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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 SeaChange
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'In one day successful city lawyer, Laura Gibson's world falls apart. Suddenly she realises she no longer knows her husband, her children, or where her all-consuming career is going. On a whim, Laura grabs at a position as magistrate in the small coastal town of Pearl Bay and with two bewildered kids in tow sets off to change their lives forever.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 18/9/2012)

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  • Award winning and individually published episodes in this series are included on AustLit.

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1.07
form y separately published work icon Stormy Weather Deb Cox , Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1998 Z1888300 1998 single work film/TV Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1998
2.08 (21)
form y separately published work icon Manna from Heaven Deb Cox , Andrew Knight , Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1999 Z1888289 1999 single work film/TV Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1999
2.09 (22)
form y separately published work icon Playing with Fire Stuart McDonald , Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1999 Z1888296 1999 single work film/TV Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1999
2.13 (26)
form y separately published work icon Law and Order Deb Cox , Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1999 Z1888282 1999 single work film/TV Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 1999
3.03 (29)
form y separately published work icon Hungi Jury Andrew Knight , Sherri McIver , Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2000 Z1888268 2000 single work film/TV Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2000
3.11 (37)
form y separately published work icon Love in the Time of Coleridge Hannie Rayson , Andrea Denholm , Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2000 Z1888261 2000 single work film/TV Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2000
3.8
form y separately published work icon I Name Thee Bay of Pearls Andrew Knight , Andrea Denholm , Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2000 Z1888255 2000 single work film/TV 'Laura's mother, June, arrives in town during a geriatric traffic crime spree. June's suspiciously sudden appearance is more of an inconvenience than a pleasure for Laura, who is too caught up in her own life to sense her mother's sadness. When Laura eventually discovers her father's declining health has forced June to place him into respite care, she is forced to reassess her priorities. Max begins to spend more time with his father and his friends, learning of Pearl Bay's real, great, textured history. However, Bob has his own interpretation of the town's past and plans to turn Pearl Bay into Ye Olde Pearl Bay — a sure-fire tourism hit. Max plays along with Bob's redundant plan for his own entertainment. When judgement day arrives and the city tourist agents descend on the town, instead of letting Bob hang himself, Max turns an inevitable disastrous slide show into a tribute to the older citizens of Pearl Bay. Meanwhile, Harold feels the grip of old age tightening. His frustration is worsened by representing elderly drivers caught in the recent, unexplained traffic crime spree. Meredith reminds him being comfortable with yourself defies age, presenting him with a nude portrait of herself. One look at the picture and Harold is young again.' (Australian Television Information Archive record) Australia : Artist Services Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2000

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1998
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      :       Artist Services ; Australian Broadcasting Corporation ,       1998-2000 .
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      Extent: 39 episodes; three seriesp.
      Note/s:
      • Directors listed above are for individual episodes.
      • Series One, episodes 1-13 broadcast on ABC televison each Sunday, 10 May - 2 August 1998.
      • Series Two, episodes 14 - 26 broadcast on ABC televsion each Sunday, 27 June - 19 September 1999.
      • Series Three, episodes 27 - 39 broadcast on ABC television each Sunday, 27 August - 10 December 2000.
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form y separately published work icon SeaChange : Paradise Reclaimed Deb Cox , Elizabeth Coleman , Jo Martino , Michael Miller , Jaime Browne , Ian Meadows , Josh Mapleston , Sam Carroll , ( dir. Wayne Blair et. al. )agent Australia : Every Cloud Productions Seachange Reimagined ITV Studios Australia , 2019 17487273 2019 series - publisher film/TV

'Twenty years on – when Laura Gibson returns to the beachside paradise of Pearl Bay to attend the birth of her estranged daughter’s baby – rising seas levels, community cover-ups and some very stormy weather conspire to convince her this town now needs her as much as she needs it.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Seachange Returns to TV, Taking Us Back to Pearl Bay 20 Years Later Paul Donoughue , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2019;

'Television producer Deb Cox was in the process of moving her family from Melbourne to Byron Bay in 1997 when the ABC picked up Seachange, a show she created.' (Introduction) 
SeaChange and the Complicated Feminism of TV Drama Rosa Ritchie , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2019; 'As SeaChange returns to our screens, its original series endures as a TV classic that subtly challenged the archetypes of women-led melodrama. But how has society changed in the 20 years since the original series – and can SeaChange keep up?' (Introduction)
Doctors Orders Tony Wilson , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 83 2012; (p. 20)
Doctors Orders Tony Wilson , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 83 2012; (p. 20)
SeaChange and the Complicated Feminism of TV Drama Rosa Ritchie , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2019; 'As SeaChange returns to our screens, its original series endures as a TV classic that subtly challenged the archetypes of women-led melodrama. But how has society changed in the 20 years since the original series – and can SeaChange keep up?' (Introduction)
Seachange Returns to TV, Taking Us Back to Pearl Bay 20 Years Later Paul Donoughue , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2019;

'Television producer Deb Cox was in the process of moving her family from Melbourne to Byron Bay in 1997 when the ABC picked up Seachange, a show she created.' (Introduction) 
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