''Tripping Over'' is a British/Australian six-part drama series. Its first episode aired on
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...
in Australia on 25 October 2006, and in the United Kingdom on
Five on 30 October 2006. In the UK ''Tripping Over'' is repeated on
Five Life.
The show is about three friends in
London and two friends in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
; neither group knows each other but their parents do. They both take flights to each other's countries, and the two groups meet at the stop-over in
Bangkok, where a tragic event changes their lives.
The series then follows the two groups of friends as they continue on their trips to each other's countries and back home. The programme focuses on the major life changes that occur during the mid-20s, and how choices made here can affect a person's life for many years to come.
Summary
Five young people converge for a one night stop-over in Bangkok. Whether it was destined or just a stuff up, what happens there binds them together and profoundly alter the direction of their lives. The series follows the group, both together and separately as they travel to each other's countries or return home some to reinvent themselves, others to find themselves. Woven through their stories are the lives of an older, but not necessarily wiser generation—still living the mistakes of their own 20s. Only one thing is certain, whatever your age, everything looks different from 11,000 miles away.
Cast
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Alexandra Moen
Alexandra Moen (born 1978) is an English actress, known for her roles as Emily James in the drama series '' Hotel Babylon'', Tamsin in the drama series ''Tripping Over'', and Lucy Saxon in the science fiction series ''Doctor Who''.
Early life
Moe ...
as Tamsin Dalgliesh
*
Daniel MacPherson as Ned Frost
*
Abe Forsythe as Nic Kirkh
*
Leon Ockenden as Callum
*
Kathryn Drysdale as Lizzie
*
Oliver Chris as Sam
*
Rebecca Gibney
Rebecca Catherine Gibney (born 14 December 1964) is a New Zealand actress known for her roles on Australian television in ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Halifax f.p.'', ''Packed to the Rafters'', ''Winter (TV series), Winter'' and ''Wanted (2016 Aus ...
as Lydia
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Lisa McCune as Annabel
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Paul McGann as Jeremy Frost
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Brooke Satchwell as Felicity
*
Ramon Tikaram as Jim/Robbie
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Nicholas Bell as James Frost
*
Jacek Koman as Magnus
Production
*Conceived in 2003 by Andrew Knight and Andrea Denholm, who discussed the idea with
Mike Bullen
Michael J. Bullen (born 13 January 1960) is an English screenwriter. Bullen grew up in the West Midlands of England, attending the Solihull School and later Magdalene College, Cambridge. He left with a degree in history of art and became a radi ...
while on a weekend trip. Knight and Denholm wanted to make a series about the difference between backpacking in 1976 and 2006.
*Filmed from 8 May to 11 August 2006.
Episodes
References
External links
''Tripping Over''at
five.tv''Tripping Over''at the National Film and Sound Archive
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Channel 5 (British TV channel) original programming
Network 10 original programming
2000s Australian television miniseries
2000s British drama television series
2006 British television series debuts
2006 British television series endings
2006 Australian television series debuts
2006 Australian television series endings
2000s British television miniseries
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