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Jack Irish
''Jack Irish'' is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on ABC TV on 14 October 2012. The series stars Guy Pearce as the title character, a former criminal lawyer turned private investigator and debt collector. Much of the action is set in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. Adapted from the crime fiction novels by author Peter Temple, the telemovies and series ''Jack Irish'' were developed by Andrew Anastasios, Matt Cameron and Andrew Knight. They began as three feature-length movies, before being adapted into three six-episode series, the final one airing from June 2021. All three movies were directed by Jeffrey Walker, while Kieran Darcy-Smith serves as lead director on the series. ''Bad Debts'', the first of the three feature-length movies, was watched by an average of 950,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the sixth most watched programme of the week. ''Black Tide'', the second movie, was watched by an average of 851,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned body that is politically independent and fully accountable, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps to generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an act of federal parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-class radio stations. The ABC was given statutory powers that reinforced its independence from the government and enhanced its news-gathering role. Modelled after the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC), which is funded by a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Atkinson (actress)
Kate Atkinson (born 28 June 1972) is an Australian film, television and theatre actress. She is best known for her roles on television series ''SeaChange'' as police officer Karen Miller and ''Offspring'' as Renee. Since 2013, she has appeared in a regular role in '' Wentworth'' as Deputy Governor (later Governor) Vera Bennett. Atkinson has also had regular roles in the television series ''Fat Cow Motel'', ''Blue Heelers'', ''The Cooks'' and ''Kath & Kim''. Film roles include ''Japanese Story'', ''The Hard Word'' and ''The Jammed''. Biography Atkinson was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on 28 June 1972 to an English mother and Tasmanian father. She was raised in Perth, Western Australia. She studied English at Curtin University in Perth from 1990 to 1993, earning a BA with a double major in theatre and film and television. Atkinson appeared in long running drama ''Wentworth'' as Vera Bennett from series 1 to the finale in 2021. She reprised the role in 2020 when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Falk
Ronald "Ron" William Thompson Falk (born 23 August 1935 – 27 June 2016) was an Australian actor and production designer. He was perhaps best known as the voice of the Coruscant Diner chef, Dexter Jettster in '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones''. His other works included roles in ''Jack Irish, Secret City'', ''The Damnation of Harvey McHugh'' and ''ITV Play of the Week''. Early life Falk was born on 23 August 1935 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. In his early years, he was educated at the Geelong Grammar School. Career Falk's acting career began in Melbourne at the Union and National theatre. He played alongside the late Monica Maughan and Barry Humphries in ''The Front Page'' and other classical theatre roles. He soon moved to England where he spent ten years to participate in other theatre productions. He later moved back to Australia where he continued his acting career well into his senior citizen years. Personal life Falk took a two-year break from acting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Flaus
John Flaus (born 1934) is an Australian broadcaster and actor. Filmography *''Rake'' (2014) *''Tracks'' (2013) *''Jack Irish'' (2012-2021) - 3 films and 15 episodes as Wilbur *''Pinion'' (2010) *''I Love You Too'' (2010) *''Mary and Max'' (2009) *''Harvie Krumpet'' (2003) *'' Crackerjack'' (2002) *''The Dish'' (2001) *'' The Castle'' (1997) *'' Lilian's Story'' (1996) *'' The Nun and the Bandit'' (1992) *''Bloodlust'' (1992) *'' See Jack Run'' (1992) *'' Spotswood'' (1992) *''In Too Deep'' (1990) *'' Jigsaw'' (1990) *'' Nirvana Street Murder'' (1990) *'' Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train'' (1989) *''Grievous Bodily Harm'' (1988) *'' Devil's Hill'' (telefilm) (1988) *''Ghosts of the Civil Dead'' (1988) *''Hungry Heart'' (1987) *''Feathers'' (1987) *''Traps'' (1986) *''My Country'' (1986) *''Bootleg'' (1985) *''Strikebound'' (1984) *''The Plains of Heaven'' (1982) *''Wronsky'' (1980) *''Blood Money'' (1980) *'' Palm Beach'' (1979) *''Newsfront'' (1978) *''The Love Lett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Norris (actor)
Terence Richard Norris (born 9 June 1930) is an Australian stage, television and film actor, and politician. As an actor, he has starred in TV shows such as '' Bellbird'' and ''Cop Shop'', and in films like '' Romulus, My Father'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' and ''Paper Planes''. He interrupted his show business career for 10 years with a stint serving in state politics, for the Labor Party with the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Early and personal life Norris was born in Melbourne to a boilermaker. He is married to the English-born Australian Julia Blake, and has 2 daughters Sarah and Jane Norris. Acting career Theatre He started his career in the 1950s and early 1960s when he worked as an actor in England, appearing in repertory theatre in Bradford, Huddersfield and York among other places, before returning to Australia in 1963. He has performed in numerous theatre roles and is also a playwright. Television He is possibly best known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Garvey
Damien Garvey is an Australian actor and former musician known for his film and television roles. Early life Garvey graduated from Padua College in 1982. Career Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in his early part of his acting career. Some of his early roles include shows like '' Medivac'' (his first role, in 1998), '' Water Rats'' (2000), '' Young Lions'' (2002), and in the children's drama '' Cybergirl'' (2001). Garvey appeared on ''McLeod's Daughters'', in a recurring role from 2001 until 2007. He then had a role in season one of ''Sea Patrol'' (2007). In 2008 and 2009, he appeared on ABC1's drama ''East of Everything''. In 2010, acting in Channel Nine's '' Underbelly: The Golden Mile'', Garvey won an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (2010). In 2011, he had a role as a bartender and former soldier Tom Boylan, in the American sci-fi series '' Terra Nova'', filmed entirely on the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2012, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Iview
ABC iview is a video on demand and catch-up TV service run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Currently iview video content can only be viewed by users in Australia. As of 2016, ABC iview attracts around 50 million plays monthly and accounts for around half of the total time streamed by Australian TV video services. History After running for several months in beta form under the name "ABC Playback", the service became available as a Flash website in July 2008. This was the next step after the video podcasting of ABC TV programs since July 2006. The iview Flash website was redesigned in 2009 and 2010, to cater for a large increase in content. An iOS app for iPads was launched in December 2010, followed by a mobile version for iPhone in June 2012. An iview Android app supporting phones and tablets on Android 4.0.3 and above was released on 18 December 2013. Over the following years, iview was released to a range of Smart TVs, games consoles and other devices. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers '' The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered both in print and digital formats. The newspaper shares some articles with its sister newspaper ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. ''The Age'' is considered a newspaper of record for Australia, and has variously been known for its investigative reporting, with its journalists having won dozens of Walkley Awards, Australia's most prestigious journalism prize. , ''The Age'' had a monthly readership of 5.321 million. History Foundation ''The Age'' was founded by three Melbourne businessmen: brothers John and Henry Cooke (who had arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s) and Walter Powell. The first edition appeared on 17 October 1854. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Tonight
TV Tonight is an Australian-based website which features reviews, news and programming information related to television in Australia as well as OzTAM ratings information. The site was started by television critic David Knox in 2007 after listeners of his radio programs asked him for information they had missed. Knox runs the site, publishing his interviews with Australian media actors, producers, directors and programmers. Knox regularly visits the sets of Australian television series and reviews television programs. Knox also served as television critic for Radio National's breakfast program from 2009 to 2015. Dan Barrett is now in this role. Knox has an advanced diploma in screenwriting and was the founding Artistic Director of Screenplay. TV Tonight is also referenced in Australian media, including ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and news.com.au news.com.au is an Australian website owned by News Corp Australia. It had 9.6 million unique readers in April 2019 and covers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Walker (actor)
Jeffrey Walker (born 10 July 1982) is an Australian director and former actor, best known to the Australian public for his appearances as a child actor in ''Ocean Girl'' and ''Round the Twist''. He moved on to direct episodes of Australian soaps ''Neighbours'', ''Home and Away'', and '' H2O: Just Add Water''. He is married to American-born Australian actress Brooke Harman-Walker. Career Walker's first acting credit was a small role in ''The Flying Doctors'' in 1989. In 1992, he took over the role of Bronson Twist in the television series ''Round the Twist'', based on the books by Paul Jennings. In 1994 he received a leading role in ''Ocean Girl'' as "Brett Bates". He had another major role as the brother Royce on '' Mirror, Mirror''. Walker received leading roles in ''The Wayne Manifesto'' in 1996 (for which he received a Young Actor's Award from the Australian Film Institute) and '' Thunderstone'' (1999), in which he played Wayne and Noah Daniels respectively. Since his ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
