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Wormwood (TV Series)
''Wormwood'' is an Australian children's television program that premiered on Channel Ten on 4 October 2007. It also screened in 2008 on the ABC, as part of the Rollercoaster show. It also premiered on Foxtel's Disney channel on August the 2nd 6pm, Saturday 2008. There are 13 episodes based on the stories by Paul Jennings. Storyline The town of Wormwood is a weird place. The town's main economy is worm farming and selling 'worm poo' but things start to get really weird when the kids meet the Nose of Wormwood, a kid playing banjo, and a monster with indigestion that lives in the forest pond. Cast *Kelly Paterniti as Danni Bourke *Nick Stevenson as Ned Bourke *Karli-Rae Grogan as Sally Schnozz *Valentina Barron as Jarrod Schnozz * Shannon Lively as Hairball *David Moran as Ken Schnozz *Igor Sas Igor Sas is an Australian film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his work on children's television series such as ''Parallax'', ''Wormwood'', ''Lockie Leonard'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Paterniti
Kelly Paterniti (born 6 December 1987) is an Australian actress. She is most notable for her role as Tamara Kingsley on the Australian television soap opera ''Home and Away''. Early life and career Paterniti was born in 1987 and grew up in Perth, Western Australia with two other siblings. She became involved with dramatic arts from an early age, and at the age of 13 enrolled at the John Curtin College of the Arts, a high school in Fremantle, Western Australia. Following her graduation from the college, Paterniti furthered her studies at Curtin University, where she performed in many theatrical productions including ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Cloudstreet'' and ''The Trojan Women''. While still attending the university, she appeared in a short film ''Some Dreams Come True'', and was cast in the children's television series' '' Wormwood'', and ''Stormworld'', an Australian-Canadian sci-fi series. In 2009, Paterniti appeared in a recurring role as "Summer" in the Seven Network seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Barron
Valentina Marina Barron (born 9 February 1993) is an Australian actress, best known for her role as Flees in ''Stormworld ''Stormworld'' is a drama television series which first aired on Space (Canadian TV channel), Space on 18 March 2009 in Canada with a repeat broadcast in August 2009 and aired in Australia on the Nine Network in 2009. The show follows two boys ...''. Filmography Awards/Nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barron, Valentina 1993 births Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Lively
Shannon James Lively (born 4 May 1992 in Attadale, Western Australia) is an Australian actor. His first television role was Declan in the second series of ''The Sleepover Club''. He graduated in the class of 2009 from Corpus Christi College, Bateman and within that time he also finished working on the Australian television series entitled ''Wormwood''. In 2010, Shannon Lively played Chub Pickles on the Australian miniseries; ''Cloudstreet'', based on the popular novels by Tim Winton and aired in 2011. Since 2011, Shannon Lively has been working with longtime friend Eduardo Martinez on various short films for the YouTube based Perth production company Space Bandidos Films. He has acted in the shorts ''Cream Pie'', ''The Getaway Car'', ''Hostile Hospitality'', ''Knock Knock'' and ''Happy Slappy''; all of which were directed by Eduardo Martinez, except Hostile Hospitality, which was directed by Vincent Lange. Currently the two are running a crowdfunding campaign on the Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Sas
Igor Sas is an Australian film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his work on children's television series such as ''Parallax'', ''Wormwood'', ''Lockie Leonard'' and '' The Gift''. He has also appeared in a number of films, including ''Japanese Story''. Career Sas began his career in 1982 in the Australian soap opera '' Sons and Daughters''. He appeared in multiple episodes of television shows ''Ship to Shore'' between 1993 and 1994, '' The Gift'' in 1997, and '' Minty'' in 1998. Sas acted alongside Marcus Graham and Kerry Armstrong in 1998's ''Justice'', starred in ''Bad Credit and Aliens'' (2001) and played Fraser in the feature film ''Japanese Story'' with Toni Collette. He returned to TV in 2004, portraying Stefan Raddic in ''Parallax'', then Old Squasher in the 2007 ''Lockie Leonard Lockie Leonard is a fictional character and the protagonist of a trilogy of young adult novels by Australian by the author Tim Winton. Character Lockie Leonard is a 12-year-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five national free-to-air networks, 10's owned-and-operated stations can be found in the state capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth while affiliates extend the network to regional areas of the country. As of 2022, Network 10 is the fourth-rated television network in Australia, behind the Seven Network, Nine Network, ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV and ahead of SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. History Origins From the introduction of TV in 1956 until 1965 there were three television networks in Australia, the Nine Network, National Television Network (now the Nine Network), the Seven Network, Australian Television Network (now the Seven Network), and the public Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC1
ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The network began operating on 5 November 1956 as the ABC National Television Service, starting in Sydney, followed by Melbourne, with other stations being established in state capitals and regional areas in the following years. In the 1960s and 1970s, the network was also referred to as ABC National Television, or ABC Television. Until the introduction of digital television in 2001, the network was the only domestic television service broadcast by the ABC. On 8 February 2008, the channel was renamed ABC1, before being rebranded as ABC TV on 20 July 2014. As of 2022, the ABC is the third-rated television network in Australia, behind the Seven Network and Nine Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned body that is politically independent and fully accountable, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps to generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an act of federal parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-class radio stations. The ABC was given statutory powers that reinforced its independence from the government and enhanced its news-gathering role. Modelled after the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which is funded by a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Rollercoaster
''RollerCoaster'' is a children's television show which was broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from between January 2005 and January 2010. Hosted by Elliot Spencer, it was aimed at an older audience than that for ABC For Kids. ''RollerCoaster'' was a "wrapper" show, usually incorporating three to five externally produced animated programs (formerly a mix of animated and live action shows) of varying lengths, which were interspersed with locally produced studio or location segments hosted by Spencer. It was aimed at older children and young teenaged audiences. The host, Elliot Spencer was usually the sole presenter, dressing up as characters for short sketches sometimes; on occasion members of ''Rollercoaster'' crew also appear in gags and sketches. The show also included regular features jointly presented by Spencer and Ruben Meerman, "The Surfing Scientist". ''Rollercoaster'' followed a well-established format for Australian children's television. In order t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Jennings (Australian Author)
Paul Jennings AM (born 1943), is an English-born Australian children's book writer. His books mainly feature short stories that lead the reader through an unusual series of events that end with a twist. Many of his stories were adapted for the cult classic children's television series ''Round the Twist''. Jennings collaborated with Morris Gleitzman on the book series ''Wicked!'', which was adapted into an animated TV series in 2000. Early life and education Paul Jennings was born on 30 April 1943 in Heston, Middlesex (now part of Hounslow in London). In 1949 his family emigrated to Australia. He first attended Bentleigh West Primary School in Bentleigh, a suburb of Melbourne, and then Caulfield Grammar School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Education Studies from Frankston Teachers College at Monash University in 1978 and taught at Frankston State School, Kangaroo Flat State School, the Turana Youth Training Centre and the Royal Children's Hospital State School in Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Children's Television Series
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2007 Australian Television Series Debuts
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Network 10 Original Programming
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