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Stephen Vagg
Stephen Vagg is an Australian writer. He wrote the films ''All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane'', based on his play, and '' Jucy'', as well as a number of plays and episodes of the television soaps ''Home and Away'' and ''Neighbours''. He is the author of ''Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood'', a biography of actor Rod Taylor, as well as a number of articles on film and theatre history. He received an AFI nomination for ''All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane''. At the 2014 AWGIE Awards, Vagg won Best Script for a Television Serial for "Episode 6857" of ''Neighbours''. Selected credits Films *''All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane'' (2007) – feature film – writer, associate producer, actor *'' Jucy'' (2010) – feature film – writer, executive producer Television *''McLeod's Daughters'' (2001) – researcher *'' Young Lions'' (2001) – trainee script editor *'' Out of the Blue'' (2008) – writer, script associate *''Home and Away'' (2009–13) – core writer, script editor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane
''All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane'' is a 2007 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Louise Alston and written by Stephen Vagg. It follows Anthea, a 25-year-old girl who hates her job and has to sit back and watch as all her friends move away from her hometown, Brisbane, to make a better life. In 2013, ''The Guardian'' referred to it as a "cult film" inspired by "a typically Brisbane lament... the departure of people in their late 20s to Sydney, Melbourne, London or New York." Plot Anthea (Charlotte Gregg) is undergoing a crisis of confidence: overworked, no boyfriend, and now all her friends are leaving Brisbane. She is tempted to leave herself, but is opposed by her longtime best platonic male friend Michael (Matt Zeremes). Michael thinks people who leave Brisbane are copycats who follow the crowd; he is quite happy to stay in Brisbane, he is in a stable job and a stable very low-maintenance "sex-with-the-ex" relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Stephanie (Sarah Kenne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jucy (film)
''Jucy'' is an Australian comedy feature film produced in 2010 about the womance between two best female friends. The film was written by Stephen Vagg, directed by Louise Alston and produced by Kelly Chapman. It is the second in a planned " quarter life crisis" trilogy from Vagg and Alston following the 2007 romantic comedy '' All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane''. Synopsis ''Jucy'' is a "womantic" comedy about best friends Jackie (Cindy Nelson) and Lucy (Francesca Gasteen). They're in their mid twenties but not much has changed since high school. Jackie's social anxiety is still not under control and she remains incapable of a mature relationship with a man; Lucy hasn't finished either of the university degrees she started and still lives with her mother. When the duo's relationship is attacked, they make a pact to show the world just how normal they are: Jackie decides to get a boyfriend and Lucy aims for a career move. They get a chance to complete their goal when both are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home And Away
''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called ''Refuge'', but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of ''Home and Away'' once production began. The show premiered with a ninety-minute pilot episode (subsequently in re-runs and on VHS known as ''Home and Away: The Movie''). Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a duration of twenty-two minutes. ''Home and Away'' has become the second longest-running drama series in Australian television, after '' Neighbours''. In Australia, it is currently broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and Daughters.'' Although successful in Melbourne, ''Neighbours'' underperformed in the Sydney market and was cancelled by Seven four months after it began airing. It was immediately commissioned by rival Network Ten for a second production season, which began screening on 20 January 1986. ''Neighbours'' went on to become the longest-running drama series in Australian television history. In 2005, it was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame. The storylines concern the lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The series centres on the residents of Ramsay Street, a cul-de-sac, and its neighbouring area, the Lassiters complex, which includes a bar, hotel, café, police station, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Taylor
Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor. He appeared in more than 50 feature films, including ''The Time Machine'' (1960), ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961), '' The Birds'' (1963), and '' Inglourious Basterds'' (2009). Taylor was born in Lidcombe, a suburb of Sydney, to a father who was a steel construction contractor and commercial artist and a mother who was a children's author. He began taking art classes in high school, and continued in college. He decided to become an actor after seeing Laurence Olivier in an Old Vic touring production of ''Richard III.'' His first film role was in a re-enactment of Charles Sturt's voyage down the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers, playing Sturt's offsider, George Macleay. At the time, he was also appearing in a number of theatre productions for Australia's Mercury Theatre. He made his feature film debut in the Australian Lee Robinson film '' King of the Coral Sea'' (1954). He soon s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AWGIE Awards
The AWGIE Awards is an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Australian Writers' Guild, for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. The awards began in 1967. The awards are judged by over 50 writers, most of whom are previous award winners themselves. They receive no payment for their role as judges. The judges sign a confidentiality agreement, stating that they will not disclose to anyone that they are members of the judging panel. Award categories As of 2018, award categories include: Major AWGIE *Awarded to the outstanding script of that year across all categories Feature film *Screenplay Original *Screenplay Adaptation Short Film *Short Film Television *Serial *Series *Mini Series Original *Mini Series Adaptation *Telemovie Original *Telemovie Adaptation *Drama or Comedy, Other Form (Television or Alternate Platforms) Children's Television *Pre-school (under 5 years) *Children's (5–14 years) Comedy *Comedy – Situation or Narrative *Comedy � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FremantleMedia Australia
Fremantle Australia Pty Ltd. (formerly FremantleMedia Australia) is the Australian arm of global British production and entertainment company Fremantle. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of market leader Grundy Television and comedy specialists Crackerjack Productions, which had both been acquired previously by Fremantle. History Grundy Grundy Television was founded by Reg Grundy. Its first production, '' Wheel of Fortune'' in 1959, was an original idea devised by Grundy for a radio game show, before he took the idea to Sydney television network TCN9 (now part of the Nine Network). The then 36-year-old worked both as both the show's producer and host. With the show becoming a success, Grundy realized that US network television could serve as a ready source of new quiz show ideas. He began visiting America to spot attractive formats for adapting and re-making back in Australia. It is often said that Reg Grundy was the world's first TV format producer, and the only 'format ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLeod's Daughters
''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting List of McLeod's Daughters episodes, eight seasons. It stars Lisa Chappell and Bridie Carter in the leading roles as two sisters reunited after twenty years of separation, thrust into a working relationship when they inherit their family's cattle station in South Australia. The series is produced by Millennium Television, in association with Nine Films and Television and Endemol Australia, Southern Star. Graeme-Evans, Kris Noble and Susan Bower served as the original executive producers. The series was originally conceived as a then-intended McLeod's Daughters (film), television film pilot, which broadcast on Nine Network in 1996. Despite its success, and becoming the highest-rated telemovie in Australian television history, a series was not picked up by the network until several years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Lions (TV Series)
''Young Lions'' is an Australian TV police drama shown on the Nine Network in 2002 and in Ireland on RTÉ Two. The storyline of the series revolved around the professional and private lives of four rookie detectives, the ''Young Lions'', of South West 101, an inner city Sydney police station. The program rated poorly and was not renewed after its first season. Competition from other new drama series and several timeslot changes also contributed to the show's demise. Cast *Alex Dimitriades as Det Snr Constable Eddie Mercia * Alexandra Davies as Det Snr Constable Donna Parry * Tom Long as Det Snr Constable Guy 'Guido' Martin * Anna Lise Phillips as Det Snr Constable Cameron Smart * Penny Cook as Chief Inspector Sharon Kostas *Katherine Slattery as Madeleine Delaney *Alan Cinis as Phil Emerson * Hanna Griffiths as school girl See also *List of Australian television series Future shows Seven * '' The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–) * '' Apartment Rules'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Blue (2008 TV Series)
''Out of the Blue'' is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its second channel BBC Two from 19 May 2008. The BBC eventually decided not to commission a second series, and the final episode aired on 29 January 2009. The rights to show the first series in Australia were purchased by Network Ten, while in the UK, Channel 5 has picked up the repeat rights to ''Out of the Blue'', and began airing all 130 episodes on digital sister channel Fiver in February 2009. Premise Set in Sydney beach suburb of Manly, New South Wales, ''Out of the Blue'' is a drama shown five days a week about a group of thirty-year-old friends returning home for a high school reunion, which is brought to an end when someone is murdered. An investigation follows as the gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
''Howzat! Kerry Packer's War'' is an Australian drama-miniseries set in the 1970s that premiered on the Nine Network on Sunday 19 August 2012. Plot The Ashes is the pinnacle of world cricket with two old enemies, Australia and England, going head to head. This series is the story of World Series Cricket and its creator, Australian media mogul Kerry Packer, who signed up the world's greatest players and set up a parallel cricket competition. The Australian cricket team, visiting England in 1977 for the Ashes series, fields a team full of legends. Cricket is undergoing a revolution and the cricket establishment will be brought to its knees. Cast * Lachy Hulme as media mogul Kerry Packer * Travis McMahon as comedian Paul Hogan * Abe Forsythe as comedian John Cornell (known also as 'strop'). * Cariba Heine as an actress (and wife of John Cornell) Delvene Delaney. * Peter Houghton as former Australian cricket captain (and also an adviser to Kerry Packer), Richie Benaud. * Clay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film And Sound Archive
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts. The collection ranges from works created in the late nineteenth century when the recorded sound and film industries were in their infancy, to those made in the present day. The NFSA collection first started as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (within the then Commonwealth National Library) in 1935, becoming an independent cultural organisation in 1984. On 3 October, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the NFSA's headquarters in Canberra. History of the organisation The work of the Archive can be officially dated to the establishment of the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
