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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Rake
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Film Details - ABC Television , 2010-2016

Producers:

Miranda Dear, David Ogilvy, and Greg Waters (executive producers).
Ian Collie, Peter Duncan, and Richard Roxburgh (producers).
Kerrie Mainwaring and Carol Hughes (line producers).

Production Companies:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, with Essential Media & Entertainment and Blow by Blow Productions.

Finance Organisations:

Screen NSW and Screen Australia.

Director of Photography:

Martin McGrath, Anna Howard, and Robert Humphreys.

Editors:

Henry Dangar and Mark Perry.

Production Designers:

Laurie Faen and Victoria Williams.

Music:

Michael Lira, David McCormack, and Antony Partos.

Cast:

Including Richard Roxburgh (Cleaver Greene), Matt Day (David Potter), Russell Dykstra (Barney Meagher), Danielle Cormack (Scarlett Meagher), Caroline Brazier (Wendy Greene), Kate Box (Nicole), Keegan Joyce (Fuzz Greene), Adrienne Pickering (Melissa Partridge), Lachlan Judd (Adam Meagher), Steve Le Marquand (Col), Madeline Towns (Zoe Meagher), Damien Garvey (Cal McGregor), Tom Poulton (Max Meagher), Robyn Malcolm (Kirsty Corella), and Geoff Morrell (Joe Sandilands).

Release Dates:

Series one: 4 November - 23 December 2010.

Series two: 6 September - 25 October 2012.

Series three: 9 February - 30 March 2014.

Series four: 19 May - 7 July 2016.

Series five: 19 August - 7 October 2018.


Location:

  • Filmed on location in Sydney, New South Wales.

Awards:

  • ADG Award (Australian Directors Guild), Best Direction in a Television Drama Series (nominated), 2012.
  • AACTA Award, Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama (nominated), 2013.
  • Golden Fipa (Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming), TV Series and Serials: Actor (won), 2011.
  • Screen Music Award, Best Music for a Television Series or Serial (won), 2011.
  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Actor (won), 2011.
  • AACTA Award, Best Editing in Television (nominated for episode one), 2014.
  • AACTA Award, Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy (won), 2016.
  • AACTA Award, Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama (nominated), 2016.
  • AACTA Award, Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (nominated), 2016.
  • AACTA Award, Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (nominated), 2016.
  • AACTA Award, Best Editing in Television (nominated), 2016.
  • AACTA Award, Best Sound in Television (won), 2016.
  • AACTA Award, Best Actor (nominated), 2018.
  • AACTA award, Best Guest Or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (nominated), 2018.
  • AACTA award, Best Guest Or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (nominated), 2018.

Notes:

Script editor: Joan Sauers.

List of episodes (series one):

1. R v Murray (Peter Duncan)

2. R v Marx (Peter Duncan)

3. R v Dana (Andrew Knight)

4. R v Lorton (Andrew Knight)

5. R v Chandler (Peter Duncan)

6. R v Langhorn (Andrew Knight)

7. R v Tanner (Peter Duncan)

8. R v Corella (Andrew Knight)

List of episodes (series two):

1. R v Mohammed (Peter Duncan)

2. R v Fenton (Andrew Knight)

3. R v Wooldridge & Anor (Peter Duncan)

4. R v Floyd (Andrew Knight)

5. R v Turner (Peter Duncan)

6. R v Alford (Andrew Knight)

7. Greene v Hole (Andrew Knight)

8. Greene (Peter Duncan)

List of episodes (series three):

1. (Written by Peter Duncan)

2. (Written by Andrew Knight)

3. (Written by Peter Duncan)

4. (Written by Andrew Knight)

5. (Written by Andrew Knight)

6. (Written by Peter Duncan)

7. (Written by Andrew Knight)

8. (Written by Peter Duncan)



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