''The Circuit'' is an Australian television drama series, starring

Aaron Pedersen Aaron Pedersen is an Aboriginal Australian television and film actor. He is known for many film and television roles, in particular as Detective Jay Swan in the film '' Mystery Road'', its sequel '' Goldstone'', and spin-off television series. ...

and

Gary Sweet Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in '' Alexandra's Project'' (as Steve), ''Police Rescue'' (as Sergeant "Mickey" McClintock), ''Cody'' (as Cody), '' Big Sky'' (as Chris Manning), ''Bod ...

. The first season aired in 2007 and the second in December 2009 to January 2010.

Plot

The series centres on Aboriginal solicitor Drew Ellis, who joins the district to work at the Kimberley Circuit Court.

Cast

as Drew Ellis *

as Magistrate Peter Lockhart *

Kelton Pell Kelton Pell is an Aboriginal Australian (Noongar) stage, TV and film actor, best known for his role as the court liaison officer, Sam Wallan, in the SBS legal drama '' The Circuit'' set in north-western Australia. Pell is from Western Australia. ...

as Sam Wallan * Tammy Clarkson as Bella Noble *

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 Ellie Zdybicka *

Nick Simpson-Deeks Nick Simpson-Deeks is a NIDA-trained Australian actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his portrayal of Archie McMahon in the SBS drama series '' The Circuit'', Rhys Mitchell in Seven Network's ''Winners & Losers'', and James King in ...

as Archie McMahon * Leroy Parsons as Clarence Long * Bill McCluskey as Sergeant Bob Temple *

Costa Ronin Konstantin "Costa" Ronin (born 3 February 1979) is an Australian actor and cinematographer, best known for appearances in '' Red Dog'', as Gregorovich on the SBS drama ''East West 101'', as Oleg Igorevich Burov in the FX drama ''The Americans'' ...

as Karl

Release

The six-part first season screened on

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, premiering on 8 July 2007 at , and concluding on 12 August 2007. Season 2 aired from 1 December 2009 through 5 January 2010, ending the series.

Production

Filmed mainly in Broome,

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

and surrounding areas, the show had a budget of more than $4 million, and 1,000 local Aboriginal extras were employed for the production.

Series overview

Episodes

Episode information was retrieved from Australian Television Information Archive and

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Season 1 (2007)

Season 2 (2009-10)

Awards

The show and cast won and were nominated in several categories at the 2007 AFI Awards, including: *Winner: Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama – David Ngoombujarra *Nominated: Best Telefeature or Mini Series *Nominated: Best Direction in Television – Richard Frankland (for episode 'Home Is Where the Past Is') *Nominated: Best Screenplay in Television – Kelly Lefever (for episode 'Home Is Where the Past Is') *Nominated: Best Lead Actress – Tammy Clarkson It also won the following awards: * 2007: Television Award, 2007

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, Australia * 2008: Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent at the

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– Tammy Clarkson * 2009:

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for Best Television Mini Series Original (for Season 2) * 2010: Silver Hugo, Mini Series (for Season 1),

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, U.S. * 2010: Silver Hugo, Best Television Series,

, U.S. * 2010: Silver Hugo, Mini Series (for Season 2),

, U.S. *2010: Australian Directors' Guild Awards Best Direction in Television Drama Mini-series – Steve Jodrell

External links

*
''The Circuit''
at

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References

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