Secretary (2006 film)

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Secretary
Directed by Kate Dennis
Produced by Amanda Higgs
Starring Maeve Dermody
Release date
  • 2006 (2006)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Secretary is a 2006 Australian television film. It was the pilot for a television series which was never produced.

Contents

Premise

A look at four secretaries and a receptionist at a law firm.

Cast

Production

The pilot was made by Southern Star Entertainment for Channel Ten. It was from the same producer as The Secret Life of Us . Filming began in June 2006 in Melbourne. [1]

Channel Ten passed on the series in September 2006. Network programmer David Mott said at the time the show had not "come up to a standard we were comfortable with". A copy of the pilot episode was uploaded to the internet for a time. [2]

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References

  1. Beaumont, Lucy (29 June 2006). "Networking". The Age . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Michael Bodey, "Snubbed pilot pops up online", The Australian , 7 December 2006, accessed 1 April 2015