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Film Details - Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier ; Nine Network , 1997-1998

Producers:

Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, and Ros Tatarka.

Production Companies:

Beyond International and Simpson Le Mesurier Films.

Director of Photography:

Craig Barden.

Editors:

Peter Carrodus.

Cast:

Main cast: Marcus Graham (Elvis Maginnis), Alison Whyte (Stella Kinsella), and Travis McMahon (Reuben Zeus).
Guest stars included Samuel Johnson, Zoe Carides, Shane Connor, Peta Brady, Angela Kennedy, and Christopher McLean.

Release Dates:

29 April 1997 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in Melbourne.

Awards:

  • Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama ('1.8 Million Reasons to Change Your Name - Part 2'), AFI Award, 1997.
  • Best Mini-Series or Telefeature, AFI Award, 1997.

Notes:

Script editor: Jutta Goetze.

List of episodes:

Tele-movie pilot:

Only the Young Die Good (Roger Simpson)

Series one:

1. One Point Eight Million Reasons to Change Your Name: Part One (Graeme Koetsveld)

2. One Point Eight Million Reasons to Change Your Name: Part Two (Graeme Koetsveld

3. Gone to the Dogs (Mac Gudgeon)

4. New Dog, Old Tricks (Peter Gawler)

5. Fatal Distraction (Chris Middendorp and Mathew Bates)

6. Angel (Deborah Parsons)

7. Return of the Phantom (Everett De Roche)

8. Storm Warning (Elizabeth Coleman)

9. A Bilby in Rat's Clothing (Ray Boseley)

10. The Sound of One Hand Killing (Graham Hartley and Peter Hepworth)

11. Little Time Bomb (Mac Gudgeon)

12. Bloody Nosy (Graeme Koetsveld)

13. Unfinished Business (Bill Garner)

Series two:

1. Zen Go the Strings of My Heart (Steve Moriarty)

2. Car Wars (Chris Hawkshaw)

3. Don't Cry for Me Arch 'n' Tina (Everett De Roche)

4. You Say Etics, I Say Ethics (Vincent Gil and Roger Simpson)

5. Naughty Bits (Everett De Roche)

6. There's No Business Like Small Business (Neville Brown)

7. Dog People (Tony McDonald and Graeme Koetsveld)

8. Elvis Lives (Charlie Strachan and Roger Simpson)

9. 100% Proof (Shane Brennan)

10. A Chip Off the Old Potato (Neville Brown)

11. Doof (Mac Gudgeon and Shanti Gudgeon)

12. Blood is Thicker Than Water (Chris Hawkshaw and Roger Simpson)

13. You Light Up My Wife (Graeme Koetsveld)


Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
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