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form y separately published work icon The Warriors series - publisher   film/TV   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 The Warriors
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'THE WARRIORS is set in the world of Australian Rules Football. It explores the elite world of professional sport through the eyes of two new recruits - plucked from obscurity to fame and fortune - and two established players as they are thrown together in a share house in Melbourne.'

Source: ABC media release (https://tv.press.abc.net.au/footy-season-may-be-over-but-new-abc-tv-series-is-just-warming-up#). (Sighted: 11/10/2016)

Works about this Work

The Warriors Review – Breezy Aussie Rules Drama Not Afraid of Sharp Edges Luke Buckmaster , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 12 April 2017;
'Shades of Bruce Beresford’s classic The Club dapple this ABC series about a rag-tag bunch of footy up-and-comers with more talent than sense.'
Australian TV to Watch in 2017 : Big Names, New Talent and Classic Stories Revisited Amanda Meade , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 December 2016;

— Review of Newton's Law Belinda Chayko , Chris Corbett , Elizabeth Coleman , Elizabeth Packett , Ellie Beaumont , Hilary Bonney , Sue Hore , Elizabeth Packett , Michael Voigt , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Seven Types of Ambiguity Jacquelin Perske , Jonathan Gavin , Marieke Hardy , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; The Warriors Jon Bell , Tracey Rigney , Tony Briggs , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Hoges Marieke Hardy , Keith Thompson , 2016 series - publisher film/TV ; Blue Murder : Killer Cop Peter Schreck , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Wake In Fright Stephen M. Irwin , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Picnic at Hanging Rock Beatrix Christian , Alice Addison , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Olivia Elizabeth Coleman , Pip Karmel , 2018 series - publisher film/TV
Australian TV to Watch in 2017 : Big Names, New Talent and Classic Stories Revisited Amanda Meade , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 December 2016;

— Review of Newton's Law Belinda Chayko , Chris Corbett , Elizabeth Coleman , Elizabeth Packett , Ellie Beaumont , Hilary Bonney , Sue Hore , Elizabeth Packett , Michael Voigt , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Seven Types of Ambiguity Jacquelin Perske , Jonathan Gavin , Marieke Hardy , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; The Warriors Jon Bell , Tracey Rigney , Tony Briggs , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Hoges Marieke Hardy , Keith Thompson , 2016 series - publisher film/TV ; Blue Murder : Killer Cop Peter Schreck , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Wake In Fright Stephen M. Irwin , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Picnic at Hanging Rock Beatrix Christian , Alice Addison , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Olivia Elizabeth Coleman , Pip Karmel , 2018 series - publisher film/TV
The Warriors Review – Breezy Aussie Rules Drama Not Afraid of Sharp Edges Luke Buckmaster , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 12 April 2017;
'Shades of Bruce Beresford’s classic The Club dapple this ABC series about a rag-tag bunch of footy up-and-comers with more talent than sense.'
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