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Film Details - McElroy All Media ; Nine Network , 2007-2011

Producers:

Marcia Gardner (script producer).
Susan Bower (story producer).
Hal McElroy, Di McElroy, and Jo Horsburgh (executive producers).
Julie Forster (line producer).

Production Companies:

McElroy All Media.

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Finance Corporation.

Director of Photography:

Russell Bacon.

Editors:

Antonio Mestres, Marcus D'Arcy, and Robert Gibson.

Production Designers:

Michael Rumpf.

Music:

Anthony Ammar, Adam Gock, Les Gock, Dinesh Wicks, Edward Said, and Chad Gock.

Cast:

Long-serving cast members included John Batchelor (Chief Petty Officer Andy 'Charge' Thorpe), Matthew Holmes (Chief Petty Officer Chris 'Swain' Blake), Lisa McCune (Lieutenant Kate McGregor), Kristian Schmid (Able Seaman Robert J. 'RO' Dixon), Ian Stenlake (Lieutenant Commander Mike Flynn), Kirsty Lee Allan (Chef Rebecca 'Bomber' Brown), Nikolai Nikolaeff (Leo '2 Dads' Kosov-Meyer), Saskia Burmeister (Lieutenant Nikki Caetano), Jay Ryan (Able Seaman Billy 'Spider' Webb), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Petty Officer Pete 'Buffer' Tomaszewski), David Lyons (Leading Seaman Josh 'ET' Holiday), Conrad Coleby (Dylan 'Dutchy' Mulholland), Danielle Horvat (Jessica 'Gap Girl' Bird), Tammy Macintosh (CMDR Maxine 'Knocker' White), and Steve Bisley (CMDR Steve Marshall).

Release Dates:

Aired between 5 July 2007 and 12 July 2011.

Location:

  • Filmed largely in Queensland, with some filming in New South Wales.

Awards:

  • Logie Award, Most Popular New Male Talent (nominated), 2008.
  • Logie award, Most Popular Actress (nominated), 2008.
  • ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Sound for a Television Drama (won), 2008.
  • Logie Award, Most Popular New Female Talent (nominated), 2009.

Notes:

Script editors: Marcia Gardner and Cath Collins.

List of episodes

Series one

1. Welcome Aboard (Tony Morphett)

2. What Lies Beneath (Tony Morphett)

3. Ghost of Things Past (Michaeley O'Brien)

4. Irukandji (Jeff Truman)

5. Under the Radar (Marcia Gardner)

6. Precious Cargo (John Ridley)

7. Rescue Me (John Ridley)

8. Through the Storm (Chris Hawkshaw)

9. Under the Hammer (Jeff Truman)

10. Damage Control (Sarah Smith)

11. Chinese Whispers (Tony Morphett)

12. Deep Water (Kristen Dunphy)

13. Cometh the Hour (Dave Warner)

Series two

1. The Dogs of War (Adam H. Todd)

2. Fortune Favours (Michaeley O'Brien)

3. Takedown (Tony Morphett)

4. Heaven Born Captains (Jeff Truman)

5. Giving Up the Dead (John Ridley)

6. Birds (Matt Ford)

7. Hidden Agendas (Philip Dalkin)

8. Heart of Glass (Samantha Winston)

9. Shadow Line (Tony Morphett)

10. Rules of Engagement (Jeff Truman)

11. A Brilliant Career (Michaeley O'Brien)

12. Friends Close; Enemies Closer (Felicity Packard)

13. Soldiers of Fortune (John Ridley)

Series three

1. Catch and Release (Adam H. Todd)

2. Monkey Business (Felicity Packard)

3. China Dolls (Philip Dalkin)

4. Guns (John Ridley)

5. Ghost Net (Jeff Truman)

6. Oh Danny Boy (John Ridley)

7. Half Life (John Ridley)

8. Red Sky Morning (Tony Morphett)

9. Pearls Before Swine (Matt Ford)

10. Safeguard (Jeff Truman)

11. Secret Cargo (Adam H. Todd)

12. Black Gold (Jeff Truman)

13. Red Reef (John Ridley)

Series four

1. Night of the Long Knives (Jeff Ridley)

2. Crocodile Tears (Marcia Gardner)

3. The Right Stuff (Philip Dalkin)

4. Ransom (Jeff Truman)

5. Paradise Lost (Philip Dalkin)

6. Big Fish (John Ridley)

7. Shoes of the Fisherman (Marcia Gardner)

8. Universal Donor (Jeff Truman)

9. Dutch Courage (John Ridley)

10. Rawhide (Marcia Gardner)

11. Brotherhood of the Sea (Jeff Truman)

12. Rumble in the Jungle (Philip Dalkin)

13. Soft Target (Marcia Gardner)

14. Live Catch (Jeff Truman)

15. Flotsam and Jetsam (Philip Dalkin)

16. In Too Deep (John Ridley)

Series five

1. The Third Man (John Ridley)

2. Eye for an Eye (Marcia Gardner)

3. Crimes of Passion (Jeff Truman)

4. Spoils of War (Philip Dalkin)

5. Dead Zone (Catherine Ferla [Cath Collins])

6. The Stinger (Marcia Gardner)

7. Black Flights (Jeff Truman)

8. Lifeline (Philip Dalkin)

9. Dead Sea (John Ridley)

10. The Hunted (John Ridley)

11. The Morning After (Philip Dalkin)

12. Saving Ryan (Jeff Truman)

13. One Perfect Day (Marcia Gardner)


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