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Ian McFadyen
Ian McFadyen (born 8 July 1948) is an Australian television writer, actor, director and producer. He is best known as the creator and producer of the Australian television series '' The Comedy Company'', which he also directed and wrote episodes for, and performed in, which ran from 16 February 1988 to 11 November 1990. One of McFadyen's most memorable characters on the show was "David Rabbitborough", a parodic impersonation of British naturalist David Attenborough. McFadyen hosted the Australian version of ''Cluedo'', and was the creator of the Network Ten sketch comedy show '' The Wedge''. In 2009, he played a vampire in an advertisement for Australian lotteries. He also wrote "The Bounty Hunter", episode 4 for the new ''Doctor Who'' spin-off TV series '' K-9''. In 1983 he played the part of Detective Mears in the iconic Australian TV series ''Prisoner A prisoner, also known as an inmate or detainee, is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freely Licenced
Free content, libre content, libre information, or free information is any kind of creative work, such as a work of art, a book, a software, software program, or any other creative Media (communication), content for which there are very minimal copyright and other legal limitations on usage, modification and distribution. These are works or expressions which can be freely studied, applied, copied and modified by anyone for any purpose including, in some cases, commercial purposes. Free content encompasses all works in the public domain and also those copyrighted works whose licenses honor and uphold the definition of free cultural work. In most countries, the Berne Convention grants copyright holders control over their creations by default. Therefore, copyrighted content must be explicitly declared free by the authors, which is usually accomplished by referencing or including licensing statements from within the work. The right to reuse such a work is granted by the authors in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Fitzgerald
Ross Andrew Fitzgerald is an Australian academic, historian, novelist, secularist, and political commentator. Fitzgerald is an emeritus professor in history and politics at Griffith University. He has authored or co-authored many books, including histories of Queensland; biographies; works about Labor Party politics of the 1950s; and books relating to philosophy, alcohol abuse, and Australian Rules football. He has written works of fiction. Early life and education Ross Andrew Fitzgerald was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was awarded his PhD in political theory from the University of New South Wales. Career Fitzgerald worked as a lecturer at Griffith University from 1977 to 1986, and then senior lecturer /associate professor between 1987 and 1996, followed by a personal chair between 1996 and 2002. In 2002 Fitzgerald was appointed professor in history and politics. During his time as an Australian Research Council senior research fellow from 1992 to 1996, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Genie From Down Under
''The Genie from Down Under'' is a British-Australian children's comedy television series. It was a co-production between the ACTF, the BBC and the ABC (Australian TV channel), ABC from 1996 to 1998. ''The Genie from Down Under'' is based on an idea from Steve J. Spears which was developed into a series concept with a Round the Twist, 'Round The Twist' flavour.Australian Children's Television Foundation, (1994). Australian Children's Television Foundation Annual Report 1993-1994. A.C.T.F. Productions Limited. Esben Storm, Steve Spears and a team of writers work-shopped the storylines. Patricia Edgar was looking for a new idea for a comedy series which would capture the debate about Australia becoming a Republic - a significant issue in Australia at the time. She invited a few writers to submit original ideas then chose the concept submitted by Steve Spears to workshop its potential. She asked Esben Storm, who had been the co-author and director of the successful ''Round the Twist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Together Now (1991 Australian TV Series)
''All Together Now'' was an Australian sitcom that was broadcast on Nine Network between 1991 and 1993. The premise involved an ageing rocker, played by Jon English trying to maintain his music career while living with his son and daughter. For an undetermined number of initial episodes filmed prior to public broadcast, the show title was "''Rhythm and Blues''" and had a different theme song. Cast Main * Jon English as Bobby Rivers * Rebecca Gibney as Tracy Lawson (Eps 1–86) * Steven Jacobs as Thomas Sumner * Jane Hall as Anna Sumner * Garry Who as Doug Stevens (Eps 1–76) * Bruno Lucia as Wayne Lovett * Kerry Armstrong as Beth Sumner (Eps 85–101) Recurring * Radha Mitchell as Jodie (6 episodes) Guests * Georgie Parker as Brenda Beanley (1 episode) * Ian McFadyen as Simon Carpenter * Kym Gyngell as Louie Little (1 episode) * Mary-Anne Fahey as Rivka Carpenter (1 episode) * Mike Bishop as Mr Reid (1 episode) * Nadine Garner as Karen Moyer (1 episode) * Tracy Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bit Part
''The Bit Part'' is a 1987 Australian comedy film directed by Brendan Maher and starring Chris Haywood and Nicole Kidman.David Stratton, and featuring Wilbur Wild, Des 'Animal' McKenna and Red Symons from The Hey Hey Its Saturday Band, starring as a joke Biker Mob. ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p319-320 The film never achieved theatrical release and went straight to television.Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p14-15 Cast * Chris Haywood as Michael Thornton * Nicole Kidman as Mary McAlister * Maurie Fields as Peter * John Wood as John Bainbridge * David Stratton * Deborra-Lee Furness as Acting Teacher * Jane Turner as Actor in Play * Christopher Mayer as David * Wilbur Wilde as Bikie * Des 'Animal' McKenna as Bikie * Red Symons as Bikie * Reg Gorman as Scott * Ian McFadyen Ian McFadyen (born 8 July 1948) is an Australian television writer, actor, director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Cry In The Dark
''Evil Angels'' (released as ''A Cry in the Dark'' outside Australia and New Zealand) is a 1988 Australian drama film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson's 1985 book of the same name. It chronicles the case of Azaria Chamberlain, a nine-week-old baby girl who disappeared from a campground near Uluru in August 1980, and the struggle of her parents, Michael Chamberlain and Lindy Chamberlain, to prove their innocence to a public convinced that they were complicit in her death. Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star as the Chamberlains. The film was released less than two months after the Chamberlains were exonerated by the Northern Territory Court of Appeals of all charges filed against them. The film received generally favourable reviews, with Streep's performance receiving high praise and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, but was a box office disappointment, grossing only $6.9 million against its $15 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (film)
''Boulevard of Broken Dreams'' is a 1988 Australian film. It was the first movie produced by Boulevard Films. Plot A successful Australian writer discovers that he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to reconnect with his estranged wife and daughter. Cast * John Waters as Tom Garfield * Penelope Stewart as Helen Garfield * Kim Gyngell as Ian McKenzie * Andrew McFarlane as Jonathan Lovell * Nicki Paull as Suzy Daniels * Jacinta Stapleton as Jessie Garfield * Kevin Miles as Geoff Bormann * Ian McFadyen as Hotel Clerk * Jeremy Kewley as Waiter Production The film was inspired by the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story "Babylon Revisited". Producer-writer Frank Howson met director Pino Amenta while discussing a potential mini-series about Les Darcy. Although that project never materialized, they decided to collaborate on ''Boulevard of Broken Dreams''. The original choice for the lead role was John Hargreaves, but when he became unavailable due to a sched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm (film)
''Malcolm'' is a 1986 Australian comedy film, written by the husband-and-wife team of David Parker and Nadia Tass, and directed by Nadia Tass (in her debut feature film as director). The film stars Colin Friels as Malcolm, a tram enthusiast who becomes involved with a pair of would-be bank robbers. His co-stars are Lindy Davies and John Hargreaves. The film won the 1986 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film, and seven other AFI awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Director. Plot At the start of the film, Malcolm is working for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (then operator of Melbourne's trams). Malcolm, who has autism (see "Development & Production" section below), is obsessed with trams, but he is also a mechanical genius whose modest inner-city cottage is fitted with a variety of remarkable gadgets. When his boss (Bud Tingwell) discovers that Malcolm has built himself a cut-down tram during work time and using work materials, and has taken it o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Summer Again
''One Summer Again'' is a 1985 Australian docudrama miniseries about the painter Tom Roberts and the Heidelberg School art movement. Set in and around the city of Melbourne in the late 19th century, the film traces Roberts' career and his relationships with other members of the Heidelberg School, including Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder and Frederick McCubbin. Their artists' camps are recreated in authentic bush settings, which one critic described as having "the soft warmth of a McCubbin painting".Walsh, Geraldine (22 July 1985). "The Heidelberg School has a spell at Brideshead", ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. Film sets true to the period are contrasted with shots of contemporary Melbourne. The title comes from a letter Conder sent to Roberts, longing for the time they spent painting together at Heidelberg: "Give me one summer again, with yourself and Streeton, the same long evenings, songs, dirty plates, and last pink skies. But these things don't happen, do they? And what's go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glass Babies
''Glass Babies'' is a 1985 Australian television mini series about a ruthless family set in the world of the then-new technology of in-vitro fertilization.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p199 Cast * Rowena Wallace as Dr. Gloria McCrae * Gary Day as Brendan Keller * Deborra-Lee Furness as Joan Simpson * Asher Keddie as Anna Simpson * George Mikell as John Craig * Belinda Davey as Sally Craig * Andrew Sharp as Michael Craig * Ian McFadyen as Dr B Bombar Home media References External links''Glass Babies''at IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... Australian English-language television shows 1980s Australian television miniseries 1985 Australian television series debuts 1985 Australian television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Squad (Australian TV Series)
''Special Squad'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten in 1984. Overview The series focused on an elite division of the Victoria Police, which handled crimes either too sensitive or specialist for regular squads. The Special Squad was headed by Det. Insp. Don Anderson ( Alan Cassell), with his main operatives being Det. Snr. Sgt. Greg Smith ( Anthony Hawkins), and Det. Sgt. Joel Davis ( John Diedrich). ''Special Squad'' was seen by some as an Australian answer to the British series '' The Professionals'' both for its focus on action and violence, and the fact that both programs were produced by Raymond Menmuir; story consultant Gerry O'Hara also worked on both shows. It was suggested in the press that the show was the most expensive yet made for Australian television; John Diedrich told writer/actor Barry Dickins that the show cost A$5 million. The first series was sold to Paramount Pictures for international distribution.Tim Cribb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Movie
"The Movie" is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of the American television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (and the 54th episode overall). It first aired on NBC in the United States on January 6, 1993. The episode revolves entirely around the characters' struggles to go to see a movie together. Plot Jerry has two stand-up acts scheduled for the same night; due to a delay in one of them, he cannot make both shows. A hopeful comedian, Buckles, hangs around to fill in when somebody drops out. Jerry intended to meet his friends to see a movie, ''CheckMate'', at 10:30. However, given the situation, he agrees to skip the movie and reschedule his act to the 11:00 slot. Jerry first heads to the earlier scheduled comedy act, only to learn that the act was scheduled for 9:15, not 9:50 as Jerry thought, and Buckles ended up filling his spot. Jerry then heads to the movie theater to inform his friends that he won't accompany them. Buckles insists on sharing the taxicab with Jerry, and irri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
