''Killing Time'' is an Australian television drama series on
TV1 subscription television channel which first screened in 2011. It is based on the true story of disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser. In
New Zealand
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it screens on
Prime Television
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.
Background
Born in Melbourne in 1951, for thirty years Andrew Fraser was one of Australia's leading criminal lawyers. He defended underworld families the Morans and the Pettingills, businessman Alan Bond, and footballer Jimmy Krakauer.
With success came cocaine addiction ending in 1999 with Fraser being charged with being knowingly concerned with an importation of cocaine, serious charges that received no mercy. This was the end of life as Fraser had known. He admitted himself into hospital and withdrew from use. This was the start of the long road to recovery, remaining drug free for the two years he was on bail and has remained so ever since.
Fraser pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2001 to seven years imprisonment with a minimum of five. Despite being a low risk prisoner, Fraser was sent to a maximum-security housing thirty-eight of the most dangerous criminals in Victoria. During that period Fraser heard (and reported) disturbing tales from Australia's most notorious prisoners.
Television series
Killing Time is a television mini-series based on Fraser's experiences. It was produced in 2009 by
FremantleMedia
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,
TV1 and
Film Victoria.
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/ref> David Wenham
David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his roles as Faramir in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, Friar Carl in ''Van Helsing'', Dilios in ''300'' and ...
portrays Fraser in the series.
Overview
Andrew Fraser is a lawyer who defends high-profile clients such as Dennis Allen, Jimmy Krakouer, Alan Bond and those accused of the Walsh Street murders
The Walsh Street police shootings were the 1988 murders of two Victoria Police officers: Constables Steven Tynan, 22, and Damian Eyre, 20.
Tynan and Eyre were responding to a report of an abandoned car when they were gunned down about 4:50am ...
.
Production
The ten part series is written by Ian David, Mac Gudgeon, Katherine Thompson and Shaun Grant. The executive producer is Jason Stephens. The series was initially due to screen in 2010 but was deferred due to strong violence and horror content scenes of the mini-series, which jeopardised a series of gangland trials that were in progress.
Main cast
* David Wenham
David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his roles as Faramir in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, Friar Carl in ''Van Helsing'', Dilios in ''300'' and ...
as Andrew Fraser
* Diana Glenn
Diana Glenn (born 1974) is an Australian actress with many credits in television, film, and theatre.
Early life and education
Glenn has an English father, Greek mother and three siblings. She attended Melbourne Girls Grammar School and studi ...
as Denise Fraser
* Colin Friels
Colin Friels (born 25 September 1952) is a Scottish-born Australian actor of theatre, TV and film and presenter
Early life
Friels was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.Interview with Colin Friels, ''George Negus Tonight'' (ABC Television) ...
as Lewis Moran
Lewis Moran (7 July 1941 – 31 March 2004) was an Australian organized crime figure and patriarch of the infamous Moran family of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Notable for his involvement in the Melbourne gangland killings, Moran was shot de ...
* Richard Cawthorne
Richard Seymour Cawthorne (born 3 December 1976) is an Australian actor of theatre, film and television.
Career
Cawthorne has appeared in many film and television productions. His credits include ''Catching Milat'', ''Fat Tony & Co'', '' Bikie ...
as Dennis Allen
* Kris McQuade as Kath Pettingill
Kathleen Pettingill (born 27 March, 1935) is the matriarch of the Melbourne criminal family, the Pettingill family.
Family
Pettingill's 10 children are:
(with Dennis Ryan)
* Dennis Bruce Allen (1951–1987) – a drug dealer, jailed for rape i ...
* Malcom Kennard as Victor Peirce
Victor George Peirce (11 November 1958 – 1 May 2002) was an Australian gangster from Melbourne, Victoria. Peirce was a member of the Pettingill family, which was headed by matriarch and former Richmond brothel owner Kath Pettingill.
Walsh S ...
Supporting cast
* Kate Jenkinson
Kate Jenkinson is an Australian actress, known for her various roles on '' The Wedge'', as well as her role of Kendall Quinn on '' Super Fun Night''.
She is known for her role as Allie Novak in the Australian TV series '' Wentworth''.
Educati ...
as Wendy Peirce
* Reef Ireland as Jason Ryan
* Martin Sharpe as Trevor Pettingill
The Pettingill family is a Melbourne-based criminal family,[Fears of gangland war in ...](_blank)
* Fletcher Humphrys
Fletcher Humphrys (born 1 April 1976) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Brett 'Brick' Buchanon in ''McLeod's Daughters'' and as Alex Kearns in '' All Saints''.
Career
Humphrys made his acting debut in 1993, appearing in ...
as Graeme Jensen
* Frank Sweet
Frank Sweet (born 7 March 1988) is an Australian actor and musician. The son of veteran actor Gary Sweet, he was born in Melbourne and is currently based in Melbourne.
Sweet made his film debut as Marcus in '' 2:37'', which was released on 17 ...
as Anthony Farrell Jr
* John Brumpton
John Brumpton (born 28 July 1958) is an Australian actor who has appeared in a large number of local productions.
Early life
Brumpton grew up in Sydney. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1982 with a Bachelor of Surve ...
as Peter Dupas
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* Nick Farnell as Detective Alan Daniels
* Peter Houghton as Detective Alex Schneider
* Ian Bliss as Detective Inspector Patterson
* Kerry Walker
Kerry Ann Walker is an Australian actress. She has had a lengthy career on both stage and screen. She was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role three times, in 1985 for ''Bliss'', 1986 for ''Twelfth Night'' and in 1 ...
as Sheila Fraser
* Terry Norris
Terry is a unisex given name, derived from French Thierry and Theodoric. It can also be used as a diminutive nickname for the names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence or Terrier (masculine).
People
Male
* Terry Albritton (1955–2005), Ame ...
as Rod Fraser
* Louise Crawford
Louise Crawford (born 1978 in Queensland, Australia) is an Australian film and television actress, who is a Councillor and former Mayor of the City of Port Phillip. Crawford has appeared in many Australian soaps and dramas, including a role as S ...
as Sally Fraser
* Steve Mouzakis
Steve Mouzakis is an Australian film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his role in the Spike Jonze film ''Where the Wild Things Are'', Van Gogh in ''Prison Break'', Steven Ray in the film '' The Suicide Theory'', and performing along ...
as Chris Baros
* Fred Whitlock as Leslie Camilleri
* Tony Nikolakopoulos
Tony Nikolakopoulos is a Greek Australian film and television actor. He is best known for his work in the films of Nick Giannopoulos, '' The Wog Boy'' and ''The Wannabes'', and for his role as Attilio in the television series '' Scooter: Secret ...
as Manny The Mutt
* John Wood as Alan Bond
* Anthony Hayes as John Bond
* Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell (born 15 August 1958) is an English actor who has worked in Australia for more than 20 years. He works regularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company as well as with all the major television broadcasters in Australia, most notably th ...
as Rod Conroy
* Brett Swain as Prison Officer Griffiths
* Alan King as David Casey
* Shane Connor
Shane Connor (born 3 April 1959) also billed/credited as Shane Feeney-Connor, is an Australian actor, who has had extensive experience in stage, television and film productions, both locally and internationally in the United Kingdom and United St ...
as Detective Sergeant Wayne Strawhorn
* Aaron Catalan as Detective Sergeant Malcolm Rosenes
References
External links
Official website
*
– List of Andrew Fraser books
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TV1 (Australian TV channel) original programming
Seven Network original programming
2010s Australian drama television series
2011 Australian television series debuts
2012 Australian television series endings
English-language television shows
2010s Australian crime television series