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Breakers | |
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Title screen for 1999 | |
Genre | Soap opera Drama |
Starring | Helen O'Connor Richard Healy John Atkinson Jason Crewes James Stewart Ada Nicodemou Paul Pantano Heath Bergerson Ben Tate Louise Crawford Simon Munro Don Hany Angela Keep Emily Perry Simone Robertson Julie Haseler Ling Hsueh Tang Jean-Marc Russ Shae Potter Emma Kenny Samantha Kenny |
Opening theme | Mike Perjanik |
Composer | John Ertler |
Country of origin | Australia |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 430 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Des Monaghan |
Running time | 25 mins |
Production company | Screentime |
Release | |
Original network | Network Ten |
Original release | 2 February 1998 – 3 November 1999 |
Breakers is an Australian television series that aired on Network Ten from 2 February 1998 to 3 November 1999, producing 430 episodes.
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