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''Chandon Pictures'' is an Australian comedy television series that premiered on
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on 10 November 2007 and ended on 7 May 2009. The series featured sixteen episodes and was a spin-off from a Tropfest short film produced by Rob Carlton and Alex Weinress. It followed the misadventures of a struggling video production company called 'Chandon Pictures.'
Rob Carlton Rob Carlton (born 4 May 1971) is a Logie Award winning Australian actor and writer. He is best known for writing and starring in the comedy series ''Chandon Pictures''. He also had starring roles in the comedy satire ''The Hollowmen'' and the chi ...
, who plays the main character, is the younger cousin of Brian Carlton, The Spoonman talkback host on the Austereo Triple M network. This was revealed when The Spoonman interviewed Rob. On 10 July 2008, it was announced that the series had won a second season and it had sold format rights to its distributor Lionsgate. The first season premiered in the UK on
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on 19 February 2009 in a 10pm slot. It was also aired in the US on the Sundance Channel.


Regular cast

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Rob Carlton Rob Carlton (born 4 May 1971) is a Logie Award winning Australian actor and writer. He is best known for writing and starring in the comedy series ''Chandon Pictures''. He also had starring roles in the comedy satire ''The Hollowmen'' and the chi ...
* Josh Lawson *
Darren Gilshenan Darren Gilshenan is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his in television series ''The Moodys'', ''Maximum Choppage'', ''Chandon Pictures'' and '' Full Frontal''. Early life Darren was first introduced to acting while he was a ...
* Rebecca Massey


Guest cast

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Graeme Blundell Graeme Blundell (born 7 August 1945) is an Australian actor, director, producer, writer, playwright, lyricist and biographer Early life Blundell was born on 7 April 1945 in Melbourne; he grew up in the suburb of Clifton Hill. He was educated a ...
* Angus Sampson * Peter Phelps * Justine Clarke *
Ed Kavalee Edward Robert Kavalee (born 30 June 1979) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, podcaster radio and television presenter. He is a recurring panellist on Network 10's ''Have You Been Paying Attention?'' with Sam Pang and co-hosts ''Hughesy, ...
* Lachy Hulme * Dan Wyllie


Episodes


Season 1 (2007)


Season 2 (2009)


Awards and nominations

;Notes * A ^ Directors - Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress * B ^ Writer - Rob Carlton


References


External links

* {{Official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20071114050618/http://www.movienetwork.tv/Chandon/%7D%7D * {{IMDb title, id=1075458
''Chandon Pictures'' - "Champion Charles"
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