''Barons'' is an Australian television drama series on the

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which first screened on 24 April 2022.

Synopsis

The series parallels the story behind the

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and

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surf labels, in which Australian surfers in the 1970s turned their personal rivalries into professional rivalries as they built competing surfwear companies.

Cast

* Sean Keenan as Bill "Trotter" Dwyer * Ben O'Toole as Snapper Webster *

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as Tracy Dwyer *

Hunter Page-Lochard Hunter Djali Yumunu Page-Lochard is an Australian stage and screen actor of both Aboriginal Australian and African-American descent. He is known for his roles in the films '' The Sapphires'' (2012), '' Around the Block'' (2013) and '' The Djarn ...

as Reg Thompson *

George Pullar George Pullar (born 1995/1996) is an Australian actor from Brisbane. He is known for his roles as ''Larry Forbes'' in the fifth season of the Australian drama series '' A Place to Call Home'' and Daniel Fletcher in the Network Ten drama series ...

as Bernie Hunter Jr *

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as Buddy Fraser * Sophia Forrest as Dani Kirk * Vivienne Awosoga as Marguax Dupont * Nicholas Burton as Tom 'Sharpie' Sharp * Karina Banno as Jules Zemanik * Megan MacKenzie as Kelly Fox *

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as Mac *

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as Shirley Kwong *

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as Arthur Foreman *

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as Marilyn Hunter *

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as Bernie Hunter Sr * Sebastian Tang as Dimma *

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as Carlito * Meg Fraser as Cindy Carroway

Episodes

Production

The eight-part series is filmed in Australia, the United States and Indonesia. It is created by Michael Lawrence and John Molloy. The writers are Liz Doran, Matt Cameron and

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. The series id produced by Molloy, Lawrence, Doran and Justin Davies.

References

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