Michael Cove is a British-Australian writer and journalist who has worked in film, television and theatre. He worked as a film editor in Britain before emigrating to Australia. He wrote a number of stage plays in the 1970s before working more in television. In more recent years he has focused on documentaries.

Select credits

Film

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Deathcheaters ''Deathcheaters'' is a 1976 Australian action adventure film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starring John Hargreaves and Grant Page. Plot Steve and Rodney are two ex-Vietnam commandos who do stunt work for television. They are hired by ...

'' (1976) *'' Fighting Back'' (1982) *''The Settlement'' (1984) - script editor *''Pillage Squad'' (unmade Brian Trenchard Smith film)

Television

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The Aunty Jack Show ''The Aunty Jack Show'' is a Logie Award-winning Australian television comedy series that ran from 1972 to 1973. Produced by and broadcast on ABC-TV, the series attained an instant cult status that persists to the present day. The lead chara ...

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The Bluestone Boys ''The Bluestone Boys'' is a 1976 Australian comedy television series about a fictional prison, produced by Crawford Productions. The program was not particularly successful and was cancelled after a run of 26 episodes. The series starred Garry Me ...

'' (1976) * ''

The Sullivans ''The Sullivans'' is an Australian period drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 15 November 1976 until 10 March 1983. The series tells the story of a fictional average middle-clas ...

'' *'' The Oracle'' (1979) *'' A Place in the World'' (1980) – won

Logie Award The TV Week Logie Awards (known colloquially as The Logies) is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Television in Australia, Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The eve ...

for script "The Men" *''

Bailey's Bird ''Bailey's Bird'' is an Australian TV series which was filmed in Asia. It was about a pilot and his son operating a charter operation in South East Asia.Crime of the Decade In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Cane ...

'' (TV film, 1984) *''

Sweet and Sour Sweet and sour is a generic term that encompasses many styles of sauce, cuisine, and cooking methods. It is commonly used in East Asia and Southeast Asia and has been used in English cuisine, England since the Middle Ages.Clarissa Dickson WDickson ...

'' (1984) *'' Dancing Daze'' (TV miniseries, 1986) *'' Rainbow's End'' (TV film, 1995) *''

Rafferty's Rules ''Rafferty's Rules'' is an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1991 on the Seven Network. The producers of the series were Posie Graeme-Evans (1987–1988), and Denis Phelen. The directors were Graham Thorburn, Mike Sm ...

Theatre

*''Convict Cakewalk'' (1973) *''Dazzle'' (1973) *''Jesters'' (1974) *''Kookaburra'' (1974) *''Family Lore'' (1976) *''The Gift'' (1976) *''The Revolutionary Movement'' (1986) *''The Habit'' (radio play, 1992)

References

External links

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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 ...

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Ausstage AusStage: The Australian Live Performance Database is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia, providing records of productions from the first recorded performance in Australia (1789, by convicts) up unt ...

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