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1 1 form y separately published work icon Summer Love Kodie Bedford , Bjorn Stewart , Alison Bell , Patrick Brammall , Harriet Dyer , Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Nazeem Hussain , Kate Mulvany , Miranda Tapsell , James Colley , Nath Valvo , Jayden Masciulli , Australia : Gristmill Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2022 24599481 2022 series - publisher film/TV Anthology comedy series, following eight different sets of people who rent the same beach house.
1 form y separately published work icon Love in Lockdown Robyn Butler , Lucy Durack , ( dir. Wayne Hope ) Australia : Gristmill , 2020 20717476 2020 series - publisher film/TV

'A little love story with strings attached.'

Source: Production blurb.

1 form y separately published work icon The InBESTigators Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Molly Daniels , Lisa Marie Corso , Maddy Butler , Jayden Masciulli , Bob Franklin , ( dir. Wayne Hope et. al. )agent Australia : Gristmill Australian Broadcasting Corporation Netflix , 2019 14134791 2019 series - publisher film/TV children's

'When Ezra Banks (11, aspiring entrepreneur), meets Maudie Miller (10, aspiring Columbo), he sees an opportunity to fill an obvious gap in the market: a detective agency run by children. Maudie and Ezra are joined by two other kids from grade five, Ava and Kyle. Ava brings the social skills and Kyle brings the athletic prowess. Each episode solves a mystery; clues are littered throughout, and the race is on to see if the audience can crack the case before Maudie.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1 form y separately published work icon Back in Very Small Business Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Gary McCaffrie , ( dir. Robyn Butler ) Australia : Gristmill , 2018- 15092927 2018 series - publisher film/TV humour

'An emotionally lost man seeks validation through his small business kingdom, but finds unexpected solace from his odd squad of employees.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1 My Grandfather, the Fish Robyn Butler , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 297-302)
1 1 form y separately published work icon Furst Born Upper Middle Bogan Robyn Butler , Dan O’Shannon , United States of America (USA) : CBS , 2016 9327511 2016 series - publisher film/TV humour

'[T]he extended family show is about a wife and mother who learns she was adopted and that her birth parents are a flamboyant but loving family of drag-racers. Sagal will play Julie, the wife of Wayne (Lynch) and the matriarch of the family. After Wayne lost an eye, Julie stepped in as the lead driver of Team Wheeler.'

Source: Deadline Hollywood (http://deadline.com/2016/02/katey-sagal-cast-cbs-pilot-butler-hope-oshannon-1201709255/). (Sighted: 26/2/2016)

1 form y separately published work icon Little Lunch : The Nightmare Before Graduation Wayne Hope , Robyn Butler , ( dir. Wayne Hope ) Australia : Gristmill Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2016 11067689 2016 single work film/TV

'Mrs Gonsha's class is graduating from Grade 6 and everyone is excited about going to High School, but when they uncover the explosive news that Rory is unable to graduate with them, no one is eager to leave school any more.'

1 form y separately published work icon New Kids on the Block Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , ( dir. Wayne Hope ) Australia : Gristmill , 2016 10318330 2016 single work film/TV
1 For Michael Robyn Butler Robyn Butler , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems for Grief Awareness Month 2016 2016;
1 15 form y separately published work icon Now Add Honey Robyn Butler , ( dir. Wayne Hope ) Australia : Gristmill , 2015 Z1912234 2015 single work film/TV

'Caroline Morgan (Robyn Butler) is delighted when her sister, Beth (Portia de Rossi), brings her movie star daughter, Honey Halloway (Lucy Fry), home for a visit. But when Beth is suddenly sent to rehab, Caroline is forced to have Honey move in to her suburban home.

'Honey struggles with life without an entourage, and her cousins, Clare (Philippa Coulthard) and Harriet (Lucinda Armstrong Hall), struggle with a movie star hogging the bathroom. But after Honey leads Caroline to uncover a family secret, Caroline struggles most of all, as her life quickly falls apart.

'Trapped together in the house, a middle-aged woman and a teen starlet must each wrestle with who they really are.'

Source: Production company website.

1 2 form y separately published work icon Little Lunch Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , ( dir. Wayne Hope ) Australia : Gristmill Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2015-2016 8722703 2015 series - publisher film/TV children's

'A mockumentary comedy series about fifteen highly significant minutes of a child's life: snack time in the primary school playground.'

Source: Production company website.

1 13 form y separately published work icon Upper Middle Bogan Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Tony Martin , Gary McCaffrie , Kirsty Fisher , Trent Roberts , Alix Beane , ( dir. Wayne Hope et. al. )agent Australia : Gristmill , 2013 Z1884088 2013 series - publisher film/TV

Middle-class Bess Denyar discovers she's adopted. She's shocked to find her birth parents head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs. Angry at her adoptive mother Margaret for lying to her all these years, Beth decides to concentrate on getting to know her birth parents but becoming one big family could take longer than hoped.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/upper-middle-bogan/ (Sighted 06/12/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon Nationals Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Australia : Gristmill , 2013 8498691 2013 single work film/TV

'Bess, Danny, Margaret and the kids arrive at a dingy motel for the Drag Racing Championships. Danny is cross because Bess has cancelled their anniversary weekend away to be here but Bess really wants to support Team Wheeler. Bess tries to solve engine problems; however the aftermath is filled with fury. Will they sever ties?'

Source: Australian television Information Archive. (Sighted: 24/4/2015)

1 Beans Means Chook Tonight Robyn Butler , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 11 October 2010;
1 Robyn Butler : The Books That Changed Me Robyn Butler , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 August 2009; (p. 10-11)
Robyn Butler nominates five books that have changed her. Her list includes Danny Katz and Mitch Vane's Little Lunch.
1 4 form y separately published work icon Very Small Business Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , Gary McCaffrie , ( dir. Wayne Hope ) 2008 Z1526183 2008 single work film/TV humour

'Don Angel (Wayne Hope) is a small-business man - the backbone of this great country's economy. But if that's true, it's no thanks to him. After numerous unsuccessful business ventures, Don's World Wide Business Group is now hurtling towards liquidation.

'To give the impression of a much grander business than what he's got, Don sells the advertising space in his five magazines under different aliases. He can sell the ads, he just can't write the articles. So he hires Ray Leonard (Kim Gyngell) as his sole journalist.

'Taking his first tentative steps back into the workplace after a six-year battle with depression, Ray enters a world totally alien to him. He's come from being a noted social commentator for the Australian to writing advertorial for 'Wilson's Woodwind and Brass' Autumn Sale - which might just be his cure.

'But Don's debts are mounting - he has the bank on his back and a posse of disgruntled small businesses at his door. His wife has left him, and not only does she want to take him for all she can she also expects him to actually spend time with his two kids. To make matters worse, he's just been diagnosed with a nasty case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which it seems no medication can cure. '

Source : ABC1 website, http://www.abc.net.au/
Sighted: 01/09/2008

1 8 form y separately published work icon The Librarians Robyn Butler , Wayne Hope , ( dir. Wayne Hope et. al. )agent Australia : Gristmill , 2007-2010 Z1438083 2007 series - publisher film/TV

'Frances O'Brien, devout Catholic and panic disorder sufferer, runs a very tight ship as Head Librarian at the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive website, www.australiantelevision.net (Sighted: 24/10/2007)

1 form y separately published work icon Small Tales & True Robyn Butler , Rosalind Hammond , Matt Cameron , Kevin Carlin , Bob Franklin , ( dir. Matt Cameron ) Australia : Artist Services The Comedy Channel , 1998 8723637 1998 series - publisher film/TV

A series of one-off stories, performed by the same ensemble cast members.

For a list of episodes, see Film Details.

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