''The Warriors'' is an eight-part

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comedy-drama series that premiered on

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on 12 April 2017, created by

Tony Briggs Tony Briggs (born 3 July 1967) is an Australian actor, writer and producer. He is a former track and field athlete. He is best known for creating the stage play '' The Sapphires'' (later a 2012 film) telling the true story of an Aboriginal s ...

and

Robert Connolly Robert Connolly (born 1967) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. He is best known as the director and writer of the feature films ''Balibo (film), Balibo'', ''Three Dollars' ...

Plot

The series explores the elite world of professional sport through the eyes of recruits and established players living in a share house.

Cast

Main

* Gordan Churchill as Maki Birrawuy, the number one draft pick * Reece Milne as Doc Shepherd, the team-captain * Nelson Baker as Zane Phillips * Ben Knight as Scottie Watson *

John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the s ...

as Bill Shepherd, club president and Doc's father *

Vince Colosimo Vincenzo Colosimo (born 11 November 1966) is an Australian AFI Award winning stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States. He is of Italian descent and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was previousl ...

as Coach Mark "Spinner" Spinotti *

Lisa McCune Lisa McCune (born 19 February 1971) is an Australian actress, known for her role in TV series ''Blue Heelers'' as Senior Constable Maggie Doyle, and in ''Sea Patrol'' as Lieutenant Kate McGregor RAN. She has won four Gold Logie Awards. McCune ...

as Deb Van Exel, communications manager

Recurring

* Kaden Hartcher as Meat * Jeff Gobbels as Anchor * Dan Haberfield as Boydy

Guest

* Peter Bedford as himself *

Nicky Winmar Neil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar (born 25 September 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his career for and the in the Australian Football League (AFL), as well as in the West Australian Football League. Growing up in Pin ...

as himself *

Kate Lister Kate name may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kate (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Gyula Káté (born 1982), Hungarian amateur boxer * Lauren Kate (born 1981), American autho ...

as Jessica

Production

The eight-part series is created by

and

. It explores the elite world of professional sport through the eyes of recruits and established players living in a share house. The series is written by Jon Bell, Tony Briggs and Tracey Rigney. It is directed by Adrian Russell Wills,

Beck Cole Beck Cole is an Australian filmmaker of the Warramungu and Luritja nations. She is known for her work on numerous TV series, including '' First Australians'', '' Grace Beside Me'', ''Black Comedy'' and '' Wentworth'', as well as documentaries ...

Steven McGregor Steven McGregor is an Australian filmmaker, known for his work on ''Redfern Now'', ''Black Comedy'', '' Sweet Country'', and numerous documentaries, including ''My Brother Vinnie''. Early life and education McGregor grew up near the leprosariu ...

and

Catriona McKenzie Catriona McKenzie is an Australian filmmaker. She is known for her film ''Satellite Boy'' and television series '' Kiki and Kitty'' (written by Nakkiah Lui) and ''Wrong Kind of Black''. Her production company is called Dark Horse. Early life a ...

. It is produced by Arenamedia with John Harvey.

Release

The series premiered on

on 12 April 2017.

Episodes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Warriors (TV series), The Australian comedy television series Australian drama television series 2017 Australian television series debuts 2017 Australian television series endings English-language television shows Television shows set in Victoria (Australia) Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming