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Waterloo Station (TV Series)
''Waterloo Station'' was a short-lived Australian television soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Nine Network in 1983. Synopsis ''Waterloo Station'' focused on two sisters, both married to policemen, and their adult children starting careers in the police force. The main locations were a police station, a police training academy in Sydney, and a large boarding house that provided accommodation for several characters. ''Waterloo Station'' was an attempt by Grundy's to reproduce for Channel Nine the success of their earlier shows '' The Restless Years'' and ''The Young Doctors'' which focused on youth situations. Like Crawford Productions' successful police series ''Cop Shop'',Peter Robson and Jennifer L Schulz (editors) ''Waterloo Station'' combined police procedural elements with domestic situations involving the police personnel and their families. The series was recorded at the Eric Porter studios in North Sydney. Cas ... [...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 Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Roberts (Australian Actor)
Daniel Roberts (born 27 January 1966), also credited as Danny Roberts, is an Australian actor. He is perhaps best known his roles as Ailsa Stewart's younger creepy brother Tony O'Rourke in early January 1997, Dennis Harling from September 2011 until February 2012, and Gavin Cooper from 12 to 24 November 2015 in ''Home and Away''. Early life Roberts was born in Perth, Western Australia on 27 January 1966. Acting career He started with the Patch Theatre at age 12, and was in the first round at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1979. He moved to Melbourne in 1982 where he appeared in ''Cop Shop'' and ''The Sullivans''. He then played a lead role in the soap opera ''Waterloo Station'' (1983), but the series was cancelled after a few months on air. He then became a major cast member in '' Sons and Daughters'', playing Andy Green from 1983 until the series ended in 1987. Roberts went on to a regular role in soap opera ''The Power, The Passion'' which ran for eight mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons And Daughters (Australian TV Series)
''Sons and Daughters'' is an Australian Logie Award-winning soap opera/drama serial, broadcast by the Seven Network between January 1982 and December 1987 and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. It was created by executive Reg Watson, and is distributed by Fremantle. ''Sons and Daughters'' is remembered for its regular use of dramatic cliffhangers and its most famous character; Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton, initially played by Rowena Wallace, who became the first soap star, non-personality to win the Gold Logie award for her spirited performance in the role - when she left the series in 1985, the part was recast, with Belinda Giblin taking over the role, following the character receiving extensive plastic surgery in the storyline, and returning as Alison Carr. The extended pilot episode premiered on Monday, 18 January 1982, during the Christmas/New Year non-ratings period in Sydney and Melbourne, and the following week in Brisbane and Adelaide. For the first two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson's Law
''Carson's Law'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network between 1982-1984. The series was a period piece set in the 1920s and starred Lorraine Bayly as progressive solicitor Jennifer Carson. The episodes revolved around the cases taken on by Jennifer, and the various personal intrigues of her family.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 100 Brief Synopsis The series' premiere was billed as a 90-minute "movie-length" episode on 24 January 1983, with another two-hour episode in the same timeslot the following night, before settling into its twice-weekly 60-minute format the following week. ''Carson's Law'' was noted for its quality scripts and period production values. Despite being popular in Melbourne, where the series was based and filmed, it did not succeed in Sydney. Attempts to revamp the series to make it appeal more to Sydney audiences eventually alienated the programme's core audience, and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Clarke (actor)
Andrew Clarke (born 1954) is an Australian actor most known for his television work. Andrew Clarke was one of the most popular Australian actors in the 1980s and 1990s. He is also a two-time Logie winner. Career Andrew Clarke began his career in theatre. His theatre credits include ''Macbeth'', ''The Winter's Tale'', '' Arsenic and Old Lace'', ''The Cherry Orchard'', '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', ''The Glass Menagerie'', '' The Devil's Advocate'', '' Waiting for Godot'' and ''Under Milk Wood''. He has had several high-profile roles in television movies, series and mini-series, including starring in the popular series '' Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River'' ("''Snowy River: The McGregor Saga''") as Matt McGregor for four seasons from 1993-1996. He also starred in an episode of ''Halifax f.p.'' in 1999. Other television roles included a short stint in soap opera ''Prisoner'', where (in 1982) he played the role of Judy Bryant's son-in-law Geoff Maynard, and the ong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer West (Australian Actress)
Jennifer West (born 1966) is an American artist. She is known for her digitized films that are made by hand manipulating film celluloid. She serves as faculty at the University of Southern California (USC) at the Roski School of Art and Design. She lives and works in Los Angeles. Wendy Vogel writes for Artforum.com, "Like her experimental predecessors, West forgoes narrative cohesion in favor of creating jumpy cuts and abstract visual collages––splicing, rolling, and drenching the celluloid using materials from Mylar tape to pickle juice, whiskey to candle smoke." Christopher Bedford wrote in ''Artforum'' on her work, "sexy, whimsical, painting-scale DVD projections walk that elusive line between pictorial modes with deftness, wit, and airy originality." Joanna Kleinberg wrote on her work in Frieze "the intermingling of materiality, feeling and identity creates a wild blend of synaesthetic experience wherein the substances of life literally and figuratively colour the film. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Smith (Australian Actor)
Paul Smith (born 1968 in Sydney) is a former Australian actor, who started his career as a child actor. He is most known as Steve in the children's television series ''The Henderson Kids'', before being the original Simon Kelly in the sitcom '' Hey Dad...!'' Career He got his start in acting during his first year of high school when a production company was holding a film audition for children in the area. He appeared in over 15 television shows and movies from the 1980s until the early 1990s in Australia. Filmography * '' G.P.'' (TV series) (1992) * ''Police Rescue'' (TV series) (1991) * '' The Private War of Lucinda Smith'' (TV movie) (1990) * '' Mission: Impossible'' (TV series) (1988) * ''The Henderson Kids II'' (TV series) (1987) * '' Hey Dad..!'' (TV series) (1987) * ''Platypus Cove'' (Filmed 1983, released 1986) * ''The Henderson Kids'' (TV series) (1985) * ''Crime of the Decade'' (TV movie) (1984) * '' The Cowra Breakout'' (TV mini-series) (1984) * ''The Fire in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Sont
Gerard Sont, also known as Gerry Sont and Gera4d Sont (billing as) is an Australian actor and TV host. Biography Sont played the titular Melvin in ''Melvin, Son of Alvin''. Sont played recurring character Brett Mackin on ''Home and Away'' from the series inception in 1988, with appearances until 2005 and a main character, Cal Lawrence, in the TV series ''Chances''. He was the first host of Australia's version of '' Double Dare'' and was a presenter on ABC's magazine style TV series ''Antenna''. Sont has appeared on stage in productions such as ''How Does Your Garden Grow? ''How Does Your Garden Grow?'' is an album by the American alternative rock trio Better Than Ezra, released in 1998 via Elektra Records. It was the band's second album with drummer Travis Aaron McNabb. The album peaked at No. 128 on the ''Billb ...'' at the State Theatre in 1996, ''The Cherry Orchard'' at the New Theatre in 1996, ''The Gospel Of Mark'' at Belvoir St. Downstairs in 2000 and ''The O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Morton
Tex Morton (born Robert William Lane in Nelson, New Zealand, also credited as Robert Tex Morton; 30 August 1916 – 23 July 1983) was a pioneer of New Zealand and Australian country and western music, vaudevillian, actor, television host and circus performer. Early life Morton was born the eldest of four to Bernard William Lane, a postal clerk and Mildred Eastgate and attended Nelson College between 1930 and 1931.''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition At age 15 he left home to launch himself into show business. His first attempts to run away and join the circus ended in him being found busking by police and he was promptly returned home. Career 1930s – 1940s About 1934, he recorded some "hillbilly songs" privately. He later claimed that these were played on New Zealand radio, though this is perhaps unlikely. Some of these recordings have recently come to light, though they have not been commercially reissued. About 1934 (the exact date is uncertai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Cork
Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim may refer to: People * Malcolm (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Clan Malcolm * Maol Choluim de Innerpeffray, 14th-century bishop-elect of Dunkeld Nobility * Máel Coluim, Earl of Atholl, Mormaer of Atholl between 1153/9 and the 1190s * Máel Coluim, King of Strathclyde, 10th century * Máel Coluim of Moray, Mormaer of Moray 1020–1029 * Máel Coluim (son of the king of the Cumbrians), possible King of Strathclyde or King of Alba around 1054 * Malcolm I of Scotland (died 954), King of Scots * Malcolm II of Scotland, King of Scots from 1005 until his death * Malcolm III of Scotland, King of Scots * Malcolm IV of Scotland, King of Scots * Máel Coluim, Earl of Angus, the fifth attested post 10th-century Mormaer of Angus * Máel Coluim I, Earl of Fife, one of the more obscure Mormaers of Fife * Maol Choluim I, Earl of Lennox, Mormaer * Máel Coluim II, Earl of Fife, Mormaer * Maol Choluim II, Earl of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Grives
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some curren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartholomew John
Bartholomew John (born 24 August 1952 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is an actor best known for his roles on television in America and Australia. In 1974, his single "Someone" peaked at number 75 in Australia. Career He played Dr. Chris Piper in the Australian soap opera ''The Young Doctors'' from 1977 to 1979 followed by a lead role in '' Skyways'' from 1979 to 1981 as Captain Nick Granger, also appearing in ''Waterloo Station''. More recent credits include: ''Murder Call'', '' All Saints'' and ''Always Greener''. His best-known work is probably playing the clown, Ronald McDonald on Australian television. In 2005 John portrayed John Forsythe in '' Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure'', a fictionalized television movie based on the creation and behind the scenes production of the 1980s prime time soap opera ''Dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
