Chandon Pictures | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Rob Carlton |
Directed by | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress |
Starring | Rob Carlton Josh Lawson Darren Gilshenan Rebecca Massey |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Producer | Rob Carlton |
Production locations | Melbourne & Sydney, Australia |
Running time | 25 Minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Movie Extra |
Release | 10 November 2007 – 7 May 2009 |
Chandon Pictures is an Australian comedy television series that premiered on Movie Extra on 10 November 2007 and ended on 7 May 2009.
The series featured sixteen episodes and was a spin-off from a Tropfest short film produced by Rob Carlton and Alex Weinress. It followed the misadventures of a struggling video production company called 'Chandon Pictures.' [1] Rob Carlton, who plays the main character, is the younger cousin of Brian Carlton, The Spoonman talkback host on the Austereo Triple M network. This was revealed when The Spoonman interviewed Rob.
On 10 July 2008, it was announced that the series had won a second season and it had sold format rights to its distributor Lionsgate. [2]
The first season premiered in the UK on Dave on 19 February 2009 in a 10pm slot. It was also aired in the US on the Sundance Channel.
# | Title [3] | Director(s) [3] | Writer(s) [3] | Original Air Date [3] |
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1 | "Cousins" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 10 November 2007 |
2 | "Back To School" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 17 November 2007 |
3 | "Bevan's Heaven" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 24 November 2007 |
4 | "Champion Charles" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 1 December 2007 |
5 | "Private Dick" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 8 December 2007 |
6 | "Death Wish" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 15 December 2007 |
7 | "White Ants" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 22 December 2007 |
8 | "Hollywood" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 29 December 2007 |
# | Title | Director(s) [A] | Writer(s) [B] | Original Air Date |
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9 | "The Lifestyle" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 19 March 2009 |
10 | "Run Bitch Run" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 26 March 2009 |
11 | "Not a Pyramid" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 2 April 2009 |
12 | "The Man with the Dancing Fingers" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 9 April 2009 |
13 | "She's 22" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 16 April 2009 |
14 | "Pack" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 23 April 2009 |
15 | "Script is Written" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 30 April 2009 |
16 | "Rock$tar" | Rob Carlton & Alex Weinress | Rob Carlton | 7 May 2009 |
Year | Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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2008 | ASTRA Awards | Most Outstanding Drama | Chandon Pictures | Nominated |
Australian Film Institute | Best Performance in a Television Comedy | Rob Carlton | Nominated | |
Best Television Comedy Series | Chandon Pictures | Nominated | ||
Australian Writers' Guild | Comedy - Situation or Narrative | Rob Carlton (Episode 1: "Cousins") | Nominated | |
Rob Carlton (Episode 2: "Return of the Titan") | Nominated | |||
Rob Carlton (Episode 6: "Death Wish") | Won | |||
2009 | Australian Film Institute | Best Television Comedy Series | Chandon Pictures | Nominated |
Australian Writers' Guild | Comedy - Situation or Narrative | Rob Carlton (Episode 7: "A Script is Written") | Nominated | |
2010 | Logie Awards | Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program | Chandon Pictures | Nominated |
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