcutter * Fiona Spence – Magistrate Maggie Mulcahy * Rebecca F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skithouse
''Skithouse'' (styled ''skitHOUSE'') was an Australian sketch comedy television series that ran on Network Ten from 9 February 2003 to 28 July 2004. The series was produced by Roving Enterprises. It featured many well-known Australian comedians, including comedy-band Tripod. Reruns can now be seen on The Comedy Channel on Foxtel. In the UK, it is shown on the channel Paramount Comedy 2 and Trouble. The title name itself is a pun on the colloquialism "shithouse". The series only ran for two seasons, before being cancelled due to a combination of dwindling ratings and the withdrawal of the cable network Foxtel as co-financier of the program's production. Cast ''Skithouse'' was produced by Roving Enterprises, a production company formed by Rove McManus. Two key performers were Rove's Rove Live co-hosts Peter Helliar and Corinne Grant. The show also featured Cal Wilson, Scott Brennan, Fiona Harris, Damian Callinan, Roz Hammond, Michael Chamberlin, Ingrid Bloom, Tom Gleeson, Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Date (TV Series)
''It's a Date'' is an Australian ensemble comedy series which began screening on ABC1 on 15 August 2013. The eight-part series was written by comedian Peter Helliar and directed by Helliar and Jonathan Brough. The first series was produced by Laura Waters. Each episode poses a question about dating—such as 'should you date a friend's ex?'—and follows two sets of people as they grapple with the question. Season 1 Cast Episode 1 * Peter Helliar as Greg * Lisa McCune as Em * Dave Lawson as Patrick * Poh Ling Yeow as Jasmine Episode 2 * John Wood as Rex * Denise Scott as Gwen * Sibylla Budd as Imogen * Luke McGregor as Kevin * Ed Kavalee as Brent Episode 3 * Asher Keddie as Verity * Stephen Curry as Jason * Eva Lazzaro as Lucy * Louis Corbett as Richard Episode 4 * Kate Ritchie as Zara * Nadine Garner as Eve * Kate McLennan as Jessica * Nazeem Hussain as Ashraf Episode 5 * Shane Jacobson as Hugo * Pia Miranda as Shrek * Ronny Chieng as Winston * Emily Taheny as Manda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Kids (Australia)
ABC Kids is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's part-time channel, broadcasting shows between the hours of 5am and 7:30pm for children under 6 years old in each local Australian channel. It shares the same bandwidth as ABC TV Plus which broadcasts outside ABC Kids' scheduled hours and supplements the flagship ABC TV channel with extra adult-oriented programming. It has an educational program for children ages 2 to 13 called " ABC Reading Eggs" for Australia, internationally called " Reading Eggs" and owned by Edmentum. History Origins In 1991, all children's programming on the ABC was organized into a daily broadcasting block under the name ABC For Kids. This new programming block featured a range of programming ranging from preschoolers to young children and included both old and new content. The logo featured six blocks (3 across, 2 down) with the top row lettered "A", "B" and "C", and the bottom row featuring an apple, a bee and a carrot beneath their respective lette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtin (2007 Film)
''Curtin'' is a 2007 television film about John Curtin, the Prime Minister of Australia during the Second World War. The film won the Australian Screen Sound Guild Award in 2007 for its sound team. Plot The film covers the period from just before Curtin becoming Prime Minister in October 1941 until the return of the 6th and 7th Divisions to Australia (''Operation Stepsister'') at the start of the Pacific war in March 1942. The film concludes with a montage of footage of Curtin's funeral in 1945. Cast *William McInnes as John Curtin *Noni Hazlehurst as Elsie Curtin *Asher Keddie as Elsie Jnr *Ben Esler as John Jnr * Geoff Morrell as Ben Chifley *Bille Brown as Robert Menzies *Paul English as H. V. Evatt *Frank Gallacher as Jack Beasley *William Zappa as General Vernon Sturdee *Shingo Usami as Tatsuo Kawai *Robert Grubb as Percy Spender * Tony Rickards as Eddie Ward *Drew Lindo as Arthur Fadden *Alethea McGrath as Mrs. Needham *Dan Wyllie as Don Rodgers *Brian Meegan as Freder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcher And Welcher
''Welcher & Welcher'' was an Australian sitcom written by and starring Shaun Micallef which aired on the ABC in 2003. The show revolved around a husband and wife run law firm. Regular cast *Shaun Micallef - Quentin Charles Welcher (Lawyer and head of 'Welcher & Welcher' Law firm) *Robyn Butler - Kate Welcher (Office Manager/Lawyer and wife of Quentin) *Francis Greenslade - Peter-Paul Cohen (Lawyer)/Claude Buzzo (client) *Santo Cilauro - Griffin (bumbling IT Manager) *Anita Smith - Jan (Quentin's Personal Assistant) *Nina Liu Nina Liu (born 15 June 1977) is an Australian actress of Chinese descent. Her most prominent role was as Chloe in the television series ''The Secret Life of Us''. She also starred in TV series, the first season of '' Spellbinder'', fifth seas ... - Tia (Receptionist) Episodes One series of the show was produced and was aired throughout early 2003 on the ABC. Award nominations In 2003, ''Welcher & Welcher'' received an AFI nomination for Francis Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slide (TV Series)
''Slide'' (styled as ''SLiDE'') is an Australian teen drama series which premiered on the Fox8 subscription television channel and aired from 16 August to 18 October 2011. The series followed the lives of five teenagers making their way into adulthood in the city of Brisbane. FOX8 confirmed in February 2012 a second season was not commissioned. The series was multi-platform and encouraged the viewer to view extra content online via apps and social networking such as Facebook and Twitter. Webisodes of events that take place before and after each episodes — titled ''Before'' and ''After Bits'' — are also available on the show's official YouTube account. The series was the second multi-platform scripted series on Australian television, after the ABC's ''Fat Cow Motel'' in 2004. On 16 August 2012, the show premiered on the American cable network TeenNick. Plot ''SLiDE'' tells the story of five Brisbane teenagers in their final year of high school making their way from school to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raw FM
''Raw FM'' was an Australian Television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that aired for one season of thirteen episodes between November 1997 and February 1998. ''Raw FM'' was about an independent radio station of the same name and the young people that ran it. Many of the episode titles were a word-play on the word ''raw'', such as "Raw 'n' Sore" and "A Raw Nerve". The cast included Nadine Garner, Dominic Purcell and Sophie Heathcote. Also featured was Amiel Daemion in a recurring role. The series has since been repeated by the ABC and was also shown on Channel V. Plot Granger (Dominic Purcell), a DJ at commercial radio station Rock FM is fired from his job, so he and his long-time friends Robert and the blind Zelda (Nadine Garner) decide to start their own independent radio station. However, they are completely unprepared for the number of kids who show up wanting to be DJs — many of whom are quite lazy. They hire a staff from the group of vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outland (TV Series)
''Outland'' is an Australian television comedy series which screened in 2012 on ABC1. The six-part comedy series was written by John Richards (episodes 1–6) and Adam Richard (episodes 1–3). It is based on the 2006 short film of the same name. The first public screening of ''Outland'' took place at the science fiction convention Continuum 7, where brief clips of episodes 1 and 4 were shown on 12 June 2011. The full series was played over two nights at the 16th Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, on 18 and 19 October 2011, where it won an audience award. The series was also screened at the 3rd annual Bent-Con convention in Burbank, California, on 2 December 2012. The first episode screened on Australian television on 8 February 2012, at 9.30pm. In New Zealand, it screened in February–March 2014 on digital channel Choice TV. Overview ''Outland'' revolves around the lives, loves and never-ending dramas of the members of a gay science-fiction fan club. Cast * Christine Anu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offspring (TV Series)
''Offspring'' is an Australian television comedy-drama program that aired Network Ten from 2010 to 2017. ''Offspring'' is centred on 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family and friends as they navigate the chaos of modern life. Filmed in Melbourne's inner north, the series mixes conventional narrative drama and comedy with flashbacks, graphic animation, and fantasy sequences. Series overview Cast Main Supporting cast * Adrienne Pickering as Kirsty Crewe (Series 7) * Neil Melville as Drew Crewe (Series 7) * Dan Wyllie as Angus Freeman (Series 6) * Sarah Peirse as Marjorie Van Dyke (Series 6–7) * Shannon Berry as Brody Jordan (Series 6–7) * Ash Ricardo as Kerry Green (Series 6–7) * Cate Wolfe as Jess (Series 5–7) * Isabella Monaghan as Zoe Proudman-Reid (Series 5–7) * Maude Davey as Dr. Nadine Samir-Noonan (Series 2, 4–5) * Celia Pacquola as Ange Navarro (Series 4–5) * Garry McDonald as Phillip Noonan (Series 3–5) * Clare Bowditch as Rosann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newstopia
''Newstopia'' (stylised as ''NEWStopiä'') was an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series premiered at on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on 27 February 2008. and concluded on 30 April 2008. A third season of the show screened from 1 October to 3 December 2008.. The show was developed by Micallef, Gary McCaffrie, Michael Ward and Jason Stephens, with McCaffrie and Ward working as writers on the programme. A fourth series in 2009 was planned, but cancelled due to production clashes with ''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation. The show's contributors include Matt Cameron, Doug MacLeod, Dave O'Neil, Tony Moclair and Richard Marsland. Format The show was presented in the style of a news bulletin, with Shaun Micallef acting as anchor. It began with a statement by Micallef about history and/or news and its relation to the show. The rest of the program featured segments often detailing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
