''Offspring'' is an Australian television

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program that aired

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from 2010 to 2017. ''Offspring'' is centred on 30-something

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Nina Proudman and her family and friends as they navigate the chaos of modern life. Filmed in Melbourne's inner north, the series mixes conventional narrative drama and comedy with flashbacks, graphic animation, and fantasy sequences.

Series overview

Cast

Main

Supporting cast

* Adrienne Pickering as Kirsty Crewe (Series 7) * Neil Melville as Drew Crewe (Series 7) *

Dan Wyllie Daniel Wyllie (born 1970) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Wyllie began acting in theatre. Early life Wyllie grew up on Sydney's North Shore. He attended North Sydney Boys High School and the University of New South Wales, whe ...

as Angus Freeman (Series 6) *

Sarah Peirse Sarah Peirse is a New Zealand actress. She works both on screen and stage, best known for her portrayals of two very different mothers — the kind-hearted yet stricken mother Honora Rieper in '' Heavenly Creatures'', and the disaffected sophisti ...

as Marjorie Van Dyke (Series 6–7) * Shannon Berry as Brody Jordan (Series 6–7) * Ash Ricardo as Kerry Green (Series 6–7) * Cate Wolfe as Jess (Series 5–7) * Isabella Monaghan as Zoe Proudman-Reid (Series 5–7) * Maude Davey as Dr. Nadine Samir-Noonan (Series 2, 4–5) *

Celia Pacquola Celia Pacquola (born 12 February 1983) is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter and actor who performs predominantly in Australia and the United Kingdom. Early life Pacquola is a third child, and her parents separated when she was eightee ...

as Ange Navarro (Series 4–5) *

Garry McDonald Garry George McDonald AO (born 30 October 1948) is an Australian actor, satirist and comedian. In a career spanning five decades he has had many theatre, television and film roles, and has been listed as a National Living Treasure. He is bes ...

as Phillip Noonan (Series 3–5) *

Clare Bowditch Clare Bowditch (born 1975) is an Australian musician, actress, radio presenter and business entrepreneur. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, Bowditch won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist and was nominated for a Logie Award for her work on ...

as Rosanna Harding (Series 3–5) *

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 Kate Reid (Series 2–4, 5) * Christopher Morris as Brendan Wright (Series 1, 5) *

Lawrence Leung Lawrence Leung (born 25 August 1977) is an Australian comedian, writer, director and actor from Melbourne. He is best known for his television series ''Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure'' based his one-man shows on stories about his obs ...

as Elvis Kwan (Series 4–7) *

Caren Pistorius Caren Pistorius (born 30 September 1990) is a South African-New Zealand actress. She is best known for her role as Rose in the 2015 film ''Slow West''. Early life Pistorius was born in Rustenburg, South Africa. Her family moved to Auckland, New ...

as Eloise Ward (Series 4) * Kevin Hofbauer as Joseph Green (Series 4) *

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as Phil D'Arabont (Series 2, 4, 5, 6) *

Kate Atkinson Kate Atkinson may refer to: * Kate Atkinson (actress) (born 1972), Australian actress * Kate Atkinson (writer) Kate Atkinson (born 20 December 1951) is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories. She is known for creating the Jac ...

as Renee (Series 1–3) *

Kick Gurry Christopher "Kick" Gurry (born 25 May 1978) is an Australian actor. Gurry was born in Melbourne, Australia. He got his nickname when his brother could not say Christopher so he said "Kicker". When he got into high school, he shortened it to "K ...

as Adam (Series 3) *

Dan Spielman Dan Spielman (born 1979) is an Australian actor. His career spans film, television and theatre. Spielman grew up with his younger sister in Beaumaris, Melbourne. Without formal acting training, Spielman has worked in theatre, television and fil ...

as Andrew Holland (Series 2-3) * Emma Griffin as Tammy (Series 2) * Jay Ryan as Fraser King (Series 2) *

Tina Bursill Tina Bursill (born 24 July 1951) is an Australian actress. She played Louise Carter on the television series '' Skyways'' (1979–1981) and Sonia Stevens on ''Prisoner'' (1983–1984). She played Meryl Knight in the Nine Network drama series ...

as Marilyn Holland (Series 2) * Leah de Niese as Odile (Series 1–2) *

Marta Kaczmarek Marta Kaczmarek is a Polish-Australian theatre, television and film actress. Early life Kaczmarek was born in Krasnystaw, Poland, and trained at the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Krakow. She moved to Perth, Western Australia, ...

as Sonja (Series 1) *

Kate Box Kate Box is an Australian stage, film and television actress. She is known for her roles as Nicole Vargas in ''Rake'' and as Lou Kelly in '' Wentworth''. Career In 2003, Box graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Her firs ...

as Alice Havel (Series 1) * John Wood as Gareth (Series 1) *

Damon Herriman Damon Herriman is an Australian actor. He is known for his film and television work in Australia and the United States. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Dewey Crowe in '' Justified''. In 2019, he portrayed the cult leader and crimina ...

as Boyd Carlisle (Series 1)

Production

Debra Oswald Debra Oswald (born 1959) is an Australian writer for film, television, stage, radio and children's fiction. In 2008 her ''Stories in the Dark'' won Best Play in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. She created and was head writer of the Channel 10 ...

wrote the series with

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and Imogen Banks producing with

Southern Star Entertainment Endemol Australia, formerly known as Southern Star Group, Southern Star Productions, Southern Star/Hanna-Barbera Australia and Taft-Hardie Group Pty Ltd, was Australia's largest independent television production and distribution group. On 26 Jul ...

. ''Offspring'' was originally conceived as a two-hour

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for Ten, but was spun off into a 13 episode series after television executives were impressed by the quality of the telemovie. The second season began on 16 May 2011 with a double episode premiere. On 3 October 2014, shortly after the fifth series finale aired,

confirmed that ''Offspring'' would not return for a sixth series due to Ten's cost-cutting measures in its production division. In 2015, the series was picked up for another series, with production commencing on 25 April 2016 and running through to June 2016. Most of the original cast returned alongside new cast members. The seventh series filmed in Melbourne from March 2017 and premiered on 28 June 2017. In November 2017, Network Ten chose not to renew the show as part of its 2018 season, although did not officially cancel the program. The series was filmed in

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's inner-north around the suburb of

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and was produced by John Edwards and Imogen Banks, who also co-produced ''Tangle''. John Edwards was responsible for such successes as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' - also produced with Imogen Banks - and '' Rush'' for Seriously Ten.

''Offspring: The Nurses''

A web series titled ''Offspring: The Nurses'' began in 2010 on the official ''Offspring'' website. It follows nurses Kim (Alicia Gardiner) and Zara (Jane Harber) from the original series, and also stars Benedict Hardie, Julia Grace, Laura Gilham, Carl Nilsson Polias, Jodie Sheehy, and Matthew Heyward as fellow staff members of the hospital. Some cast members from the original series have also starred as well. A second web series follows Zara ( Jane Harber), and this time Justina Noble as Nurse Tyra. Series 2 also starred Benedict Hardie, Harry Milas, Josh Price, Natalie Kaplan, Sonja Kowanjko, and Kate Hopkins, while Richard Davies and Lachy Hulme also made guest appearances.

Awards and nominations

Australian Film Institute Awards

TV Week Logie Awards

Equity Ensemble Awards

Series viewership

Episodes

DVD releases

The entire series of ''Offspring'' has been released on Region 4 DVD via

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. The first and second seasons were released in 2010 and 2011 respectively in box set packaging. In 2012, both sets received a re-release in standard-case packaging, which became the norm for each subsequent season set. Multiple season sets have additionally been made available from Madman Entertainment.

International distribution

''Offspring'' is in broadcast in several countries around the world, including

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, where it was screened since 2010 on TV One Sundays at 8:30pm. In 2012, it appeared on the

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network in

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and both HOT VOD and

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, while it was included on

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in the

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in 2017. Many countries in

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aired the series, where in 2011 it was picked up by

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, under the title "Descubriendo a Nina", AXN White in

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, as "Descobrindo Nina", and by the

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network for

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in July,

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, screening on Sundays, and

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, where it was aired on Thursdays at 9:00pm, while in 2012, it debuted on

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and is available on in

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in a late Sunday night time slot, 2013 on

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Mondays at 10:05pm, and additionally, it appeared in the

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on Netflix in 2017.

References

External links

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