Brock (film)

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Brock
Genre Drama
Written by
  • Justin Monjo
  • Adam Todd
Directed by Geoff Bennett
Starring
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Rory Callaghan
Producer(s) Kerrie Mainwaring
Running time TBA
Production company(s) Endemol Shine Australia
Release
Original network Ten Network
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release 2016

Brock is an Australian Telemovie about the life of Australian Racing Driver Peter Brock scheduled to air on Ten Network in 2016. [1]

Australia Country in Oceania

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 25 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Peter Brock Australian racing driver

Peter Geoffrey Brock, otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other manufacturers including BMW, Ford, Volvo, Porsche and Peugeot. He won the Bathurst 1000 endurance race nine times, the Sandown 500 touring car race nine times, the Australian Touring Car Championship three times, the Bathurst 24 Hour once and was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2001. Brock's business activities included the Holden Dealer Team (HDT) that produced Brock's racing machines as well as a number of modified high-performance road versions of his racing cars.

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Synopsis

This is the true story of a man who was a hero to a generation of Australians, winning the Bathurst 1000 nine times and dominating motorsport for more than two decades. Loved and admired by many, but few knew the real Peter Brock—what made him tick? [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "TEN Upfronts 2016: Survivor, Jessica Marais, Anh Do -and Nigella! – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Australian Television: in production". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
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