2003/2004 - Adult Television Drama

The following adult television drama has been financed so far during the 2003/2004 period

BLACKJACK - THE TRILOGY (3 x 90 minute Telemovies)
Jigsaw Entertainment Pty Ltd
Executive producer: Sue Masters, Nick Murray
Producer: Nick Murray
Director: Peter Andrikidis, Ian Watson
Writer: Katherine Thompson, Tim Pye, Matt Cameron
Sales & Distribution: Ten Network, Optus Television, BBC Worldwide Synopsis: After blowing the whistle on his mates, policeman Jack Kempson was sent to the archives to rot - there with the use of a new computerised crime-tracking system he tracks down the perpetrators of long unsolved crimes.

BLACKJACK II
Jack is asked by the sister of a dead performance artist Eva, to reopen the investigation into her death. Using new DNA sampling technology Jack determines that Eva was murdered but has to sift through a mountain of suspects. Eventually a simple game of chance leads him to the truth in spite of the technology at his finger-tips.

BLACKJACK III
In an attempt to redress the guilt he feels for blowing the whistle on former colleague Andy Margate, Jack pulls the file on a series of unsolved rapes - one of the victims was Andy's daughter.

BLACKJACK IV
An old man is locked in a stairwell for the weekend. Is someone trying to kill him and if so why. Jack must find out if this is connected to the secrets flowing from the murder of the old man's wife many years before.

LAST CHANCE PARADISE (Telemovie pilot)
BBHTV Pty Ltd
Producers: Bruce Best, Tom Blacket
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: John Misto
Sales & Distribution: Ten Network, DARO
Synopsis: Ben Costello, a disgraced lawyer, is exiled to Broome in Australia's remote northwest. When he arrives in town his life is at its lowest but soon, despite himself, he is drawn into the chaotic life of this unique town.

SMALL CLAIMS (Telemovie)
RB Films Pty Ltd
Executive producer: Rosemary Blight
Producer: Kylie Du Fresne, Ben Grant
Director: Cherie Nolan
Writer: Keith Thompson, Kaye Bendle
Sales & Distribution: Ten Network, UK TV, Beyond
Synopsis: Small Claims is a mystery telemovie about two overworked Mums, de-skilled beyond their worst nightmares, who become a formidable pair of sleuths. And when their investigations uncover a murder the greed and dark passions that lurk behind the anonymous facade of the suburbs, suddenly becomes a terrifying reality.

Telemovie 1: STIFF
A body found in the freezer of the Meatworks in Murray's boss Agnelli's electorate causes panic in the ranks. Agnelli sees it as a Machiavellian plot by his political rivals to stir up trouble with the unions and precipitate his demise.

THE ALICE (90 minute telemovie)
Southern Star Entertainment
Executive Producer: Hugh Marks
Producer: Robyn Sinclair
Director: Kate Dennis
Writer: Justin Monjo
Sales & Distribution: Nine Network, Southern Star
Synopsis: A total eclipse of the sun; a mad-man in a road train; a woman's graphic, but amusing fantasies about killing her appalling husband - anything can happen in The Alice and does!

Telemovie 2: THE BRUSH OFF
When Agnelli is demoted to Minister for Arts and Water, he decides to earn brownie points by raising funds for the next election campaign. Murray is on the case, meeting with philanthropists and arts connoisseurs. This is where the trouble begins.

THE MURRAY WHELAN SERIES (2 x 90 minute Telemovies)
Ruby Entertainment Pty Ltd
Executive producers: Mark Ruse, Steve Luby
Producer: Mark Ruse
Directors: John Clarke, Sam Neill
Writer: John Clarke
Sales & Distribution: Southern Star, Seven Network
Synopsis: Follows the adventures of Murray Whelan, a 30-something, divorced father of one who works as an adviser to a Government Minister.

THROUGH MY EYES (2 x 2 hour mini-series)
Liberty and Beyond Pty Ltd
Producers: Simone North, Tony Cavanaugh
Director: Di Drew
Writer: Tony Cavanaugh
Sales & Distribution: Seven Network, Beyond
Synopsis: The true and untold story of Lindy Chamberlain and the events that surrounded her following the disappearance of her baby Azaria in 1980.

TROPPO (100 minute telemovie)
Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier Pty Ltd
Executive producers: Mikael Borglund, Posie Graeme Evans
Producer: Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Andy Walker
Director: Steve Jodrell
Writer: Roger Simpson
Sales & Distribution: Beyond, Nine Network
Synopsis: A story of romance and humour set in Australia's far north east. Former journalist Tom Stopple escapes Brisbane and heads north to find himself immersed in a world of immense beauty, bounty hunting and a three-way fight for the girl of his dreams.

Adult Television Drama Archive