Leongatha (TV series)

Last updated

Leongatha
Genre Comedy drama
Directed byShane Dunlop
StarringChris Gibson
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time30 mins (approx)
Release
Original network Channel 31
Original release9 May (2013-05-09) 
13 June 2013 (2013-06-13)
Chronology
Related showsLeongatha: The Movie!

Leongatha is an Australian television comedy-drama series which first screened on C31 Melbourne in 2013. [1] The series was also released as a movie the same year. [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

Denny Finch has been asked to film a cousin's wedding and he begrudgingly picks travels to the Victorian town of Leongatha from Wonthaggi by mini-bus with his family members, friends, the marriage celebrant and a mysterious stranger. The trip should take no more than an hour or two becomes a very, very long one with many misadventures along the way.

Cast

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
169 May 2013 (2013-05-09)13 June 2013 (2013-06-13)
No.TitleOriginal air date
1"The Bus"9 May 2013 (2013-05-09)
Denny Finch begrudgingly arrives in the country town of Wonthaggi where his extended family awaits aboard a minibus, ready to transport him to the nearby town of Leongatha for his cousin Darryl's wedding.
2"The Funeral"16 May 2013 (2013-05-16)
The gang depart Wonthaggi en route to Cape Paterson to pick up the marriage celebrant where the trip is delayed further upon Denny's grandmother revealing her wishes to spread their dead grandfather's ashes at a nearby beach.
3"The Search"23 May 2013 (2013-05-23)
The clock is ticking as the bus stops one more time to pick up members of the bride's family but before long one of them is missing and the rest of the gang are sent out to search for her.
4"The 'Wombat'"30 May 2013 (2013-05-30)
The search for Mary has been called off but things go from bad to worse when Darryl takes the wheel and promptly runs over a local "wombat".
5"The Breakdown"6 June 2013 (2013-06-06)
After a narrow escape from the law the bus to Leongatha keeps rolling but not for long as it finally comes to a sputtering halt, leaving Denny and the gang stranded in the middle of nowhere.
6"The Wedding"13 June 2013 (2013-06-13)
After a long and arduous journey, the gang finally make it to Leongatha, but is it too little too late for Darryl & Carol?

Awards

Antenna Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2014 LeongathaOutstanding Creative Achievement In A ProgramWon [4]
Chris GibsonOutstanding Male PersonalityWon [4]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Fincher</span> American film director

David Andrew Leo Fincher is an American film director. His films, mostly psychological thrillers and biographical dramas, have received 40 nominations at the Academy Awards, including three for him as Best Director. Fincher was the co-founder of Propaganda Films, a film and music video production company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Geoffrey Rush</span> Australian actor

Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting: an Academy Award for film, a Primetime Emmy Award for television, and a Tony Award for theatre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Baker</span> Australian actor and director

Simon Lucas Baker is an Australian actor in television and film, as well as a director. He is known for his lead roles in the CBS television series The Mentalist as Patrick Jane and The Guardian as Nicholas Fallin and has starred in several Hollywood films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jane Campion</span> New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer

Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion is a New Zealand filmmaker. She has received two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards for her critically acclaimed films, The Piano (1993), and The Power of the Dog (2021). Campion was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) in the 2016 New Year Honours, for services to film.

Patrick Watson was a Canadian broadcaster, television and radio interviewer and host, author, commentator, actor, television writer, producer, and director for five decades.

The Bass Highway is an 87 kilometre highway in Victoria, Australia, branching off the South Gippsland Highway at the township of Lang Lang and running south, along the eastern shore of Western Port, to Anderson. The Bass Highway continues easterly to Kilcunda, Wonthaggi and Inverloch, then turns north-easterly to rejoin the South Gippsland Highway at Leongatha. It was named due to its proximity to the Bass Strait.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deborah Mailman</span> Australian actress

Deborah Jane Mailman is an Australian television and film actress, and singer. Mailman played the character Kelly Lewis on the Australian television series The Secret Life of Us and Cherie Butterfield in the Australian comedy/drama series Offspring. She portrayed the role of Lorraine in the Australian TV series Redfern Now and Aunt Linda in the television program Cleverman. Mailman is the main character in the Australian TV series Total Control.

Leongatha Town in Victoria, Australia

Leongatha is a town in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia, located 135 kilometres (84 mi) south-east of Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Leongatha had a population of 5,119.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sibylla Budd</span> Australian actress

Sibylla Budd is an Australian actress perhaps best known for her roles in the television series The Secret Life of Us and Winners & Losers.

Great Southern Rail Trail

The Great Southern Rail Trail is a 68-kilometre rail trail from Leongatha to Welshpool in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. This mostly flat or gently undulating trail goes through lush dairy farmland, areas of remnant bush and lowland scrub. It climbs from the foothills of Fish Creek up past Mount Hoddle and then down a steep descent through dense forest out into magnificent views of Wilsons Promontory and Corner Inlet, continuing on to Foster. before ending at Welshpool.

The South Gippsland railway line is a partially closed railway line in Victoria, Australia. It was first opened in 1892, branching from the Orbost line at Dandenong, and extending to Port Albert. Much of it remained open until December 1994. Today, only the section between Dandenong and Cranbourne remains open for use. The section of the line from Nyora to Leongatha was used by the South Gippsland Tourist Railway until it ceased operations in 2016. The section from Nyora to Welshpool, with extension trail to Port Welshpool and a portion of the former line at Koo Wee Rup, have been converted into the Great Southern Rail Trail.

Angus McLaren Australian actor

Angus McLaren (born 3 November 1988) is an Australian actor who is best known for his roles in the television series Packed to the Rafters as Nathan Rafter and H2O: Just Add Water as Lewis McCartney.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zach Grenier</span> American actor

Zach Grenier is an American character actor of film, television and stage. He is best known for his roles in films such as Fight Club, Tommy Boy, and Twister, also as David Lee in The Good Wife, and Andy Cramed in Deadwood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gippsland Football League</span>

The Gippsland League, is an Australian rules football and netball league in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. It is considered the only AFL Victoria major league in Gippsland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Torv</span> Australian actress

Anna Torv is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox science-fiction series Fringe (2008–2013), for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and received four Saturn Awards for Best Actress on Television. She also starred as Wendy Carr in the Netflix crime thriller series Mindhunter (2017–2019).

Nyora Town in Victoria, Australia

Nyora is a town in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, approximately 84 kilometres (52 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shires of Baw Baw, Cardinia and South Gippsland local government areas. Nyora recorded a population of 1,644 at the 2021 census.

Blackfella Films

Blackfella Films is a Sydney-based documentary and narrative production company, founded in 1992 by Rachel Perkins. The company produces distinctive Australian short and feature-length content for film and television with a particular focus on Aboriginal Australian stories. Its productions have included the documentary series First Australians, the documentary The Tall Man, the television film Mabo, and the TV series Redfern Now.

Dalyston Town in Victoria, Australia

Dalyston is a seaside town located 125 kilometres (78 mi) south east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland and Bass Highways, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Known originally as a train station at Powlett River near Wonthaggi, it is now the location of the Victorian Desalination Plant, and at the 2011 census, it had a population of 606. It's Bass Coast’s fastest-growing suburb, with the 2011 census showing Dalyston’s population more than doubled from 278 residents in 2006 to 606 in 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gina Rodriguez</span> American actress

Gina Alexis Rodriguez-LoCicero is an American actress. She is known for her leading role as Jane Villanueva in The CW satirical romantic dramedy series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019), for which she received a Golden Globe Award in 2015.

Under the Milky Way is an Australian television comedy series which first screened on community television in 2016. The series was also released as a movie in 2017.

References

  1. Knox, David (24 April 2013). "Airdate: Leongatha". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. Liu, Yuan (3 May 2013). "Shooting on the road: the making of Leongatha". IF Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. "Why 'Leongatha' is a film about Wonthaggi". South Gippsland Sentinel-Times. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 "2014 Antenna Awards". Community Broadcasting Foundation . Community Broadcasting Foundation Ltd. Retrieved 30 December 2019.