Corridors of Power (TV series)

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Corridors of Power
Genre Comedy
Political satire
Written by
  • Bill Harding
  • Graeme Koetsveld
Directed byMichael Carson
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
Producers
  • Sharon O'Neill
  • Julia Peters
Production companiesO'Neill and Peters Productions
Release
Original network ABC TV
Original release8 October (2001-10-08) 
21 November 2001 (2001-11-21)

Corridors of Power is an Australian comedy television series that first screened on the ABC in 2001.

Contents

The series features the private and public lives of two ambitious federal parliamentary backbenchers Fielding (Philip Quast) and Dunne (Jeremy Sims) who are contesting the same seat in a federal election. [1]

Cast

Serving politicians Bruce Baird, Bob Brown, Cheryl Kernot, Mark Latham, Christopher Pyne and Natasha Stott Despoja made cameos as themselves.

List of episodes

(Episode information retrieved from Australian Television Information Archive). [2]

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Episode 1"Michael CarsonGraeme Koetsveld8 October 2001 (2001-10-08)
2"Episode 2"Michael CarsonGraeme Koetsveld15 October 2001 (2001-10-15)
3"Episode 3"Michael CarsonBill Harding22 October 2001 (2001-10-22)
4"Episode 4"Michael CarsonGraeme Koetsveld29 October 2001 (2001-10-29)
5"Episode 5"Michael CarsonBill Harding5 November 2001 (2001-11-05)
6"Episode 6"Michael CarsonGraeme Koetsveld12 November 2001 (2001-11-12)

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References

  1. Screen Australia - Former AFC : Searchable Film Database Archived 27 May 2007 at archive.today
  2. "Corridors of Power: episode guide". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 22 July 2021.