''Something in the Air'' is an Australian television soap opera transmitted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2002. It was one of the first programs in

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to be filmed in widescreen. It won the

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in 2001. The series initially screened four episodes weekly, Monday to Thursday at 6:30 pm, and was a moderate success. Ratings began to drop after the show was moved to Saturday evenings, and was cut down to two episodes shown in a one-hour block. It later resumed its four-episode weekly run, but it was screened in a 6:00 pm timeslot, putting it up against the high-rating

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and Nine news bulletins, and that ultimately led to its cancellation. The series was repeated on the-then ABC2 from 11 February 2008.

Episodes

Cast

Main

* Eric Bana as Joe Sabatini (2000–01) * Ray Barrett as Len Taylor * Ulli Birvé aa Helen Virtue * Alan Brough as Warren Brown (2000) * Danielle Carter as Sally Sabatini * Vince Colosimo as Joe Sabatini (2001), replaced Eric Bana *

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as Julia Rutherford * Frankie J. Holden as Stuart McGregor *

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as Dr. Eva Petrovska * Colin Moody as Tom Dooley * Roger Oakley as Doug Rutherford * Anne Phelan as Monica Taylor * Jeremy Lindsay Taylor as Ryan Cassidy * Steve Adams as Father Brian * Tony Bonner as Bill Mackay

Recurring / guests

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as Nanny Sophia * Alan Hopgood aa Bill Mackay * Brett Climo as Steve Saks (3 episodes) *

Carmen Duncan Carmen Joan Duncan (7 July 1942 – 3 February 2019) was an Australian-born stage and screen actress and activist, with a career locally and internationally in the United States that spanned over 50 years. She was nominated for the AFI Award ...

as Margaret Jenkins (3 episodes) *

Christine Stephen-Daly Christine Stephen-Daly (born 1973) is an Australian actress. Her television credits include ''Pacific Drive'' (1996), ''Casualty'' (2001–04), ''Cutting It'' (2005), and ''House of Saddam'' (2008). Biography Stephen-Daly grew up in Melbourne ...

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as Janine Baker (2 episodes) *

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as Young * Mark Mitchell as Neville McGregor *

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as Jimmy Hibberd (4 episodes) * Nicholas Bell as Michael Fox (5 episodes) *

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as Ken (4 episodes) * Russell Kiefel as Tas (4 episodes) *

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as Dermot Yates (7 episodes) * Sophie Lee as Jennifer Leveson (4 episodes) * Sullivan Stapleton as Wayne Taylor (4 episodes) *

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as Candy Rogers

Broadcast history

* Season 1: ** Monday to Thursdays, 6:30pm (25 minutes x 160 episodes) * Season 2: ** Saturdays, 7:30pm (2 episodes in a 60 minute block; first 44 episodes only) ** Monday to Thursdays, 6:00 pm (25 minutes x 68 episodes) * Season 3: ** Monday to Thursdays, 6:00 pm (25 minutes x 48 episodes)

References

External links

Official WebsiteSomething in the Air at the National Film and Sound Archive
* Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming 2000 Australian television series debuts 2002 Australian television series endings Australian television soap operas Television series by Beyond Television Productions {{Australia-tv-prog-stub