''The Bite'' is a 1996 miniseries about an Australian adventurer who moves to Asia with his new wife. Ellie and Jack Shannon start a jewellery business in Burma, which is renowned for its rubies but is also one of the corners of the infamous heroin ‘

Golden Triangle Golden Triangle may refer to: Places Asia * Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia), named for its opium production * Golden Triangle (Yangtze), China, named for its rapid economic development * Golden Triangle (India), comprising the popular tourist ...

’. Things turn sinister when one of their biggest customers, Samira Nazib, reveals that drug-trafficking is the true nature of their business. The Shannons spy on her and her partner for the Australian Federal Police.

Production

This Australian-British co-production was shot 21 September to 30 November 1995 in Australia and Thailand.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p177 It was written by Terry Johnson and directed by Michael Carson. The producers were Lavinia Warner and

David Elfick David Elfick (born 20 December 1944) is an Australian film and television writer, director, producer and occasional actor. He is known for his association with writer-director Phillip Noyce, with whom he has collaborated on films including ''New ...

, with Executive Producers Sue Masters and Michael Wearing.

Cast

Hugo Weaving Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an English actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. He is the recipient of six AACTA Awards, Australian Academy of Cinema and Tel ...

Lesley Manville Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films ''Grown-Ups'' (1980), '' High Hopes'' (1988), '' Secrets & Lies'' (1996), ''Topsy-Turvy'' (1999), '' A ...

* Keith Allen *

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* Frank Gallagher as Larry Schofield * Rebekah Jaye

References

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