Something in the Air (TV series)
Something in the Air is an Australian television soap opera transmitted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2002. It was one of the first programs in Australia that was filmed in widescreen. It won the AACTA Award for Best Television Drama Series in 2001.
Something in the Air | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
Created by | Roger Simpson |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 320 |
Production | |
Producer | Alan Hardy |
Production locations | Clunes & Nyora |
Running time | 25 minutes 60 minutes (44 episodes) |
Production company | Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier |
Release | |
Original network | ABC TV |
Original release | 17 January 2000 – 2 May 2002 |
The series initially screened four episodes weekly, Monday to Thursday at 6:30 pm and received moderate success. Rating began to drop after the show was moved to Saturday evenings in which it was cut down to two episodes shown in a one-hour block. It later resumed its usual weekly run, however, it was screened in a 6:00 pm timeslot which ultimately led to its cancellation.[1]
The series was repeated on the-then ABC2 from 11 February 2008.[1]
Cast
The cast of Something in the Air included:
- Eric Bana (Joe Sabatini, 2000–01)
- Ray Barrett (Len Taylor)
- Ulli Birvé (Helen Virtue)
- Alan Brough (Warren Brown, 2000)
- Danielle Carter (Sally Sabatini)
- Vince Colosimo (Joe Sabatini, 2001), replaced Eric Bana
- Martin Copping (Jimmy Hibberd, 2000)
- Kate Fitzpatrick (Julia Rutherford)
- Frankie J. Holden (Stuart McGregor)
- Melita Jurisic (Dr. Eva Petrovska)
- Colin Moody (Tom Dooley)
- Roger Oakley (Doug Rutherford)
- Anne Phelan (Monica Taylor)
- Sullivan Stapleton (Wayne Taylor)
- Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Ryan Cassidy)
- Steve Adams (Father Brian)
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 160 | 17 January 2000 | 19 October 2000 | ||
2 | 112 | 3 March 2001 | 29 November 2001 | ||
3 | 48 | 11 February 2002 | 2 May 2002 |
Broadcast history
- Season 1:
- Monday to Thursdays, 6:30pm (25 minutes x 160 episodes)
- Season 2:
- Saturdays (unknown time) (2 episodes in a 60 minute block; first 44 episodes only)
- Monday to Thursdays, 6:00 pm (25 minutes x 68 episodes)
- Season 3:
- Monday to Thursdays, 6:00 pm (25 minutes x 48 episodes)
References
- Harwood, Andrew (9 February 2008). "Something's in the air, again". televisionau.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
External links
- Official Website
- Australian Television Information Archive
- Something in the Air at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Something in the Air at IMDb