Corridors of Power is an Australian comedy television series that first screened on the ABC in 2001.
| Corridors of Power | |
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| Genre | Comedy Political satire |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Michael Carson |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
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| Production companies | O'Neill and Peters Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC TV |
| Release | 8 October – 12 November 2001 |
The series features the private and public lives of two ambitious federal parliamentary backbenchers Fielding (Philip Quast) and Dunne (Jeremy Sims) who are contesting the same seat in a federal election.[1]
Cast edit
- Philip Quast as Michael Fielding MP
- Jeremy Sims as Tony Dunne MP
- Anne Looby as Caroline Fielding
- Belinda McClory as Tanya Dunne
- Ed Wightman as Craig
- Kristy Wright as Vanessa 'Van' Harrison
- Simon Chilvers as Lester
Serving politicians Bruce Baird, Bob Brown, Cheryl Kernot, Mark Latham, Christopher Pyne and Natasha Stott Despoja made cameos as themselves.
List of episodes edit
(Episode information retrieved from Australian Television Information Archive).[2]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | Michael Carson | Graeme Koetsveld | 8 October 2001 |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Michael Carson | Graeme Koetsveld | 15 October 2001 |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Michael Carson | Bill Harding | 22 October 2001 |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Michael Carson | Graeme Koetsveld | 29 October 2001 |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Michael Carson | Bill Harding | 5 November 2001 |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Michael Carson | Graeme Koetsveld | 12 November 2001 |
References edit
- ^ Screen Australia - Former AFC : Searchable Film Database Archived 27 May 2007 at archive.today
- ^ "Corridors of Power: episode guide". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
External links edit
- http://www.australiantelevision.net/corridors.html Australian Television Information Archive
- Corridors of Power at IMDb
