Offspring (TV series)
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 Current promotional logo |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Debra Oswald with John Edwards and Imogen Banks |
| Starring | Asher Keddie Kat Stewart Don Hany Deborah Mailman Eddie Perfect Linda Cropper Richard Davies Matthew Le Nevez with Lachy Hulme and John Waters |
| Narrated by | Asher Keddie |
| Opening theme | "When We Swam" by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (including Telemovie) (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John Edwards and Imogen Banks |
| Location(s) | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Southern Star Entertainment |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Network Ten |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | 15 August 2010 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Offspring is an Australian television drama series which premiered on Network Ten on 15 August 2010. Offspring is centred around 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family, as they navigate the chaos of modern life.[1] The show mixes conventional narrative drama with flashbacks, graphic animation and fantasy sequences.
Debra Oswald wrote the series with John Edwards and Imogen Banks producing with Southern Star Entertainment.[2][3]Offspring was originally conceived as a two hour telemovie for Ten, but was spun off into a 13 episodes series after television executives were impressed by the quality of the telemovie. The second season began on 16 May 2011 with a double episode premiere.
Offspring was renewed for fourth and fifth seasons on 12 July 2012.[4]
Cast and characters
Main Cast
- Asher Keddie as Nina Proudman
- Don Hany as Chris Havel (season 1 & 2)
- Kat Stewart as Billie Proudman
- Deborah Mailman as Cherie Butterfield
- Eddie Perfect as Mick Holland
- Richard Davies as Jimmy Proudman
- Linda Cropper as Geraldine Proudman
- John Waters as Darcy Proudman
- Matthew Le Nevez as Patrick Reid (season 2 onwards)
- Lachy Hulme as Martin Clegg
Supporting Cast
- Jane Harber as Zara Perkich
- Alicia Gardiner as Kim Akerholt
- Kate Jenkinson as Kate Reid
- Dan Spielman as Andrew Holland
- Garry McDonald as Phillip Noonan
- Clare Bowditch as Rosanna Harding
Production
The series is produced by John Edwards and Imogen Banks who also co-produce Tangle. John Edwards was responsible for such successes as Police Rescue, The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way and Dangerous - also produced with Imogen Banks, and has more recently been producing Rush for Seriously Ten.
Offspring: The Nurses
A web series titled Offspring: The Nurses began in 2010 on the official Offspring website.[5] It follows nurses Kim (Alicia Gardiner) and Zara (Jane Harber) from the original series and also stars Benedict Hardie, Julia Grace, Laura Gilham, Carl Nilsson Polias, Jodie Sheehy and Matthew Heyward as fellow staff members of the Hospital. Some cast members from the original series have also starred as well.
A second web series follows Zara (Jane Harber) and this time Justina Noble as Nurse Tyra. Series 2 also starred Benedict Hardie, Harry Milas, Josh Price, Natalie Kaplan, Sonja Kowanjko and Kate Hopkins. While Richard Davies and Lachy Hulme also made guest appearances.
Awards
Australian Film Institute Awards
2010
- AFI Award For Best Guest Or Supporting Actress In A Television Drama
Deborah Mailman (Won)
- AFI Award For Best Guest Or Supporting Actor In A Television Drama
John Waters (Nominations)
TV Week Logie Awards
In April 2011, the nominations for the TV Week Logie Awards were announced, with the event taking place on 3 May 2011.
2011
- Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, Asher Keddie (Nominated)
- Most Popular Actor, Don Hany (Nominated)
- Most Popular Actress, Asher Keddie (Won)
- Most Popular New Male Talent, Eddie Perfect (Nominated)
- Most Popular Australian Drama (Nominated)
- Most Outstanding Actress, Asher Keddie (Nominated)
- Most Outstanding Actress, Kat Stewart (Nominated)
- Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent, Richard Davies (Nominated)
Episodes
Main Article: List of Offspring episodes
Ratings
Offspring premiered on 15 August 2010 with a two-hour telemovie, which attracted 1,124,000 viewers, coming in 7th place for the night.[6] The first season concluded with a two-hour finale 21 November 2010 at its normal time slot at 8:30pm, with the season final episode at 9:30pm. The 8:30pm telecast averaged 929,000 viewers and 9:30pm averaged 860,000, the series' second-lowest ratings so far.[7]
DVD releases
| DVD season | # episodes |
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Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | Special features | |
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| The Complete First Series and Feature-Length Telemovie |
13 (+ Telemovie) |
5 | N/A | N/A | 1 December 2010[8] |
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| The Complete Second Series |
13 | 4 | N/A | N/A | 14 September 2011[9] |
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| The Complete Third Series |
13 | 4 | N/A | N/A | 1 August 2012[10] |
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International distribution
| Country | Channel | Year | Notes |
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 Australia |
Network Ten | 2010 | |
 Brazil |
GNT | 2012 | |
 Ireland |
RTÉ One | 2012 | Sundays |
 Netherlands |
TLC Netherlands | 2011 | July |
 New Zealand |
TV One | 2011 | Sundays 9:30pm[11] |
 Norway |
TLC | 2011 | |
 Portugal |
AXN White | 2011 | Portuguese title: Descobrindo Nina |
 Russia |
TLC | 2011 | Sundays beginning from 29 May |
 Spain |
Sony Entertainment Television | 2011 | Spanish title: Descubriendo a Nina |
 Sweden |
TLC | 2011 | Thursdays 9pm |
 Israel |
TLC | 2011 |
References
- ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/07/three-way-drama-tussle.html
- ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/02/offspring-springs-into-series.html
- ^ "Credits". Offspring. Network Ten, Film Victoria, Southern Star. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "Renewed: Offspring". TV Tonight. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ http://ten.com.au/video-player.htm?vxSiteId=cb519624-44a2-4bf7-808b-3514d34e96e4&vxChannel=offsp_webisodes#
- ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/08/week-34-3.html
- ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/11/week-47-3.html
- ^ http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/816629
- ^ http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/820563
- ^ "Offspring: Season 3". EzyDVD. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "New season TV: Offspring". The New Zealand Herald. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
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