Bevan Lee

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Bevan Lee
Born
Bevan John Lee

(1950-11-07) 7 November 1950 (age 74)
Occupations
  • Writer
  • producer
  • actor
  • teacher
Years active1978–present
Known for Full list

Bevan John Lee OAM (born 7 November 1950) is an Australian writer and executive best known for creating the TV dramas All Saints , Packed to the Rafters , Winners & Losers and A Place to Call Home .

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Career

Lee was an actor before turning to writing, working his way up to be script producer of the TV serial Sons and Daughters . He also rewrote the first episode of Home and Away , a show which he has script produced at various stages over the years. Lee was network script executive at Channel Nine for eight years in the 1990s before returning to Channel Seven, where he took part in the creation and development of such series as All Saints , Always Greener , Marshall Law and headLand , forming a notable creative partnership with Seven's head of network drama John Holmes. [1] He also created 2012's A Place to Call Home , [2] and the 2020 series Between Two Worlds for Seven. [3]

Personal life

Lee is gay and in 2007 he was nominated as one of the 25 most influential lesbian and gay people in Australia by online digital media site SameSame. [4]

Filmography

Television

The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

TitleYearCredited asNetworkNotes
CreatorWriter
Secret Valley 1980NoYes (1) ABC
Sons and Daughters 1982–87NoYes (118) Seven Network Script editor (1982: 171 episodes)
Prisoner 1985–86NoYes (8) Network 10 Story editor (1985–86; 70 episodes)
Storyline (1985–86; 41 episodes)
A Country Practice 1986NoYes (1)Seven Network
Home and Away 1988–2011NoYes (30)Seven NetworkWriter (1988–2008)
Story editor (1988-89: 118 episodes)
Script producer (1989–2011) [5]
Family and Friends 1990NoYes Nine Network Unknown episodes
The Flying Doctors 1991NoYes (5)Nine NetworkStory editor (7 episodes)
The Adventures of Skippy 1992–93NoYes (5)Nine Network
Ship to Shore 1993NoNoABCProducer (2 episodes)
Spellbinder 1995NoNoNine NetworkScript consultant
Halifax f.p. 1995–96NoNoNine NetworkScript executive (4 episodes)
All Saints 1998–2009YesYes (4)Seven Network
Always Greener 2001–03YesYes (1)Seven Network
Marshall Law 2002–03YesNoSeven Network
headLand 2005–06YesYes (1)Seven Network
Packed to the Rafters 2008–13YesNoSeven Network
Winners & Losers 2011–16YesYes (3)Seven NetworkProducer (1 episode)
A Place to Call Home 2013–18YesYes (26)Seven NetworkScript producer (2013–14; 18 episodes)
Between Two Worlds 2020YesYes (4)Seven Network
Back to the Rafters 2021YesYes (3) Amazon Prime Video

Acting credits

Film

TitleYearRoleNotes
The Bucks Party1978Short film
Harlequin 1980Mr. Robinson
Touch and Go 1980Fisherman

Television

TitleYearRoleNotes
Falcon Island 1981Vim Van Dorn

References

  1. Sally Jackson, 'More winners than losers in this duo's resume', The Australian March 21, 2011
  2. "David Knox, 'Seven reveals 2012 highlights' TV Tonight September 22, 2011". Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. Bevan Lee's Between Two Worlds shows how the other half lives
  4. Danny Corvini 'Bevan Lee' Same Same Archived February 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Bevan Lee, 'Home and Away - the Script Process' Back to the Bay website