8MMM Aboriginal Radio

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8MMM Aboriginal Radio
Also known as8MMM
Genre Comedy
Created byAnna Cadden
Rachel Clements
Sonja Dare
Trisha Morton-Thomas
Written by Trisha Morton-Thomas
Danielle MacLean
Sonja Dare
Directed byDena Curtis
Starring Geoff Morrell
Shari Sebbens
Ian Meadows
Patricia Morton-Thomas
Laura Hughes
ComposerAmy Bastow
Country of originAustralia
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersAndrea Denholm
Laura Waters
Sally Riley (ABC)
Erica Glynn (Screen Australia)
ProducersRachel Clements
Patricia Morton-Thomas
Anna Cadden
Production locations Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
CinematographyErle Murray Lui
EditorKen Sallows
Production companies Brindle Films
Princess Pictures
Release
Original network ABC
Original release29 April 2015 (2015-04-29) 
present

8MMM Aboriginal Radio (8MMM), pronounced "8 Triple M", is a 2015 Australian television comedy series.

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Synopsis

The six-part series is set in a remote radio station whose Aboriginal crew air the day-to-day preoccupations of Alice Springs and its surrounds such as housing, education, culture, money, alcohol and reconciliation. The station is run by non-Indigenous people who easily fall into one of three categories – missionaries, mercenaries or misfits – the 3Ms. [1]

Cast

Production and release

8MMM Aboriginal Radio began screening on ABC Television on 29 April 2015. The series is written by Trisha Morton-Thomas, Danielle MacLean and Sonja Dare. It is produced by Morton-Thomas, Rachel Clements, and Anna Cadden and directed by Dena Curtis and Adrian Russell Wills. [2]

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References

  1. "8MMM Aboriginal Radio (ABC TV Mini Series)". Amy Bastow. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. "8MMM Aboriginal Radio - TV Series". Facebook. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

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